A local company is taking technology to another level in the world of telematics and GPS systems. The RIT based company, Vnomics, has its current product FleetKnowSys in thousand of vehicles across the country, including some military customers.

From underneath the hood, to the dash board, it’s a device that tells truck drivers and their dispatchers everything they need to know about their vehicle.

“It allow us to advance the issues with the truck whether they can be engine related or driver related issues that can cost us and other companies,” said Jeremy Ayres, DeCarolis Truck Rentals Sales Director.

FleetKnowSys works as a tracking device that monitors the truck's conditions through sensors. It goes far beyond your typical GPS.

“His truck is basically talking to him through this screen and he can talk back,” Ed McCarthy, Vnomics VP of Engineering.

Already trucking companies across the country have put them to use. By the end of next year, the company expects to have the system in 8,000 to 10,000 Marine Corps vehicles.

“It really reduced breakdowns," said Vnomics President David Chauncey. "The bottom line is it’s critical if they have a breakdown, if they are out on a mission, people’s lives are at stake."

Senator Chuck Schumer says the technology should spread beyond the Marines.

“It would make our soldiers safer, and if the army used this technology it would employ a lot of people in the Rochester/Finger Lakes area,” said Schumer.

Schumer recently wrote a letter to the Secretary of the Army, urging leaders to buy FleetKnowSys.

“We would expect a big customer like the army, that has hundreds of vehicles, would provide a large boost for our local economy,” said Chauncey.

FleetKnowSys costs users $1000 per year, but trucking companies like DeCarolis believe it saves even more.

Reps with Vnomics want to take FleetKnowSys beyond its commercial trucking use and maybe even onto your dashboard.

“We are going to try very hard to get it on your car and I’m certainly going to try hard to get it on my car,” said McCarthy.

To this up and coming company it’s a system with global possibilities.

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