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How to manage vehicles

The VEHICLES section of your Force web app is the primary means of managing your vehicles once they have been added to Force.  

For each vehicle, the screen will display the make, model, year, license plate number, driver's name (if assigned), an overview of vehicle health (fuel, DTCs, recalls, battery levels), and the vehicle's current status (en route, parked, idling, unplugged, or offline). It will also show if the vehicle has a GPS tracker or dashcam installed.

Available actions:

  • Tap the + to the right of the fleet tabs along the top to create a new fleet. 
  • Tap Add Vehicle to add another vehicle to the fleet.
  • Tap the vehicle to open that vehicle's details page to adjust any of the editable fields. 
  • Tap the three vertical dots (next to each vehicle listing) to remove the vehicle from the fleet or (if you have more than one fleet) to move it to another fleet.

Vehicle details

Tapping on a vehicle will open a page showing two panels (for GPS trackers) or three panels (for dashcams): 

  1. Details panel: Full details of the vehicle (with some fields being editable).
  2. GPS location/trips panel: GPS location map and recent trips.
  3. Dashcam live view/clips panel: Live View activation and recent clips for the vehicle.

Details panel

  • Vehicle health overview icons, including fuel status, DTCs, recalls, battery health, and tire pressure (for GPS trackers). Tap any icon for full details available on each.
  • Vehicle-specific details such as car color (editable), make, model, and year.
  • Assigned fleet.
  • Plate number (editable).
  • Odometer (editable).
  • VIN.
  • Driving time.
  • Idling time.
  • Device IMEI.
  • Date added.
  • Driver (if assigned).
  • Monthly dashcam usage (if dashcam installed).

GPS location/trips panel

  • Map showing vehicle location. 
  • SHARE button (lets you share your vehicle's real-time location with anyone using a temporary link).
  • Trip timeline details showing a list of trips and, for each trip the driver, trip date, start/end time, duration, location, and distance. Also includes a calendar picker to switch to a specific date to review.
    • For more details on any trip, tap on it from the list. This will launch a Trip Detail screen that will include all the details mentioned above as well as map of the route and more insight for the trip such as rapid accelerations, speeding, harsh brakes, and crash detected. You can also create a clip from the trip on this screen. (See How to create a clip from a trip for additional details).  

Dashcam live view/clips panel 

  • Live View feature: Tap Start Live View to record an on-demand 60-second dashcam clip. Once recorded, the clip will be transferred to your clips library.
  • Clips overview: List of clips for the vehicle. 

How to complete vehicle profiles

  1. Go to VEHICLES section and tap on vehicle you want to edit.
  2. Tap EDIT pencil.
  3. Make the changes you want to the editable fields (color, name, license plate, odometer, or VIN). 
  4. Tap SAVE.

You can also change the vehicle image using the dropdown arrow next to the current image.

NOTE: Assigning drivers to vehicles cannot be completed from the VEHICLES section. Assigning drivers to vehicles is done from the DRIVERS section, as explained in How to manage drivers. 
 

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