WESTLAKE, Texas, Nov. 04, 2026: Solera Holdings, LLC, a global leader in vehicle lifecycle management, today announced a new integration connecting FleetLocate with Fleetio, the leading fleet maintenance and optimization platform. The integration helps shared customers automatically send vehicle telemetry from FleetLocate into Fleetio, reducing manual data entry and helping maintenance teams plan service based on actual vehicle usage.  

Fleet operators often manage vehicle location and operational data separately from maintenance workflows. This integration helps connect those workflows by making FleetLocate an automated source of maintenance-critical telemetry for Fleetio. The result is a more direct connection between operations and maintenance teams while allowing customers to continue working in the platforms they already use. 

“Maintenance teams need accurate vehicle data without adding another manual process,” said Nick Grandy, Head of Fleet Solutions, Solera “By connecting FleetLocate with Fleetio, we are helping shared customers turn telematics data into more timely maintenance action, improve preventive maintenance planning and identify vehicle issues faster.” 

“Connecting FleetLocate’s vehicle data directly to Fleetio’s maintenance workflows gives organizations a clearer picture of their overall fleet health,” said Muamer Razic, Director of Product Management at Fleetio. “By reducing manual updates, this integration helps our shared customers move from reactive maintenance to proactive decision-making, keeping the entire fleet performing at its best.” 

The integration is now available to customers with a Fleetio account and the applicable FleetLocate capabilities in supported markets. To learn more, visit Solera Fleet Solution’s Fleetio Integration Page or contact a Solera Fleet Solutions representative. 

About Solera 

Solera is a global leader in vehicle lifecycle management software, data, and services. Operating in more than 120 countries and serving over 280,000 customers, Solera provides the digital infrastructure that powers critical operations across the automotive ecosystem, serving manufacturers, dealerships, insurers, repairers, recyclers, parts providers and fleet operators worldwide. At its core, Solera is built on a proprietary automotive data foundation and a cloud-based AI infrastructure designed to operate at industry scale. By embedding intelligence directly into workflows and continuously innovating across its platform, Solera enables customers to move faster, reduce complexity, and deliver better outcomes. Solera is home to many leading brands in the automotive and vehicle ecosystem, including Identifix, Audatex, DealerSocket, Omnitracs, LoJack, Spireon, eDriving, cap hpi, Autodata, and others. For more information, visit www.solera.com. 

For media inquiries, please contact mediainquiry@solera.com

About Fleetio 

Fleetio is the leading fleet maintenance and optimization platform, helping fleets, repair shops, and partners efficiently manage their assets by providing resources fueled with data-driven recommendations and expert insights. Fleetio sets the industry standard as an operating system built to support real execution through embedded intelligence, automation, and connected maintenance workflows. Leveraging its comprehensive fleet ecosystem, the company supports 8,500+ fleets and millions of assets across 100+ countries, and processes tens of millions of repair orders through a network of over 140,000 repair shops. Fleetio equips fleet professionals with the tools they need to extend asset life, reduce downtime, and confidently deliver results for their business.

For media inquiries, please contact press@fleetio.com

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But scale is not everything. Smaller fleets can compete by staying lean, knowing their customers, and investing in tools that solve practical problems.

The Pressure on Small Fleets Is Growing

Costs keep moving in the wrong direction. Fuel remains unpredictable, maintenance and insurance are more expensive, and customers expect faster service and better shipment visibility.

When margins are thin, every avoidable cost matters.

Small fleets also run with smaller teams. The same person may oversee dispatch, safety, compliance, maintenance, and customer issues, sometimes all in one day. That leaves little time to step back and plan for growth.

The result is a constant tradeoff between serving today’s customers and building a stronger operation for tomorrow.

The Driver Challenge Isn’t Going Away

Finding and keeping qualified drivers remains one of the industry’s toughest problems.

Turnover affects more than recruiting costs. It can disrupt routes, strain customer relationships, and add work for an already busy office. For a smaller fleet, even one open seat can be difficult to absorb.

Pay matters, but it is not the whole story. Drivers also notice the condition of the equipment, the quality of communication, and how much friction they face in their daily work.

Fleets that remove that friction give drivers a better reason to stay.

Competing Against Larger Carriers

Large carriers have deeper budgets, but smaller fleets are not without advantages.

They can make decisions quickly, adapt to a customer’s needs, and build relationships that are harder to maintain at enterprise scale.

Those strengths only matter if the operation behind them is efficient.

Hours lost to paperwork, preventable downtime, or manual compliance work take time away from customers and drivers.

That is why the right processes and technology can make a real difference: they give a small team more capacity without adding unnecessary overhead.

Efficiency Is the New Competitive Advantage

Growth does not always mean adding trucks.

Often, the first opportunity is getting more from the people and equipment already in place.

That can mean:

• Improve vehicle utilization
• Reduce unplanned downtime
• Streamline compliance processes
• Improve driver productivity
• Gain better operational visibility
• Make faster decisions based on data

Taken together, these improvements create room to grow without increasing overhead at the same pace.

For many fleets, a more disciplined operation is a better starting point than a larger one.

Technology Is Leveling the Playing Field

Fleet technology used to feel out of reach for smaller operators. That is changing.

Transportation management systems, video safety tools, electronic compliance products, maintenance platforms, and telematics are now available in options designed for smaller fleets.

Used well, these tools can reduce repetitive work, flag problems earlier, and give operators a clearer view of what is happening across the fleet.

The point is not to add another system. It is to make a small team’s work easier and more consistent.

Start with a specific problem, such as downtime, paperwork, safety, or communication. Choose technology only when it offers a practical improvement.

Preparing for What’s Next

The market will keep changing. Costs will shift, customer expectations will rise, and new tools will enter the mix.

The fleets best prepared for that change will not necessarily be the biggest.

They will be the ones that understand where time and money are being lost and take action.

Small fleets have always had to do more with less. With the right focus, that discipline can become an advantage.

Key Takeaway

Small fleets do not need to operate like enterprise carriers to compete with them. Clear visibility, efficient processes, a better driver experience, and selective technology investments can help a lean operation protect margins and grow on its own terms. Ready to operate at a higher level?

Get in Contact with Us

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Innovation in commercial transportation is no longer defined by standalone tools or isolated telemetry points. True disruption happens when fragmented technology converges into actionable intelligence that drives real-world operational results.  

Presented annually by FreightWaves, the FreightTech 100 celebrates the most innovative and disruptive companies redefining freight logistics and supply chain execution. Making the list yet again validates our core mission: shifting commercial fleets from reactive troubleshooting to total proactive control. 

“Recognition in the FreightTech 100 reflects our commitment to helping fleets turn data into better decisions every day. As fleet operations become more complex, Solera continues to simplify that complexity through a unified intelligence platform that helps customers improve safety, productivity, and operational performance across their entire fleet.”

  — Nick Grandy, Head of Fleet Solutions, Solera 

The Power of Platform Convergence: A Comprehensive Solutions Suite 

At the core of this recognition is the sheer breadth and depth of capabilities offered across the Solera Fleet Solutions platform. Rather than forcing operations to juggle disconnected vendors, Solera provides an end-to-end intelligence ecosystem bridging the cab, the back office, and the shop: 

• Proactive AI Safety & Risk Mitigation: Moving beyond passive recording, Solera’s safety solutions combine rapid edge artificial intelligence with expert human review (AI + HI) to capture the complete Totality of Risk. This approach eliminates false-alarm fatigue, reduces preventable collisions, and secures rapid, objective exoneration against false claims. 

• Dynamic Routing, Planning & Dispatch: Managing volatility across the final mile requires precision. Our AI-supported routing engines reduce manual planning time by up to 55% while reducing annual mileage by 23%, ensuring tighter customer delivery windows are met without unnecessary overhead. 

• Intelligent Asset & Cargo Management: Moving past basic GPS breadcrumbs, Solera transforms trailers into intelligent assets. Powered by advanced cargo sensors delivering 99% load-status accuracy, fleets eliminate wasted capacity, prevent mispulls, and safeguard freight with dynamic geofencing. 

• Frictionless Driver Experience & Workflows: Frontline retention starts in the cab. By digitizing driver tasks, navigation, and automated Hours of Service (HOS) compliance into a single interface, we eliminate administrative drag so drivers can focus on the road. 

• Proactive Maintenance & Fleet Diagnostics: Transforming vehicle engine telemetry into predictive maintenance schedules helps operations achieve up to 200,000 more miles between breakdowns, cutting vehicle off-road time. 

Solera Fleet Solutions on the FreightTech 100 

Earning a place on FreightWaves’ FreightTech 100 demands more than novelty; it requires proven industry impact. Fleets today are flooded with massive amounts of data daily, yet raw data alone only adds operational noise. 

The Solera Fleet platform bridges the critical gap between raw data collection and bottom-line execution. Backed by decades of deep domain experience and petabytes of historical fleet data, our algorithms deliver cross-domain benchmarking and predictive insights that empower leaders to make decisions in minutes. 

By continuously pushing technological boundaries in artificial intelligence, commercial navigation, and telematics, Solera proves every day that fleets don’t just survive modern logistics challenges; Fleets thrive here. 

Click Here to book a demo of the Solera Fleet Platform today. 

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By: Sean Ritchie

Artificial intelligence has changed video-based fleet safety. But it has also created a dangerous legal illusion: if the AI did not flag it, the risk must not matter. 

Your AI may detect risky driving. But the footage it misses may be the evidence used against you. 

That assumption can become expensive. Because when a crash happens, nobody will only ask what your AI detected. They will ask what was visible, what your company could have known, and why it failed to act. 

AI can flag an event and still leave the most important legal question unanswered: what else was visible, who reviewed it, and can the fleet prove it addressed all the risk? In our review, trained human validation identified up to 30% additional risk in videos that were missed by AI. That gap matters because in litigation, the absence of an oversight record can become the story.

Sean Ritchie

Vice President – Solera Fleet Solutions

If an AI-only system is flagging events but not identifying the full context inside those videos, it may be missing identifiable risk that remains visible, stored, and discoverable. That is more than a safety gap. It is potential evidence waiting to be used against your fleet. 

Your AI Can Flag an Event and Still Miss the Evidence That Matters 

An AI system may correctly classify a video as a stop-sign violation and still miss the behaviors that make the event legally dangerous. 

The same video could also show distraction, speeding, drowsiness, aggressive driving, or other unsafe behavior. Those details can turn a routine coaching event into a pattern of ignored warning signs. 

This creates two distinct problems: 

• False positives consume time by directing reviewers toward footage that may not contain meaningful risk. 

• False negatives and under-classification can leave serious behavior unidentified, improperly prioritized, or never escalated. 

The first problem wastes time. The second creates exposure. It can leave dangerous behavior unaddressed, undocumented, and waiting to be discovered by someone outside your company. 

After a Serious Collision, the Missed Context Becomes the Case 

Imagine a fleet vehicle is involved in a serious collision. The lawsuit begins. Discovery starts. Suddenly, every prior video connected to that driver becomes evidence. 

Your AI had already flagged a driving event. Your team reviewed the alert, coached the driver, and moved on. 

Then the full video is examined. It shows additional risky behavior that was visible, stored, and available to your organization, but never identified, escalated, or coached. 

At that point, the question is not if your team coached the risks to which they were alerted. The question is whether your team should have coached the additional risks. 

That is where the risk becomes dangerous. If the footage shows warning signs but your records show no review, no escalation, and no action, a plaintiff’s attorney may argue your fleet had the evidence and failed to protect the public. 

Four Questions That Should Make Every Fleet Executive Uncomfortable 

The danger is not using AI. The danger is treating AI output as the final truth when it may only be the first clue. 

Every safety, risk, legal, and executive leader should be asking: 

1. Are we trusting the AI alert, or are we reviewing the full evidence? 

2. What dangerous behavior is still visible in the video but missing from our coaching sessions? 

3. Are we under-classifying high-severity events and creating a paper trail of weak response? 

4. If this video appears in court, can we prove we did everything in our power to correct the risky behavior? 

A strong safety program should not simply generate alerts. It should create defensible proof that the organization identified meaningful risk, prioritized the right drivers, and took action before the next crash. 

Independent Validation Exposes What Your AI Provider May Have Missed 

Solera Vantage is designed around a simple but provocative premise: your provider can show you what it detected, but how can you know what it missed? 

Solera Vantage adds an independent validation layer to the safety evidence you already have. Customers provide existing video, metadata, and provider outputs. Solera applies AI + Human Intelligence review to identify missed, added, under-classified, or under-escalated risk before those gaps are exposed by a claim, audit, or lawsuit. 

The result is not another dashboard. It is a clearer view of the risk hiding in your own evidence, the coaching opportunities your process may be missing, and the liability exposure your current provider may never show you. 

Audit the Misses Before Someone Else Does 

Your greatest exposure may not be the risk your AI detected. It may be the risk still sitting in the same video, waiting for someone else to find it. 

A Solera Vantage Hidden Risk Audit can help reveal missed and under-classified risk in the video evidence you already own, before that same evidence is used to challenge your safety program. 

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If you are operating a commercial fleet in the North American food and beverage (F&B) industry, you know that moving cargo isn’t just about hauling boxes from Point A to Point B. It’s a literal race against time, ambient temperatures, and some of the most razor-thin wholesale margins in the global economy.

Between rigid retailer receiving windows, strict multi-temperature parameter rules, and unpredictable metropolitan traffic bottlenecks, the final mile has transformed. It is no longer just a line item on an expense sheet, it is the ultimate differentiator between industry leaders and lagging operations.

But as consumer and client demands overhaul at a breakneck pace, how can broadline foodservice distributors and regional beverage fleets stay ahead?

We address exactly that in our groundbreaking new eBook: “Simplifying Routing for Food and Beverage Fleets” where we take a quick look at the five major industry shifts currently cementing your roadway, and why your current routing software might be costing you your competitive edge.

1. The E-Commerce Volatility Shock

B2B and B2C e-commerce didn’t just grow over the last few years; it permanently altered buyer behavior. Regional distributors who historically relied on static, fixed-day master routes are suddenly being forced to absorb highly unpredictable, on-demand e-commerce order volumes. Trying to manage this fluid reality with isolated, rigid routing tools crushes dispatcher efficiency and drains bottom-line profitability.

2. The Same-Day Delivery Squeeze

The operational standard has rapidly contracted from next-day fulfillment to micro-windows and strict same-day parameters. When a chef or grocery receiver submits an order right before a morning cutoff window, your warehouse and localized last-mile assets must pick, stage, and deliver perfectly on-time. This pressure is driving immense per-mile operational costs. To counter this squeeze, fleets need algorithmic adaptability, meaning continuous insertion capabilities that seamlessly place last-minute stops into active routes with zero disruption.

3. Frictionless, Contactless Verification

The days of manual manifests, paper clipboards, and smudged signatures are over. In the modern cold chain, delivery verification must be completely contactless and automated to ensure hygienic, audit-ready compliance. Proactive geofencing must alert receivers of exact ETAs in advance, while drivers require specialized mobile applications to capture embedded photos of temperature logs and case counts for instantaneous Digital Proof of Delivery (ePOD).

4. Taming the Hybrid Fleet Model

Faced with an acute driver scarcity crisis, innovative fleets are tapping into local, crowdsourced driver networks to handle peak seasonal surges. However, the final leg of delivery represents a staggering 53% of total shipping costs, making it your highest financial variable. Managing an unoptimized mix of hourly crowdsourced contractors and salaried commercial operators can quietly leak margin unless your logistics engineers have access to unified analytics dashboards to model high-efficiency lanes.

5. Driver Experience Is Your Customer Experience

In food and beverage distribution, your drivers are the face of your brand. They are your primary customer service touchpoint. If your frontline staff is subjected to administrative fatigue, unrealistic drop schedules, or dangerous routing that ignores commercial vehicle class weight and bridge restrictions, they turn over. Given the high costs of recruitment, protecting your drivers from day-to-day friction goes hand-in-hand with ensuring a premium client experience.

Ready to Master the Matrix?

The final mile is where your brand’s promises and financial investments come to fruition. To win in this environment, your routing and safety software must conform to your specific business rules, and not force your operation to bend to technical limitations.

In our full eBook, we explore how platform convergence, bringing together routing, compliance, asset health, and AI video safety into a single, cloud-native SaaS ecosystem, can unlock massive operational wins, including:

• Reducing manual planning time by up to 55%.
• Slashing total annual mileage waste by an average of 35%.
• Virtually eliminating missed retailer delivery windows.

Don’t let legacy technical debt freeze your margins.

Download your copy of the comprehensive new eBook “Simplifying Routing for Food & Beverage Fleets” today, to future-proof your distribution network, lower your equipment downtime, and keep your drivers satisfied.

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