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Truck navigation

Routed for this truck. Hours beside the next turn.

Turn-by-turn on the cab tablet, planned for the truck’s height, weight, axles and hazmat. The driver’s drive time sits on the map, traffic is re-checked about every 10 minutes, and dispatch can change the route while the truck rolls.

In testingIncluded in the $45 ELD lease
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In testing. Guidance has run with the truck parked and with a simulated location; a test on a driven road comes next.
  1. The next exit, its distance and where it leads
  2. Drive time left, from the ELD
  3. Arrival time, re-checked for traffic
  4. HAL’s lens: listening, thinking, answering

The Android tablet’s guidance screen, redrawn from the app · fictional trip

The truck profile

Height, width, length, weight, axles, trailers and hazmat sit on the truck’s record in the office. Every route is planned on our servers with those numbers, for the truck that’s actually driving.

  • From the truck’s recordMeasurements are entered once in the office. A driver can fill a blank on their own truck, but can’t shrink a measurement.
  • Hazmat from the loadEach load declares its hazmat. Until someone does, or says there’s none, it counts as unknown, never as none.
  • Nothing guessedA missing measurement is named on the tablet and in the office. Unknown is never treated as zero.

In testingIllustration · fictional names and data

Truck-legal routing

Low bridges, weight limits and streets closed to trucks are routed around when the route is planned, as far as the map data knows them. Restriction alerts stay on for every truck. Posted signs still come first.

Truck route · 7.6 mi · 16 minShortest way · 5.4 mi · Bridge clears 12 ft 10 in; T-14 is 13 ft 6 in

Company route rules

  • Avoid difficult turnsOn
  • Avoid dirt roadsOn
  • Avoid seasonal closuresOn
  • Avoid tollsOff
  • Avoid tunnelsOff
  • Avoid ferriesOff
  • Avoid U-turnsOff

Set once in the office. Every route follows them.

In testingIllustration · fictional names and data

Hours of service on the map

The ring in the corner of the guidance screen comes from the ELD. It counts down the time the driver can still drive under whichever limit runs out first, so nobody has to work it out on the road.

  • It follows the clock that binds first: the break, the drive, the shift or the cycle.
  • A tap on the ring opens all four clocks.
  • Driving is recorded automatically while the truck moves; at any stop the driver can choose any status, Drive included.
  • If the log history is incomplete, the ring stays off the map and the sheet says why. It never shows a zero it can’t back up.
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On the map, moving
A tap on the ring, stopped

Dispatch and the cab

The tablet keeps the arrival current with traffic. Dispatch keeps the plan current, and the driver confirms each change.

Traffic, re-checked about every 10 minutes

While the truck is moving and online, the tablet asks for fresh traffic on the road ahead about every 10 minutes. The arrival time moves; the route under the driver stays the same.

In the office, the dispatch board works out its own ETA for each truck’s next stop from the truck’s last reported position, so it can differ from the cab’s by a minute or two. Dispatch can also ask the driver for an ETA.

In testingIllustration · fictional names and data

Route changes, reviewed at a stop

Dispatch edits the load in the office. The tablet takes the new route while the truck rolls and says so out loud. The driver reviews the change at the next stop, and the office sees when.

  1. Dispatch adds a stop or moves an appointment.
  2. The tablet switches to the new route and says “Route updated by dispatch.”
  3. At the next stop, the driver reviews the change. The office sees when.

In testingIllustration · fictional names and data

Hey HAL

Say “Hey HAL” and ask when you’ll get there, how far it is or how much drive time is left. Name a place and HAL finds it, shows the route and starts guidance only after the driver says yes.

  • Arrival, distance, the road and the hours left, by voice
  • A destination by voice, confirmed before guidance starts
  • Or search any U.S. or Canada address: a shop, a truck stop, home. No load needed.

In testingHAL needs the app on screen and a data connection. Its replies are generated; the ones here are examples.

Search · U.S. and Canada

On the road

The posted limit stays on screen. Speed, railroad crossings, school zones, curves, grades and state lines are called out ahead. With a placarded load, the driver hears “Stop required” at every railroad crossing.

Speeding warningsCompany setting

Under 45 mph
Warn at 3 mph over
45 mph and up
Warn at 5 mph over
Tone
At 10 mph over

Drivers can make these stricter, never looser.

  • Restriction alerts are filtered to the truck’s own measurements.
  • The railroad “Stop required” call follows the load’s placard; an unknown placard counts.
  • Drivers set their own voice, volume, units and map view, within the company’s limits.

In testingIllustration · fictional names and data

Included with the ELD

One lease per truck covers the ELD and the navigation, for solo or team drivers. You supply the tablet.

$45per truck, per monthLeased · navigation and updates includedOne-time $50 setup per ELD, shipping to the continental U.S. included

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Included

  • Truck navigation on the cab tablet
  • The ELD and hours of service, leased
  • ELD updates over the air
  • Solo or team drivers, same price

Not included

  • The cab tablet: Android 8.0 or newer with Google mobile services. It must reach the internet wherever the truck goes, through its own cellular plan or a hotspot in the truck; built-in GPS preferred.
  • Dispatch and the office tools, priced separately

Status, plainly

Available is live in production. In testing is built and running, not yet proven with real fleets. Coming is planned or partly built.

Routing

  • Routes planned for the truck’s height, width, length, weight, axles, trailers and hazmatIn testing
  • Company route rules: difficult turns, dirt roads, seasonal closures, tolls, tunnels, ferries, U-turnsIn testing
  • Hazmat declared per load, with tunnel categoryIn testing
  • Navigation to any U.S. or Canada address, no load neededIn testing

On the tablet

  • Turn-by-turn on the Android cab tablet: exits, lanes, the posted limitIn testing
  • Hours of service on the mapIn testing
  • Traffic and arrival re-checked about every 10 minutesIn testing
  • Speed warnings, railroad-crossing and hazmat alertsIn testing
  • “Hey HAL”: ask about the trip, say a destination and confirmIn testing
  • Navigation on iPad and iPhoneIn testing

With the office

  • Truck measurements kept on each truck’s recordIn testing
  • The next stop’s ETA on the dispatch board, and ETA requests to the driverIn testing
  • Route changes from dispatch, reviewed by the driver at a stopIn testing

Coming

  • Fuel stops along the route: the driver picks, dispatch approvesComing
  • Rest areas and truck parkingComing
  • ETAs that learn from each driverComing

Not offered

  • Weigh stations and scale status
  • Offline map downloads
  • Canadian hours-of-service rules
  • App-store listings (company test devices only)

FAQ

Questions carriers ask

Has the navigation been tested on the road?

Not yet on a driven road. Guidance has run with the truck parked and with a simulated location, and the routing, the hours ring and the traffic re-check run in our test builds. A driven-road test comes next. Until then, every navigation line on this page is In testing.

Which tablet do we need?

An Android tablet with Android 8.0 or newer and Google mobile services. It must reach the internet wherever the truck goes, through its own cellular plan or a hotspot in the truck: routes are planned on our servers, and traffic and dispatch changes arrive over that connection. Built-in GPS is preferred. The tablet isn’t part of the lease. The iPad and iPhone apps are in earlier testing.

Does it work without signal?

Not fully. The tablet needs a data connection to plan a route, re-check traffic and take changes from dispatch, and there are no offline map downloads. Plan on a tablet with its own cellular plan, or a hotspot in the truck. Wi-Fi found only at some stops isn’t enough.

Why does it say “Stop required” at railroad crossings?

Federal rules name the vehicles whose drivers must stop, including buses carrying passengers, hazmat cargo tanks and vehicles placarded for most hazmat classes. Each such driver “shall not cross a railroad track or tracks at grade unless he/she first” stops within 50 feet of, and not closer than 15 feet to, the tracks (49 CFR 392.10(a)). There are exceptions, such as a crossing where a police officer or flagman waves traffic through. When the load is placarded, or its placard is unknown, the tablet says “Stop required” at each crossing, even with voice muted.

Who decides the route rules?

The office. Tolls, tunnels, ferries, dirt roads, seasonal closures, U-turns and difficult turns are set once for the company, and every route follows them. Drivers adjust their own voice, volume, units and map view, and can make speeding warnings stricter.

Does navigation cost extra?

No. It comes with the ELD lease: $45 per truck a month, solo or team, plus a one-time $50 setup per ELD with shipping to the continental U.S. Dispatch and the office tools are priced separately; talk to us for a quote.

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