On the Road: GreenRoad™ To Attend Series of Autumn Events

London, UK — September 27th, 2011 — GreenRoad™, the leader in driving performance and safety management, today announced that it will be exhibiting and presenting at a number of upcoming industry events as it shows fleet managers how to transform their driving culture, cut driver risk and reduce fuel consumption.

The events are:

  1. Brake Fleet Safety Forum ‘smart solutions for greener, safer drivers – 29th Sep, Birmingham
  2. Coach and Bus Live – 5 – 6th Oct, Birmingham
  3. Fleet News Congress 2011 – 18th Oct, Birmingham
  4. Driving for better Business Boardroom Round Table – 19th Oct, Swindon

Brake FSF Workshop

Brake’s Fleet Safety Forum and GreenRoad are running a workshop aimed at encouraging company car drivers to adopt safe, eco-friendly behaviour behind the wheel. ‘Smart solutions for greener, safer drivers’ will be on 29th September in central Birmingham. It will include:

  • GreenRoad’s Michael Gwilt on the latest innovations in driver performance and safety approaches and in-vehicle technology
  • Dr. Will Murray from Interactive Driving Solutions on how to successfully integrate driver training initiatives
  • Gary Bell will replace Mark Moore of Bunzl to explain how their fleet has cut driver risk by 63% since using GreenRoad

Driving for Better Business Boardroom Round Table

GreenRoad is sponsoring the Driving for Better Business Boardroom Round Table at Arval in Swindon on 19th October 2011. Michael Gwilt of GreenRoad will be presenting and the agenda includes a discussion on engaging top management and a review of the latest research on driving for work led by Shaun Helman from TRL who will reveal his findings from the recent IOSH research.

Coach & Bus Live

Once again, GreenRoad will be demonstrating the benefits of its service with its insurance partner Belmont International, the UK’s leading independent insurance broker specialising in passenger transport at Coach and Bus Live, 5th and 5th October 2011, Birmingham NEC.

The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) will also have a stand at the show where it will be highlighting its CoachSave initiative in partnership with GreenRoad, insurer Aviva and Belmont. Among the many benefits offered, CoachSave allows CPT members to fix their insurance costs for three years, subject to claims performance, while benefiting from GreenRoad’s ability to drive down accident and fuel costs.

Fleet News Congress

GreenRoad is sponsoring a session stream at The Fleet News Congress 2011 on 18th October at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. Aidan Rowsome, General Manager of GreenRoad Europe, will talk about how to reduce car and van accidents, driver performance improvement and best practice case studies.

About GreenRoad

GreenRoad is the leader in driving performance and safety management for fleets and other organisations. The unique GreenRoad Driver Auto-Improvement Loop™, is technology- based, personalised driver self-improvement that immediately transforms driving culture and delivers the best drivers on the road. Proven across 70,000 drivers worldwide, representing innovative fleets from all industry segments, GreenRoad dramatically reduces crashes and fuel consumption so customers realise positive ROI within months. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices throughout the U.S. and U.K., and Israel. For more information, visit www.greenroad.com.

For more information about GreenRoad please contact:

Rachel Postlethwaite
Breakaway Communications
+44 7949 883636
rp@breakawaycom.com

GreenRoad™ Optimizes Fleet Driver Performance, Safety Practices and Fuel Consumption with New Features

Award-winning Service Nearly Eliminates Posted Speed Violations, Adds Unique Idling Heat Maps, Extends Data Integration for Customers and Partner Applications

REDWOOD CITY, CA – June 28, 2011 — GreenRoad, the leader in fleet driver performance and safety management, today announced it has added new functionality to GreenRoad 360™, its award-winning fleet driver performance and safety management solution. The new functionality, incorporating extensive customer feedback, extends GreenRoad’s ability to deliver significant fuel efficiencies and reductions in crash incidents for fleets, including bus, coach and van fleets.

The enhancements include:

  • Posted Speed Performance delivers the ability to nearly eliminate posted speed violations by automatically capturing incidents where a vehicle is traveling above the posted speed limit, reflecting the impact of these incidents on the safety score and mapping the details. Seamlessly integrated with GreenRoad Central™, a web-based management dashboard, Posted Speed Performance can be customized to suit specific fleet policies and features color-coded graphical reporting for easy review and efficient management.

“Speeding is a major contributor to fleet crash incidents and excessive speed can dramatically increase fuel consumption. Additionally, because speeding on city and residential streets is often riskier than speeding on highways, managing posted speed performance is a key requirement for most fleets. Now, fleet drivers and management have a new level of safety protection and insight,” said Glenn Pereira, director of product marketing for GreenRoad.

“There is no ‘silver bullet’ when it comes to minimizing driver risk, but used in conjunction with a number of other measures, the GreenRoad system is helping us to develop a comprehensive picture of where we have risks within our fleet,” said Brent Mitchell, Director of Operational Support, Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions, which uses GreenRoad 360 across its fleet of 1400 vehicles. “GreenRoad not only allows us to identify risks, but also protects our drivers when they are out on the road, providing a range of data to help us analyze incidents.”

  • Unique Idling Heat Maps extends GreenRoad’s idling performance management capability. Now, for the first time, fleet managers have an “at-a-glance” view of idling hot spots across specific geographies and routes. Idling policies can be customized to specific fleet vehicles and specific fleet operations or locations. The Idling Heat Maps are viewed on GreenRoad Central™, and are another example of GreenRoad’s commitment to giving fleet managers further insight into driver performance and safety management. GreenRoad customers typically achieve up to 10% savings in fuel consumption and have seen up to an additional 5% savings through proactive idling management.

“To see where the buses are idling is definitely a good management tool. With our hard winters and being school buses, in the morning we have to start up our fleets and idle for 20 minutes to get them up to running temperature. With GreenRoad, we are able to reduce the idling by about 25%.  Drivers were also pulling up to school an hour early and idling, and we can reduce that. The drivers are more aware now, and the new idling heat maps will add another level of insight,” said Linda Kleingardner, operations and safety manager, Rolling V Transportation Services.

  • Expanded data integration delivers a new set of application program interfaces (API’s) for integration with partner and customer systems including live data delivery such as GPS data, fleet administration automation interfaces, and behavioral insight interfaces.  As customers continue to move fleet operations to cloud-based computing environments, GreenRoad is enabling customers to more easily share collected data with other IT systems, applications and programs, and specifically with fleet and risk management service providers. The data integration capability is delivered through standard Internet integration technologies and is simple and easy to implement.

“These new API’s  enable a wide range of integration scenarios, including the use of GreenRoad data to power third party solutions and the automated delivery of GreenRoad generated data to customers’  business intelligence, and operational reporting systems,” continued Pereira.

Over 70,000 fleet drivers around the world are currently using the GreenRoad service and experiencing an average 50% reduction in crashes and instant savings to the bottom line by realizing up to 10% reduction in fuel consumption.  To date the company has logged over 3 billion driver miles and continues to add over 100 million driver miles per month.

GreenRoad serves a blue-chip roster of leading customers including First Group, the U.K.’s largest bus and rail operator company, and Ryder, which provides leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions worldwide.  Other customers include:  Iron Mountain, Securitas Mobile, MasTec, DuPre Logistics, Stagecoach, CityLink and Quickway Carriers.

Pricing and Availability

These new features are available as of June 30, 2011; pricing available upon request. Please see www.greenroad.com for more information.

About GreenRoad

GreenRoad is the leader in fleet driver performance and safety management. GreenRoad offers the industry’s most sophisticated, customizable technology solutions and services to maximize driving safety and efficiency, generating immediate cost savings. GreenRoad 360™ provides real-time feedback integrated with comprehensive online visibility. GreenRoad engage drivers on an ongoing basis to deliver lasting improvement to driver and fleet performance. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices throughout the U.S. and U.K., and Israel. For more information, visit www.greenroad.com.

GreenRoad Media Contact

Gretchen Hoffman GreenRoad (650)307-6284 gretchen.hoffman@greenroad.com

Or Julie McHenry Communications Insight, LLC (650)504-6655 julie@comminsight.com

GreenRoad™, GreenRoad 360™, and GreenRoad Central™ are trademarks of GreenRoad, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

GreenRoad™ Fuels Up for Growth; Hires Silicon Valley Veteran Jim Heeger as CEO, Raises $13 Million

Redwood City, CA — May 18, 2011 – GreenRoad, the leader in fleet driver performance and safety management, today announced that Jim Heeger, a Silicon Valley veteran with extensive growth-company leadership experience, has joined as president and CEO.

The company also announced that, in conjunction with Heeger’s appointment, existing investors have provided an additional $13 million in equity financing to fund the company’s rapid growth.

“GreenRoad is one of those rare opportunities; it’s an extremely well-positioned company offering a compelling solution to an existing and growing problem. In this case, our driver performance management solutions deliver real, measurable results including improved safety, reduction of crash-related costs and savings in fuel consumption and emissions,” commented Heeger. “We’ve made significant inroads into the targeted fleet market, both in North America and the U.K., and the additional expansion opportunities across markets and geographies are virtually unlimited,” continued Heeger.

Over 60,000 fleet drivers around the world are currently using the GreenRoad service and experiencing an average 50% reduction in crashes and instant savings to the bottom line by realizing up to 10% reduction in fuel consumption. To date the company has logged over 3 billion driver miles and continues to add over 100 million driver miles per month.

Heeger has a track record of growing emerging businesses into category leaders and plans to leverage that experience to continue GreenRoad’s growth momentum. He was most recently CEO of PayCycle, helping to build it from a small start-up in a relatively crowded market, into the leading online payroll service purchased in July 2009 by Intuit for $170 million. Prior to PayCycle, Heeger was the senior vice president of Adobe’s Creative Professional business unit, which grew dramatically under his direction. Heeger revamped the business strategy, launching the enormously popular Adobe Creative Suite as well as revitalizing other flagship products such as Adobe Illustrator CS and Adobe InDesign CS. Prior to Adobe, Heeger was senior vice president and general manager of Intuit’s Small Business division where he recorded record growth and steered expansion of the QuickBooks franchise into the payroll category.

GreenRoad also announced that Tanya Roberts has joined the company as senior vice president of marketing. Roberts also brings significant growth company experience to GreenRoad with previous successes at PayCycle, SugarSync, Fotiva and Intuit.

GreenRoad serves a blue-chip roster of leading customers including First Group, the U.K.’s largest bus and rail operator company, and Ryder, which provides leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions worldwide. Other customers include: Iron Mountain, Securitas Mobile, Mastec, Arctic Glacier, DuPre Logistics and Quickway Carriers.

GreenRoad has received numerous industry awards including most recently the 2011 Van Fleet World Honours Award for Safety.

GreenRoad allows safety and fleet managers to be dramatically more effective in their jobs. It’s estimated that driving decisions are responsible for 90% of all accidents and GreenRoad’s goal is to mitigate those crash-causing driving decisions

The GreenRoad service significantly improves fleet driver performance and safety through a comprehensive real-time driver performance management solution which includes:

  • A fleet management website reporting on overall safety performance as well as detail by driver, vehicle or route.
  • Individual web accounts for each driver providing insights into personal performance.
  • An innovative in-vehicle system measuring over 120 maneuvers and providing real-time, in-cab driver performance feedback.
  • A web-based training and coaching portal for drivers and managers.

About GreenRoad

GreenRoad is the leader in fleet driver performance and safety management. GreenRoad offers the industry’s most sophisticated, customizable technology solutions and services to maximize driving safety and efficiency, generating immediate cost savings. GreenRoad 360™ provides real-time feedback integrated with comprehensive online visibility. GreenRoad engage drivers on an ongoing basis to deliver lasting improvement to driver and fleet performance. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices throughout the U.S. and U.K., and Israel. For more information, visit www.greenroad.com.

Media Contact

Gretchen Hoffman
GreenRoad
gretchen.hoffman@greenroad.com
(650)307-6284

Or

Julie McHenry
Communications Insight, LLC
julie@comminsight.com
(650)504-6655

GreenRoad and Zurich Seek to Revolutionize Fleet Risk Management With Zurich Fleet Intelligence

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Feb. 1, 2011 – GreenRoad, the world’s leader in smarter, safer driving to eliminate crashes and save fuel, today announced it is working with Zurich, one of the largest fleet insurers in North America and globally, on its new, integrated fleet risk management solution called Zurich Fleet Intelligence (ZFI). GreenRoad will offer its comprehensive safety and fuel saving program to Zurich’s insurance customers seeking ways to minimize their fleet’s operating costs and reduce crashes, all while keeping their vehicles up-and-running and drivers safe.

“GreenRoad is proud to offer Zurich clients our comprehensive program for real-time driver decision-making, increased safety, operational performance and fuel savings,” said Pat Burtis, CEO, GreenRoad. “Fleet managers across the globe tell us they use our driver-centric platform because it gives them peace of mind that they are helping their drivers get home safe at night.” ZFI works by combining the raw data from either GreenRoad’s telematic devices or raw data from other leading vehicle telematic providers with Zurich’s extensive analytical tools to turn the data into meaningful insights (see graphics below) that can help fleet managers reduce their fleet operating costs, as well as:

  • Optimize vehicle journey planning and deployment;
  • Reduce vehicle running costs;
  • Achieve increased fuel economy;
  • Reduce the occurrence of vehicle crashes through defensive driving training;
  • Influence future insurance premiums;
  • Improve employees’ driving skills and knowledge;
  • Reduce stress and fatigue amongst drivers through coaching and development;

Improve their fleet’s impact on the environment.

“By working with leading vehicle telematics providers like GreenRoad, Zurich is able to offer independent advice on the most appropriate package of services to meet our customers’ individual needs,” said Paul Horgan, chief underwriting officer for Zurich Global Corporate in North America.
Zurich does not receive any fees or commission from these vendors when a customer selects their telematics services. “We are here to help our customers identify their business needs and then help them choose the most appropriate vendor to help them reach their business goals,” said Horgan.

To watch a :90 second video showing how ZFI works, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqjSc-T7arY. For more information about ZFI, go to http://www.zurichfleetintelligence.com.

About GreenRoad

GreenRoad delivers the future of driving: smarter, safer and more fuel efficient. We offer the industry’s most sophisticated, customizable technology-based platforms and programs to maximize driving safety and efficiency, generating immediate cost savings. GreenRoad 360™ provides real-time feedback integrated with comprehensive online visibility. We engage drivers on an ongoing basis to deliver lasting improvement to driver and fleet performance. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices throughout the US and UK, and Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Virgin Green Fund, Amadeus, Balderton Capital, DAG Ventures and Generation Investment Management LLP. For more information, visit www.greenroad.com.

About Zurich

Zurich in North America is a part of Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich), an insurance-based financial services provider with a global network of subsidiaries and offices in North America and Europe as well as in Asia Pacific, Latin America and other markets. Founded in 1872, the Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and employs approximately 60,000 people serving customers in more than 170 countries, including more than 9,500 employees in North America. Zurich’s risk engineering services in the United States are provided by Zurich Services Corporation.

SOURCE GreenRoad

http://www.greenroad.com

GreenRoad Announces Enhanced Fuel Saving Solution

REDWOOD SHORES, CA / LONDON, UK (December 2, 2010) — GreenRoad, the world’s leader in smarter, safer driving, today announced the addition of an idling performance solution to its overall service to help fleets further reduce fuel consumption and vehicle emissions. The typical GreenRoad 360™ customer already sees fuel economy savings of up to 10% and with this new solution drivers can cut fuel consumption by an additional 2 – 5 %.

As the market leader in reducing fuel consumption based on driving behavior, GreenRoad’s new idling management capability quickly identifies specific drivers, vehicles, or trips that negatively impact fuel performance. This customizable solution automatically identifies idling activities that are exceptions to company policy, based on client-defined policy thresholds, applying sophisticated filtering to the unavoidable idling that occurs at traffic lights and stop signs.

“GreenRoad is able to provide managers and drivers with complete control over idling, eliminating the cost and environmental impact incurred by this manageable driving behavior,” said Dan Steere, CEO of GreenRoad.

GreenRoad is compatible with all vehicle years, makes and models. This unique approach to idling management offers significant advantages over legacy idling detection systems by not requiring disruptive ECM integration, or an ignition sensor up fit, to determine whether or not the engine is running.

Key features include:

  • Eliminates the need for manual effort or data download procedures.
  • Minimizes the time and effort required to assess and sustain improvements in idling performance.
  • Requires no additional hardware, ECM integration.
  • Has no impact on vehicle warranty or sub-systems.
  • Identifies vehicles with weak batteries or electrical system issues.
  • Customizable in all vehicle years, makes and models.
  • GPS Mapping component allows managers to see where idling is most prevalent.

Minimizes fleet cost, complexity and risk.

GreenRoad makes it easy and simple for managers to stay up to date in identifying idling issues–real-time idling reports are available anytime and emailed weekly, reporting on performance across all fleets. Managers also have the ability to refer to at-a-glance exception reports to view the idling performance across their fleets–to quickly identify specific drivers, vehicles, or trips impacting operations.

A New Approach to Safety & Efficiency: GreenRoad 360

GreenRoad provides the most effective, proactive approach to smarter and safer driving. Because driving decisions are responsible for 90 percent of all accidents and up to 33 percent of fuel spend, the only way to truly reduce risk and improve efficiency is by focusing on driver decision making. GreenRoad 360 provides drivers and fleet managers with real-time, comprehensive feedback, online reporting, analysis and coaching on their abilities, maneuvers and patterns. As a result, GreenRoad 360 positively impacts both conscious and unconscious driving behaviors –the key to creating more fuel-efficient and safer drivers.

A typical GreenRoad customer sees up to a 10 percent reduction in fuel-consumption and emissions as well as a 50 percent reduction on crash costs.

About GreenRoad

GreenRoad delivers the future of driving: smarter, safer and more fuel efficient. We offer the industry’s most sophisticated, customizable technology-based programs to maximize driving safety and efficiency, generating immediate cost savings. GreenRoad 360™ provides real-time feedback integrated with comprehensive online visibility. We engage drivers on an ongoing basis to deliver lasting improvement to driver and fleet performance. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices throughout the US and UK, and Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Virgin Green Fund, Amadeus, Balderton Capital, DAG Ventures and Generation Investment Management LLP. For more information, visit www.greenroad.com.

Media Contact:

Lauren Brant
greenroad@groupsjr.com
646-495-9720

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GreenRoad Wins Best Execution and Best Management Categories in GP Bullhound Cleantech Connect 2010 Awards

London, UK, 19th November, 2010 – GreenRoad, the world’s leader in driver safety and efficiency, today announced it won two of the six categories in the GP Bullhound Cleantech Connect 2010 Awards. At an award ceremony in London, GreenRoad was acknowledged for its business, operational and customer success with wins in the Best Execution and Best Management categories. GreenRoad was also named as the second fastest growing company out of the top 25 companies.

The judges were very impressed with GreenRoad as “it is truly delivering against its ambitious business plan” and “it is a company that has truly grown into its reputation”.  The judges were also impressed by the management and its ability to deliver strong revenue growth as GreenRoad’s service is adopted by an industry that is historically slow to adopt new ideas and technologies.

This year’s accolades add to those from 2009 when GreenRoad was named by GP Bullhound as one of the top 30 fastest-growing cleantech businesses in Europe and received an award for Vision and Future Growth Potential, recognising the company’s innovative technology and strong market position.

Driving behaviour contributes up to 33% of fuel consumption.   GreenRoad provides an easy, low-investment way to tackle fuel use, vehicle emissions, meet CSR targets and reduce landfill. By empowering and engaging drivers, the GreenRoad 360™ service ensures lasting, positive environmental change:

  • GreenRoad helps fleets reduce fuel consumption and emissions by up to 10%
  • GreenRoad keeps vehicles and out of landfills by cutting risky driving behaviour by 50%
  • A 1,000-vehicle fleet would have to purchase 225 new hybrid vehicles to get the same CO2 reduction as installing GreenRoad 360 in all its non-hybrid vehicles.

GreenRoad 360 is designed to stem the cause of crashes by enhancing driver decision-making while behind the wheel.  Through safer driving, GreenRoad’s service improves performance across fuel consumption, operational efficiency, vehicle wear-and-tear and insurance costs. A typical GreenRoad customer sees a 50% reduction in accident frequency and resulting costs.

GreenRoad’s approach begins by earning the trust of the driver by providing accurate real-time feedback on unsafe and inefficient driving manoeuvres.  The real-time feedback encourages performance changes in the moment, not days later after reviewing reports or video.  This empowers drivers to self-correct, reduces management overhead and is a key element in preventing crashes and improving fuel efficiency.

GreenRoad 360 helps maintain permanent performance improvements by engaging the driver at every step. Web analytics and GreenRoad Engage™ coaching programmes give the driver a deeper understanding of risk and the resources to mitigate it. In addition, incentive programmes are used to inspire drivers and enhance morale and company performance.

The full winners of the Cleantech Connect 2010 Awards are:
∙  Fastest Growing Company: Ashwoods Automotive
∙  Fastest Growing Larger Company: Cambridge Broadband Networks
∙  Uniqueness of Offering: PowerSense
∙  Vision & Future Growth Potential: Helveta
∙  Best Management; GreenRoad
∙  Best Execution: GreenRoad

About GP Bullhound

With offices in London and San Francisco, GP Bullhound is a leading investment banking firm providing advice on mergers & acquisitions and institutional capital-raising to emerging growth companies in the Technology sector. The firm was established in 1999, and has completed over 100 M&A and Private Placement transactions on behalf of Europe’s leading entrepreneurs and business builders. Comprised of some of the most experienced technology advisory professionals, our long track record and dedicated approach has helped us establish a leading global position. We have strong domain expertise in the areas of Internet and Digital Media, Software and Services, Cleantech and Hardware, where we focus on providing pre-eminent advisory services to some of the best entrepreneurs, management teams and investors around the globe.

About Cleantech Connect 2010 Awards

Cleantech Connect brings together Europes’ leaders in the clean and green technology space. Recognising growth and innovation in the sector, GP Bullhound is a keen supporter of this growing area. Cleantech Connect 2010 Awards are sponsored by: Schroders Private Banking, law firm Choate, RUSTON wheb, NESTA, and the charity for the night, SolarAid.

About GreenRoad

GreenRoad delivers the future of driving: smarter, safer and more fuel-efficient. It offers the industry’s most sophisticated, customisable technology solutions and services to maximise driving safety and efficiency, generating immediate cost savings. GreenRoad 360 provides real-time feedback integrated with comprehensive online visibility. We engage drivers on an ongoing basis to deliver lasting improvement to driver and fleet performance.

In addition to the Cleantech Connnect Awards, GreenRoad was recognised in 2009 and 2010 in the Cleantech 100 list published by The Guardian and the Cleantech Group.

The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices throughout the US and UK, and Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Virgin Green Fund, Amadeus, Balderton Capital, DAG Ventures and Generation Investment Management LLP. For more information, www.greenroad.com and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/greenroadnews

Media Contact

Rachel Postlethwaite
Breakaway Communications for GreenRoad
+44 (0) 7949 883636
rp@breakawaycom.com

National Retail Systems Implements Innovative Nationwide Safety Program

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ (Nov. 3, 2010) – National Retail Systems, Inc. (NRS), a leading provider of logistics services to U.S. retailers, pharmaceutical companies and consumer goods manufacturers, has launched a new safety program to install the GreenRoad 360™ driving decision support service in all trucks nationwide. The program will start in the Northeast U.S. and expand across the country next year.

GreenRoad’s patented technology measures G-forces impacting NRS trucks as they are driven on the road. Unlike general purpose MRM solutions, GreenRoad uses sophisticated sensor-based technology to measure and analyze, in real time, over 120 maneuvers in five categories: speed handling, cornering, lane handling, braking, and acceleration. The system also uniquely captures compound maneuvers, which combine multiple maneuver types and represent the greatest risk and cost to a fleet. The service also provides reports and analysis to drivers and fleet managers through a secure website to evaluate overall driving risk and skills.

“GreenRoad gives our drivers the instantaneous feedback they need to control safety where and when it counts—on the road in live driving conditions,” said William Cluver, Director of Safety for NRS. “It also allows management to analyze the performance of our entire fleet over time so we can address any issues proactively nationwide.”

The GreenRoad implementation will help NRS to maintain compliance the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 (CSA 2010) program. FMCSA has been performing CSA 2010 Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) assessments of commercial freight carriers since the beginning of 2010 and recently made the results of those assessments privately available. NRS was found to be compliant in all areas.

“Our safety program is second to none in the trucking industry and we are happy to cooperate with FMCSA to improve safety for all drivers on the road,” Cluver said.

CSA 2010 is a FMCSA initiative to improve large truck and bus safety, ultimately reducing commercial motor vehicle-related crashes, injuries and fatalities. The CSA BASICs analysis is based on roadside data, investigation findings and includes a review of the following seven categories: Unsafe Driving, Fatigued Driving (hours-of-service), Driver Fitness, Controlled Substances/Alcohol, Vehicle Maintenance, Cargo-Related and Crash Indicator.

Violations like speeding, reckless driving and crashes have especially high severity weightings in the CSA 2010 scoring model. GreenRoad will help NRS drivers to improve and maintain high scores by changing driving behavior through real-time, in-vehicle feedback.

“We are very excited to be working with NRS,” said Dan Steere, CEO of GreenRoad. “We are confident they will see an almost immediate ROI and improvement in their CSA 2010 performance.”

About NRS

Since 1953, National Retail Systems Inc. has pioneered many of the retail logistics processes considered cutting edge today. The company operates an international network of transportation and distribution assets focused on one goal – delivering efficient and reliable logistics solutions to America’s leading brands. NRS delivers competitive supply chain advantage — from factory all the way to the store — through an exclusive joint venture with China logistics provider Sinotrans. SinoNRS and NRS offer factory pick-up in Asia; international consolidation; freight forwarding; value-added services; import management; transload; distribution and warehousing; DC bypass; nationwide full-truckload and LTL transportation; pool point services; dedicated fleets; yard management; and store delivery.

For more information, visit www.nrsonline.com.

About GreenRoad

GreenRoad delivers the future of driving: smarter, safer and more fuel efficient. We offer the industry’s most sophisticated, customizable technology solutions and services to maximize driving safety and efficiency, generating immediate cost savings. GreenRoad 360™ provides real-time feedback integrated with comprehensive online visibility. We engage drivers on an ongoing basis to deliver lasting improvement to driver and fleet performance. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices throughout the US and UK, and Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Virgin Green Fund, Amadeus, Balderton Capital, DAG Ventures and Generation Investment Management LLP.

For more information about GreenRoad, visit www.greenroad.com.

NRS Media Contact:

Gordon Forsyth
BSY Associates Inc.
(732) 817-0400 x15

GreenRoad Media Contact:

Lauren Brant
greenroad@groupsjr.com
646-495-9720

GreenRoad and Belmont International Celebrate Milestone Deployment with 2,000 Bus and Coach Drivers

London, UK, 28th October, 2010 – GreenRoad, the world’s leader in driver safety and efficiency, and Belmont International, the UK’s leading independent insurance broker specialising in passenger transport, today announced they have deployed the GreenRoad 360™ service in 1,000 buses and coaches across the UK. This brings the total number of UK buses and coaches with GreenRoad’s service to 10,500, firmly cementing GreenRoad’s leadership position in this market.

Belmont started offering GreenRoad’s risk management service to bus and coach operators in November 2008 and has since won contracts with 23 bus and coach operators. Customers include Safeguard Coaches, Coach Services Ltd, Reynolds Diplomat and Sullivan Buses.
Through GreenRoad’s service, Belmont now has access to detailed driving information, making it far easier to predict fleet risk and offer specific risk management interventions. When it comes to renewing insurance policies, this will help Belmont and its clients negotiate improved insurance premiums and cover terms with insurers.

GreenRoad 360 is designed to stem the cause of crashes by enhancing driver decision-making while behind the wheel.  Through safer driving, GreenRoad’s service improves performance across fuel consumption, operational efficiency, vehicle wear-and-tear and insurance costs. A typical GreenRoad customer sees up to a 10% reduction in fuel-consumption and emissions as well as a 50% reduction in accident frequency and resulting costs.

Through a partnership with GreenRoad, the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) and insurer Aviva, Belmont launched its CoachSave initiative last year. Among the many benefits offered, CoachSave allows CPT members to fix their insurance costs for three years, subject to claims performance, while benefiting from GreenRoad’s service to drive down accident and fuel costs.

Belmont, GreenRoad and Aviva will be demonstrating the benefits of CoachSave on Stand A5 at Euro Bus Expo, Birmingham, November 2 – 4, 2010.

CoachSave’s customers include Acklams Coaches of Beverley, East Yorkshire who signed up after a visit to Belmont’s stand at last years Coach & Bus Live event. Acklams has a fleet of 22 coaches from minibuses to double deckers covering school transport, general private hire and overseas trips. As with many small businesses, even a small accident causes a major inconvenience to its operations. An accident not only means the vehicle off the road but processing claims is time consuming and involves a great deal of paperwork.

“There are always people at trade shows touting new ways to improve safety and reduce fuel, but when we came across Belmont and heard about CoachSave at Coach & Bus Live in 2009 we felt we had finally found a solution that offered tangible benefits – improved passenger comfort and safety, reduced fuel and lower premiums,” said Paul Acklam, managing director of Acklams Coaches. “While the financial savings from lower premiums and less fuel are attractive, reduced accidents also translate directly into less time on processing claims in the back office and more efficient operations.”
Alan continues, “Belmont’s claims ring true: since GreenRoad’s service went live in February 2010 we have seen risky driving manoeuvres drop by between 75 and 87% a week.”

The following are additional examples of customers who have deployed GreenRoad in partnership with Belmont:

Safeguard Coaches started using GreenRoad 360 in February 2010 after a recommendation from its insurance broker, Belmont International. Safeguard now uses the service in 34 buses and coaches from its depots in Guildford and Farnham, Surrey.  GreenRoad has resulted in a 65% drop in risk, fewer incidents and claims and a noticeable reduction in wear-and-tear.

“Our team of 40 drivers are now much more conscious of safer driving. We are impressed that some are examining their profiles online at home and drawing our attention to their results,” said Andrew Halliday, Managing Director at Safeguard Coaches. “In addition to the safety and fuel economy features, the mapping function allows us to track our fleet and ensure that drivers reach their destination within the legal coach driving limits.”
Halliday concluded, “We believe GreenRoad 360 will pay for itself through the reduction in bus parts, fewer insurance claims and our improved insurance position.”

Coach Services Ltd, a bus and coach operator with depots in Thetford and Dereham in Norfolk. Coach Services Ltd has a fleet of 37 buses and coaches providing local services, school trips, private hire and continental travel.
Coach Services Ltd started using the GreenRoad 360 service in early 2010. Its driver safety improved immediately with a 60 percent reduction in excessive manoeuvres behind the wheel. While the driving standard has improved, fuel efficiency has improved by 11 percent, representing an enormous saving at the pumps and beating Coach Services’ expectations about the return on investment.

The vehicle tracking and heat map features in GreenRoad have proven invaluable. “We are now able to provide our clients with accurate information about where vehicles are without having to call up the driver. And when a driver starts a new route we can show them what awkward driving spots to look out for,” said Robert Crawford, Transport Manager at Coach Services Ltd.

“We are thrilled with the results,” continued Crawford.  “Thanks to GreenRoad we can demonstrate our safety record, show how rides are now more comfortable for passengers, and prove that we are reducing our carbon footprint. We think these safety and environmental messages will resonate well with teachers and parents as well as other potential customers.”

GreenRoad’s approach begins by earning the trust of the driver by providing accurate real-time feedback on unsafe and inefficient driving manoeuvres.  The real-time feedback encourages performance changes in the moment, not days later after reviewing reports or video.  This empowers drivers to self-correct, reduces management overhead and is a key element in preventing crashes and improving fuel efficiency.
GreenRoad 360 helps maintain permanent performance improvements by engaging the driver at every step. Web analytics and GreenRoad Engage™ coaching programmes give the driver a deeper understanding of risk and the resources to mitigate it. In addition, incentive programmes are used to inspire drivers and enhance morale and company performance.

Phil White, Director at Belmont, comments, “As experts in bus and coach insurance and risk management we have always believed that a pro-active approach to managing driver behaviour pays dividends.  The number of clients that we have now signed up to GreenRoad’s service, coupled with the fantastic results that they have been enjoying, proves that view.  We constantly seek ways to reduce operator costs and aid the industry in improving safety and in GreenRoad we have found an ideal ally.”

About Belmont International

Belmont International is one of the top ten independent insurance intermediaries and financial services advisers in the UK with a client-focused team of over 100 people. It offers a choice of specific or integrated insurance service across the disciplines of insurance, risk management, employee benefits and investments. Belmont International is the sole CPT appointed broker.

About GreenRoad

GreenRoad delivers the future of driving: smarter, safer and more fuel-efficient. It offers the industry’s most sophisticated, customisable technology solutions and services to maximise driving safety and efficiency, generating immediate cost savings. GreenRoad 360 provides real-time feedback integrated with comprehensive online visibility. We engage drivers on an ongoing basis to deliver lasting improvement to driver and fleet performance. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices throughout the US and UK, and Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Virgin Green Fund, Amadeus, Balderton Capital, DAG Ventures and Generation Investment Management LLP. For more information, www.greenroad.com and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/greenroadnews

For queries and images please contact:
Rachel Postlethwaite at Breakaway Communications for GreenRoad
+44 (0) 7949 883636
rp@breakawaycom.com

To book an appointment for a demo drive at Eurobus, please contact:
Daisy Seymour at GreenRoad
+44 (0) 20 7886 0831
daisy.seymour@greenroad.com

GreenRoad’s Ability to Help Fleets Improve Sustainability Recognised in Cleantech 100 Awards

London, UK, and GreenFleet Conference, San Diego, CA, October 18, 2010 – GreenRoad, the world’s leader in driver safety and efficiency, announced that it has been recognised for the second year in a row in the Cleantech 100 list published by The Guardian and the Cleantech Group. GreenRoad is one of six businesses to be recognised in the transportation section of this authoritative guide. GreenRoad was selected for its use of technology to improve the sustainability of fleets and reduce vehicle emissions.

The Cleantech 100 prides itself as a true representation of global innovation and private company creation. The judges evaluated over 4,000 nominations of independent, for-profit cleantech companies. Nominated firms were scored on three key criteria: their innovation, their market’s size and growth, and the company’s ability and resources to execute its technology.

GreenRoad has responded to the global challenge of rising vehicle crashes and need for CO2 reduction with a comprehensive technology–based service that enhances driver decision-making to improve performance across fuel consumption, operational efficiency, vehicle wear-and-tear and insurance costs. Visitors to the GreenFleet Conference 2010 in San Diego, CA today can experience the GreenRoad driving decision system first-hand at the Ride & Drive event or at booth L.

GreenRoad 360TM helps customers reduce harm to the environment, resources spent towards vehicle repair and the loss of lives in the event of a crash. Using GreenRoad’s service, a typical customer sees up to a 10% reduction in fuel consumption and emissions as well as a 50% reduction in accident frequency and resulting costs.

GreenRoad’s approach begins by earning the trust of the driver by providing accurate real-time feedback on unsafe and inefficient driving manoeuvres. The real-time feedback encourages performance changes in the moment, not days later after reviewing reports or video. This empowers drivers to self-correct, reduces management overhead and is a key element in preventing crashes and improving fuel efficiency.

About GreenRoad

GreenRoad delivers the future of driving: smarter, safer and more fuel-efficient. It offers the industry’s most sophisticated, customisable technology solutions and services to maximise driving safety and efficiency, generating immediate cost savings. GreenRoad 360 provides real-time feedback integrated with comprehensive online visibility. We engage drivers on an ongoing basis to deliver lasting improvement to driver and fleet performance. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices throughout the US and UK, and Israel. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Virgin Green Fund, Amadeus, Balderton Capital, DAG Ventures and Generation Investment Management LLP. For more information, www.greenroad.com and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/greenroadnews

For UK queries and images please contact:
Rachel Postlethwaite
Breakaway Communications for GreenRoad
+44 (0) 7949 883636
rp@breakawaycom.com

For US queries or to book an appointment at the GreenFleet Conference 2010, please contact:
Lauren Brant
greenroad@groupsjr.com
646-495-9720