DRIVING AMBITION
Sitting in a lecture listening to Volvo’s director of traffic and safety Carl Johan Almqvist, JATEC Transport owner Troy Barlow had a lightbulb moment which saw him convert to Volvo’s telematics platform Dynafleet.
Whilst presented with convincing evidence that drivers rather than technology hold the potential for greater fuel savings and efficiency, Barlow knew it was time to evolve the business.
He bought his first Volvo truck in 2009 – six years after establishing his company.
Today, his entire fleet of 12 trucks wear the Volvo badge and the company services around 400 customers.
JATEC uses the Volvo 500 because it provides the best fuel consumption and economical running costs for its operations whilst providing flexibility for future growth, he says.
“I was sitting in a lecture listening to Almqvist and he was talking about how the company spends millions of dollars on the Volvo product trying to save us a couple of cents per litre on fuel,” Barlow says.
