30/08/2011
On 23 August BusinessCar Magazine announced the winners of its 2011 Fleet Technology Awards, or Techies, and Cobra was awarded Highly Commended in the Best Telematics System category for its driver based insurance telematics technology.
The Techies aim to acknowledge companies and suppliers which stand out for making fleet operation cheaper, green, safer and more efficient and Cobra's telematics solution, to assist fleets in managing driver behaviour, fuel consumption and duty of care obligations, as well as reducing costs, impressed this year's judges.
Cobra's driver based insurance telematics technology can be fitted to HGVs, vans and cars via a small "black box" and measures key outputs from a vehicle's journey in real time such as times and distances, , mileage, average speed, top speed, vehicle location, journey type, and driving dynamics such as acceleration and deceleration.
"Cobra's innovative approach to the vehicle insurance market, an area not renowned for its innovation, impressed the BusinessCar Techie judges enough for it to warrant a Highly Commended award," says Paul Barker, Editor, BusinessCar. "The technology is designed to help responsible fleets trim their insurance bills and better manage their vehicles, both vital areas of importance in the current climate."
Cobra's technology already powers three consumer driver based insurance packages, including:
- Pay How You Drive - the better your driving the lower your premiums
- Pay As You Drive - based on the time, distance and location of journeys covered by the driver
- Pay Per Use - premiums are based on a driver's mileage
"This year we are really directing our telematics solutions towards the fleet industry, recognising the benefits our technology can give to fleet managers to reduce costs of insurance, and improve driver behaviour in addition to proactively encouraging training and best practice techniques," says Andrew Smith, Managing Director, Cobra UK. "Receiving this accolade from BusinessCar has come at an opportune time for us and we are delighted to be recognised for our innovation in the fleet arena."
The telematics technology from Cobra offers a fresh approach to monitoring driver behaviour and is web-based allowing fleet operators to see driver mileage, speed and vehicle location. This has a host of benefits, including managing business and personal mileage, flagging up persistent 'speedy' drivers to ensure appropriate training can be pursued and ultimately saving businesses money on fuel and helping them meet their duty of care obligations.
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18/08/2011
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05/09/2011
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