Geotab has revealed the top five prompts used by fleet managers in Geotab Ace, its AI assistant, since launching its early adopter programme in May 2024. The most common queries focused on safety, such as identifying the safest or most improved drivers, and tracking speeding or underutilised vehicles. This indicates a shift toward a coaching-based approach, prioritising positive reinforcement over punishment.
The top five prompts since Geotab launched the early adopter program for Geotab Ace in May 2024 include:
1) Who are my safest drivers?
2) Which drivers have the most improved safety record?
3) Which drivers speed the most?
4) What were my least utilised vehicles last month?
5) List all devices not communicating
More complex questions include:
1) Provide: total engine hours, idle hours, average fuel cost and gallons/hour during idling, for all trucks
2) Show seatbelt violations that occurred while vehicles were over 30mph
3) Calculate November 2024 utilisation per vehicle (driven >25 km/day = utilised). Return: Asset name, Days driven, Total days, Utilisation %
4) Find zone visits to “Zone X” that lasted more than 15 minutes in the last week
5) Show dwell time in “[zone name]” ignoring departures under 15 minutes. Return: Vehicle name, date, enter/exit time, dwell time (EST, hh:mm)
Now used by over 1500 companies, Geotab Ace provides rapid insights from large volumes of telematics data. Fleet managers are embracing it not just for simple checks, but for complex, multi-layered questions involving multiple data points. These would traditionally take hours to analyse manually, but Ace responds in seconds.
According to Geotab’s Mike Branch, the system empowers teams, rather than replacing them.
A recent Geotab survey found nearly 70% of drivers in Europe and North America support tech to improve driving performance, reinforcing the growing demand for AI tools like Ace that enhance safety and operational efficiency.
