Driving Safety Through Empowerment: How Geotab Vitality Transformed Our Fleet Culture
At Richards Building Supply, ensuring driver safety while fostering motivation has always been a top priority, but traditional coaching methods often felt punitive and failed to build a lasting safety culture. Partnering with Geotab Vitality has transformed this approach by empowering drivers with behavioral science-backed tools, personalized feedback, and rewards for safe driving. Through the easy-to-use mobile app, drivers receive real-time safety scores, can track their progress, and earn redeemable rewards, creating a positive and proactive safety culture.
A 40-day pilot delivered impressive results, including a 38% improvement in overall driving behavior and safer performance compared to similar fleets. Drivers praised the app’s simplicity, fairness, and rewards, highlighting its role in turning safety into a motivating and engaging experience. This program demonstrates how technology can replace outdated, top-down methods with a win-win system that prioritizes both driver well-being and company success.
U.S. Auto Market Balances Rising Sales, Tight Inventory, and Strategic Shifts
U.S. new-vehicle inventory is gradually recovering, with 2.76 million units available as of early September—up 4.8% month over month but still 3.9% lower than last year—reflecting a stabilizing yet not fully restored supply chain. Days’ supply rose to 77, though still down year over year, signaling that vehicles are moving off lots faster, supported by steady demand and disciplined production. Sales were strong in August, up 0.7% from July and 6.7% year over year, fueled by incentives and urgency around EV tax credits, while average listing prices continued to rise, reaching $48,697.
EV Sales Hit Record High Ahead of Tax Credit Phaseout
U.S. electric vehicle (EV) sales surged to a record 146,332 units in August, representing 9.9% of all auto sales, as buyers rushed ahead of the September 30 expiration of key federal tax credits.