Vehicle History

Abstract

The Vehicle History feature in the Motive Dashboard lets fleet managers view and analyze past data for each vehicle. This helps improve fleet efficiency, safety, and compliance.

Overview 

Vehicle history provides a comprehensive view of where your vehicles have been, what they’ve done, and how they’ve performed. 

Key benefits include:

• Complete trip records: Review route, stop, and movement data in one place.
• Enhanced incident analysis: Easily view safety events, dashcam images, and videos.
• Fleet optimization: Identify patterns to improve vehicle usage and health.
• Streamlined compliance: Access historical data for audits and reporting.

Vehicle history basics 

Vehicle history consolidates your fleet’s activity, telematics, and dashcam data into a single view within the Motive Dashboard.

To access vehicle history:

1. Go to Fleet View > Vehicles or Fleet View > Live.
2. Search for a specific vehicle or click on a vehicle name.
3. Click on the History tab for that vehicle.

Within vehicle history, you can view trip and stop details, telematics data, safety events, and dashcam images.

How to interpret the location timeline 

The location timeline on the left panel of the vehicle history page shows a chronological list of stops and trips for the selected day.

Key features:

• Switching days: Use the date picker to view history for different days.
• Trip details: Click on any trip to see start and end times, distance, and events.
• Safety events: Spot incidents during trips with highlighted icons.
• Totals: View total driving time and total stops for the selected day.

Understanding the map view 

The map view visualizes the vehicle’s route and key events for the selected day.

Key features:

• Vehicle status icons: Green (in motion), yellow (idle), red (stationary), gray (stale).
• Event icons: Safety and transaction events marked along the route.
• Map trail details: Hover over points to see driver name, location, time, speed, and events.
• Animated replay: Click Play to animate the vehicle’s movement for the day.
• Map layers: Toggle between map views (road, satellite, terrain, etc.) for additional context.

How to view detailed historical telematics data 

Access and analyze historical speed, fuel, and RPM data to monitor vehicle performance.

Steps:

1. Go to a specific vehicle page. View the Telematics details in the Live tab.
2. View charts for speed, fuel, and RPM throughout the day.
3. Click on a trip in the location timeline to zoom in on telematics for that segment.
4. Hover over chart points to see exact speed, fuel level, or RPM at any given moment.

How to view dashcam images 

Review dashcam images to improve fleet visibility and incident analysis.

Steps:

1. Navigate to the images section in Vehicle History.
2. Switch between camera angles (road-facing, driver-facing, etc.) using available tabs.
3. Drag the playback bar to view images from different times.
4. Hover over the playback bar or map trail to preview trip images.
5. Click an image to expand and view its timestamp for detailed inspection.

These features support job verification, safety review, and operational transparency.

How to view dashcam videos

Request and review dashcam video footage for deeper incident investigation.

Steps:

1. Click the request video in the Dashcam videos section of the vehicle history.
2. In video recall, review available video segments and safety events.
3. Select the desired time and duration for your video request.
4. Submit the request, and once processed, playback the selected video.

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