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Road Safety Week 2023

Every day our team works alongside our customers and partners to help reduce accidents and make our roads safer for all road users. Road Safety Week is also a chance to recognise them and their commitment to making our roads safer. Read more »

An intuitive pool car booking app for your shared fleet

Car-pooling or vehicle sharing is a great way to reduce the overall size of your fleet, lower operational costs and increase vehicle utilisation. However, it can require additional admin to manage it well. That’s why Life Saving Victoria adopted EROAD BookIt, a pool vehicle booking system that makes it easier to manage their shared fleet. Read more »

Fonterra signs five-year contract with EROAD for 500+ tankers

Transportation technology services company EROAD Limited (NZX/ASX: ERD) (EROAD) has today announced the acquisition of a significant enterprise customer in New Zealand.

The Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (Fonterra) has signed a five-year contract to install EROAD fleet management hardware across its fleet of 500+ milk tankers. Read more »

Can sustainability initiatives deliver tangible business value?

In EROAD’s 2022 Road to Sustainability Report , 84% of businesses with vehicles said their current sustainability initiatives have delivered one or more tangible business benefits, across a range of measures including: customer satisfaction, employee participation, brand recognition and increased productivity. Read more »

Discover 10 benefits of tracking your company vehicles

Can you easily track how much your light vehicles are costing your business? Do you know how much of your usage is work versus private? Managing a fleet can create hours of admin. Fleet management software could save you time and money and make it easier to get the answers you need. Read more »

EROAD Fleet Day Claudelands Event Centre Hamilton

Proudly supported by the Waikato Regional Council, EROAD Fleet Day takes place at
Claudelands Event Centre in Hamilton on 20 July 2022. This exciting event welcomed over 300 customers and industry professionals in 2021, and we expect an even greater turnout for 2022. Read more »

Are you ready to maximise the RUC discount

Are you ready to make the most of the temporary RUC discount? Every kilometer you drive before you buy a new RUC licence is a kilometer charged at the old rate. MyEROAD makes it easy for you to buy new licences for all your vehicles in one go and maximise the discount available. Read more »

Goodbye Depot, Hello MyEROAD

We first launched MyEROAD, our powerful cloud-based platform, in August last year, and we’ve kept Depot running in parallel over the last 8 months. We’re now ready to say goodbye to our old platform, and on 2 May Depot will be turned off for good. Read more »

Product Releases and Enhancements March 2022

EROAD continues to work with our customers and partners to develop and enhance the hardware, software and services we provide to fleets across New Zealand, Australia and North America. Read more »

EROAD renews its largest New Zealand Enterprise customer

Transportation technology services company EROAD Limited (NZX/ASX: ERD) (EROAD), with its purpose of safer and more sustainable roads, today announced that it has renewed its largest New Zealand Enterprise customer contract, Downer EDI Limited (Downer). The contract for 5,500 units extends through to December 2025. Read more »

EROAD to develop heavy vehicle decarbonisation tool

EROAD, with its purpose of safer and more sustainable roads, announces that it has been awarded partial funding from the Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority (EECA) Low Emission Transport Fund to develop a Heavy Vehicle Decarbonisation and Recommendation tool. Read more »

Introducing geofence triggered alerts

EROAD’s new GeoAlerts feature lets you send targeted, customisable messages to your drivers, supporting you to improve compliance and safety across your fleet. Read more »

Product Releases Quarter 3 2021

EROAD continues to develop and enhance the hardware, software and services we provide to fleets across New Zealand, Australia and North America. Find out about the latest enhancements to our product offering . Read more »

EROAD enters NZX 50

Following the completion of its 100% acquisition of Coretex Ltd, EROAD is pleased to announce that from 20 December, it will be part of the NZX 50 index. Read more »

EROAD has signed an agreement to acquire Coretex

EROAD is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire 100% of Coretex Limited (“Coretex”), a telematics vertical specialist provider delivering enterprise grade solutions. This is a transformative move, improving EROAD’s position as a vehicle telematics leader and taking a strong step toward its goal of reaching 250,000 units. Read more »

Product Releases Quarter 2 2021

EROAD continues to develop and enhance the hardware, software and services we provide to fleets across New Zealand, Australia and North America. Find out about the latest enhancements to our product offering. Read more »

Electrification of the car fleet

He Pou a Rangi the Climate Change Commission has released Inaia tonu nei, its advice to the government on the first three emissions budgets and its emissions reduction plan for 2022 to 2025. Read more »

Product Releases Quarter 1 2021

EROAD continues to develop and enhance the hardware, software and services we provide to fleets across New Zealand, Australia and North America. Find out about the latest enhancements to our product offering below. Read more »

EROAD Customers Named 2020 Australasian Fleet Champions

Several EROAD customers distinguished themselves at this year's Australasian Fleet Champions Awards, sponsored by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. The awards celebrate fleets and individuals who demonstrate best practices in working towards health and safety. Read more »

EROAD continues to grow despite difficult macro economic conditions

EROAD delivered a 19% increase in Revenue and 29% improvement in EBITDA period-on-period. In a period of extreme uncertainty and operating restrictions across our markets, the continued growth in contracted units, stable SaaS Average Revenue Per Unit and asset retention rate is reflective of EROAD’s strong customer value proposition. Read more »

New solution improves efficiency for smaller businesses

In this new world we find ourselves in, working smarter and safer has never been more important. And that can be difficult for small businesses or charitable foundations who might rely on volunteer or casual staff for deliveries or pick-ups. Read more »

EROAD Logbook takes the burden out of fatigue management

Transport technology company EROAD has launched a new app and cloud-based administrative platform that reduces the administrative time of managing driver compliance and makes it easier for commercial drivers to comply with logbook rules and regulations. Read more »

Bubble innovation for effective working

What does working from home really look like? In a not too distant past, the cranny nook or kitchen table were ideal, but it’s a different story now that there’s others in the household all competing for the same space. Read more »

NZTA confident in EROAD systems

EROAD has flown through its recent audit by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), confirming the company remains compliant across Training, System Processes, System Security, Stock Security and Audit Register. Read more »

Walking the talk on improving road safety

EROAD confirms that WorkSafe New Zealand, St John New Zealand and the NZ Transport Agency have chosen EROAD technology for their respective company vehicles, improving the safety of their staff while driving. Read more »

EROAD growth trajectory

EROAD continues to make headway in North America, attracting customers in every contiguous state. Read more »

24 hours to greatness

Rebecca Kemp, senior product leader at EROAD spoke at the IT Professionals (ITP) event in Auckland last night, sharing her experience in nurturing ideas through to commercial launch. Read more »

Safer roads for all

“To drive on our roads should not require spinning the roulette wheel of life”. That’s how EROAD’s Steven Newman began his CEO report in the company’s FY19 Annual Report released earlier this week.
Alongside double-digit growth figures were some impressive statistics on how the company is “helping get more people home safely, every night”.
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Identifying road crashes before they occur

EROAD has researched and created a new data algorithm called Dynamic Risk, that will enable transport authorities to move to a predictive programme of risk management to make efficient spending decisions that can improve road safety. Read more »

EROAD announces Board changes

Susan Paterson has been appointed to the Board as a non-executive director. Ms Paterson will also chair the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee.
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Business update and major North American customer signed

Integrated technology and services provider EROAD Limited (NZX:ERD) releases this market update on global performance and announces that one of the largest privately owned fleets in North America has become EROAD’s largest U.S. based customer. Read more »

EROAD appoints Chief Marketing Officer

EROAD is pleased to announce the appointment of Genevieve Tearle to the role of Chief Marketing Officer. Genevieve brings to the role experience gained working across Europe, Asia, and Americas. Her experience covers Consumer Durables, Consumer Electronics, Lighting and FMCG industries, in both B2C and B2B environments. She has held key roles in New Zealand and European corporates and understands the drivers for commercial success. Read more »

EROAD wins prestigious Fleet Safety Award

Health and Safety is something we take very seriously at EROAD and we have a major focus on working with our customers to create safer drivers, safer vehicles and safer roads. Read more »

Growth in exports to the US acknowledged

Electronic transport services company EROAD has won Exporter of the Year to the USA in the $1 million to $10 million category at the AmCham DHL Express Success & Innovation Awards. Read more »

Graham Stuart appointed Chair of EROAD

Transport technology services company EROAD today announced that Michael Bushby, who has chaired the Board since December 2012, will stand down and will be succeeded as Chairman by director Graham Stuart. Read more »

EROAD wins debt deal of the year

Auckland Electronic road user charges and compliance services provider EROAD has won the EY debt deal of the year at the INFINZ 2018 Industry Awards. Read more »

EROAD moves into profit in record year of growth

EROAD Limited reported record growth of Total Contracted Units in both Australia and New Zealand and North American markets of 61.5%, revenue of $51.5 million, EBITDA of $15.0 million and Net Profit after Tax of $0.2 million. Read more »

Graham Stuart joins EROAD board

EROAD announced today that Graham Stuart will join the board of the transport technology and services company. He will also chair the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee. Read more »

EROAD Limited successfully completes equity raising

EROAD Limited (NZX: ERD) (EROAD) is pleased to announce it has successfully raised approximately NZ$15.5 million through its placement announced on 12 December 2017 at a price of NZ$3.04 per share, a 4.7% discount to EROAD’s 5 day VWAP. Read more »

Efforts to delay ELD mandate vehemently opposed

Last-ditch efforts are being made in the US to delay the implementation of the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate for motor carriers. This is potentially causing confusion for motor carriers who have less than five months to prepare for ELD compliance. Read more »

EROAD restructures to support growth

Transport technology services company EROAD has completed its consultation process with its team on a restructure of its business to re-focus on investment priorities for financial year 2018 and beyond. Read more »

EROAD suspends employee charged by FMA

Technology services provider EROAD has suspended an employee against whom the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has filed charges relating to insider trading. The employee is not a member of the senior executive team. Read more »

Vehicle checkups on your smartphone

Pre- and post-trip safety inspection checks for commercial vehicles just became a whole lot easier with the launch of EROAD’s Inspect mobile application. Read more »

Half year 2017 announcement EROAD achieves record NZ sales and validates US market opportunity

Integrated technology, tolling and services provider EROAD Limited says it has enjoyed record growth in its cornerstone New Zealand market, supporting prudent further investment in its very considerable North American opportunity. EROAD has validated this opportunity using independent external expertise that is helping support its North American business planning. Read more »

EROAD steps up drive for health and safety

Technology, tolling and services provider EROAD has brought on board a global expert in workplace safety to advance its mission to help customers reduce their transportation risk, thereby achieving fewer vehicle accidents, deaths and injuries. Read more »

Safe Driving Rewards Programme named Innovation of the Year

An initiative that rewards transport operators that demonstrate safe driving by waiving insurance excess has won Innovation of the Year at the New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards.

The Safe Driving Rewards Programme is a collaboration between insurers NZI / Lumley and transport technology company EROAD. Read more »

US Court of Appeals denies ELD legal challenge

A legal challenge to prevent the compulsory installation of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) into heavy vehicles in the US has been thrown out in court, clearing the way for the implementation of the new regulations. Read more »

EROAD announced as ATA Corporate Partner

We are delighted to announce that EROAD is now a Corporate Partner of American Trucking Associations (ATA). We look forward to working with the ATA and its members to advocate for and support the trucking industry. Read more »

EROAD update ahead of 26 May full year results announcement

EROAD Limited (NZX:ERD) today advises that it now expects net profit before tax for the financial year ended 31 March 2016 to be a loss in the $1.3m to $1.6m range. Earlier guidance released to the market on 28 September 2015 indicated a profit of $0.5m. Read more »

EROAD market update - 29 January 2016

Steven Newman, EROAD CEO, has now been based in Oregon since October 2015 and, as was signaled on 25 November 2015 at the time of releasing our half year results, we are in a position to provide an update to the market on progress to-date. Read more »

EROAD signals lower FY16 results from accelerated US expansion

The board of directors of EROAD has determined that following a decision to accelerate investment in the US to expand more quickly into states beyond Oregon, reorganise its sales teams, and to bring forward the launch of new services for the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) and Electronic Hours of Service (HOS) markets, EROAD is unlikely to meet its FY16 forecast. Read more »

EROAD reaches 25,000 connections

EROAD Limited (NZX:ERD) announced today that earlier this week EROAD reached 25,000 units connected to its Depot platform (“Units on Depot”). Read more »

EROAD enhances fleet management with secure data sharing

EROAD’s new Share feature allows companies sharing vehicles to also securely share data. It means large organisations with multiple subsidiaries can view all of the fleets within the group as one, to better manage dispatch, journey planning and other operational tasks. It is also being used by truck leasing companies and industry consultants to manage customer vehicles. Read more »

EROAD extends AWS partnership

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is featuring Kiwi transport technology and services provider EROAD as a case study on its global website. Read more »

EROAD looks for engineers

Electronic road user charges and transport services company EROAD will hire up to 40 additional engineers in the coming year, EROAD engineering manager Jarred Clayton told the Amazon Web Services summit in Auckland today. Read more »

EROAD moves to Amazon enterprise cloud

EROAD’s rapid growth and expansion into international markets has necessitated a shift from a physical server-based infrastructure to the Amazon enterprise cloud. Read more »

Major utility company Tenix selects EROAD

Tenix, a leading delivery partner to owners of utilities and heavy industrial and mining assets has entered into a supply agreement to put EROAD products and services into their New Zealand vehicle fleet. Read more »
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