Blue Ink is an ELD provider founded in 2016, at the start of the ELD mandate. The company offers multiple ELDs, primarily focused on the light and mid-duty market. Blue Ink is based in West Virginia and completed a $150,000 round of funding in 2020. While new compared to many competitors, Blue Ink does offer … Read more
Pedigree is a telematics and fleet tracking company based in Fargo, North Dakota. The brand was founded in 2004, as a trailer management and sensor manufacturer. Today, Pedigree Technologies is also a leading ELD manufacturer. Its platform, OneView delivers a complete telematics solution. This includes fleet and asset management. Pedigree Technologies has been on Inc’s … Read more
Coretex is a New Zealand-based fleet telematics company. The brand was founded in 2015, following the merger of telematics and ELD giants, Imarda and Telematics Holdings Limited. Today, the provider delivers ELD to 60,000+ vehicles in countries including Australia and the U.S. Coretex’s IoT platform offers solutions for waste-management, construction, and mixed fleets, alongside full … Read more
Switchboard is a Vancouver-based ELD company offering hardware and software. The company was founded in 2015. While a relatively new company, Switchboard gets strong support from industry and users alike. The company completed a round of seed funding in 2019, using the funds to reduce the cost of their proprietary ELD module by $50. Switchboard … Read more
The Hours of Service (HOS) regulation limits driving times to periods of 11 consecutive hours. These rules apply to drivers of vehicles that are 10,000 lbs. or higher (<10,001). While the HOS regulation has existed since 1938, modern regulations came into force in 2003, 2005, and were updated further in 2017. These regulations work to … Read more
Trimble is an ELD company offering fleet management and driver training software. The company was founded in 1978 as a GPS navigation system. In 2011, Trimble purchased PeopleNet, one of the pioneers of ELD software. PeopleNet launched their first AODB device in 2001, more than 15 years before the ELD mandate. In 2018, Trimble acquired … Read more
Geotab is a fleet management software as a solution provider. The company is based in Ontario, Canada, and has been since founding in 2000. Geotab was one of the first companies to launch fleet tracking with GPS to the North American market. They were also one of the first to deliver an ELD solution following … Read more
Gorilla Safety is a relatively small ELD provider based in Houston, Texas. The company was founded in 2013 as a fleet safety software developer. Like many competitors, it moved into ELD and fleet tracking when the ELD mandate became law. Gorilla Safety was one of the first companies to deliver an ELD solution. Now, companies … Read more
Transflo is an ELD and fleet tracking provider based in Florida. The company founded in 1991 as a document imaging division of Pegasus Imaging. It split off into its own company, pioneering document imaging and truck stop scanning. By 2001, Transflo had partnered with Pilot Flying J truck stops. Today, they have one of the … Read more
Verizon Connect is an ELD company owned and operated by Verizon Communications. The brand comprises Fleetmatics (bought by Verizon in 2016), Telogis, and Verizon Telematics. As a result, is one of the largest ELD solutions in North America. Today, Verizon Connect has streamlined to just one ELD device registered with the FSCMA. This device operates … Read more
