The first day of November will go down in history for Australian telematics, technology and innovation provider WHG as it activates Lifetime Warranties on all of its TCA (Transport Certification Australia)-approved devices.
WHG director of operations Dylan Hartley alerted attendees that the warranty was on the way at the recent WHG TechDRIVE event in Williamstown and would be applicable to devices including FleetMAX and FleetONE. It kicked in on November 1.
“This warranty represents our confidence in our engineering, our accountability to customers and our promise to provide lasting technology,” Hartley says.
“Technology is as valuable as the trust behind it. This lifetime warranty is our way to stand beside our customers for the long term – not just as a supplier, but as a partner through every kilometre.”
At TechDRIVE, WHG representatives shared the latest information on a range of products within the WHG product list including its FleetWEIGH Smart On-Board Mass set up, video telematics and the Oogi camera, FleetASSIST and FleetPREDICT which takes data from a wearable Garmin watch and utilises AI to alert drivers when they need to take a break and beat fatigue.
Describing WHG, Hartley says it is a team of 145 people driven by purpose, innovation and impact.
“We design and build our technology from the ground up in Australia for Australian conditions and our solutions connect fleets, drivers and data,” he says.
“We’ve grown from an early telematics pioneer to industry innovator, and you know, we’ve been shaping the future of transport for over 35 years.
“Today, we fit one vehicle every 15 seconds.”
In the years since it was founded, WHG has grown to include offices in Melbourne, Los Angeles, Ahmedabad (India), Auckland, and Durban (South Africa), with manufacturing teams in Korea, China and Taiwan.
The TechDRIVE event also heard from Healthy Heads in Trucks and Sheds CEO Naomi Frauenfelder on the success the organisation has had in the five years since it was first created, and Victorian Transport Association CEO Peter Anderson on his hopes for a fairer transport market in the future and the need for regulators to help the industry to reach a steady state of profitability and longevity in the face of sham contracting and the gig economy.