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Latest articleJune 29, 20263 min read

How to Build Ad Hoc and Scheduled Delivery Workflows Using the Fleetbase API

Learn how to implement both ad hoc (on-demand) and scheduled delivery workflows using the Fleetbase API. This guide covers key order config concepts, API endpoints, and best practices for robust logistics automation.

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GNU Taler in Fleetbase Ledger: Privacy-Preserving Wallet Payments
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GNU Taler in Fleetbase Ledger: Privacy-Preserving Wallet Payments

Fleetbase Ledger can now take payments through GNU Taler, the open, privacy-preserving payment system from the GNU project. You generate an invoice, present a taler://pay QR code, and the payer settles it from a Taler wallet — no card network, no account, no tracking of the payer. The invoice stays pending until the exchange confirms settlement, so your books only ever show money that actually moved. This work is funded through the NGI TALER fund (NLnet). Here's what's new. Written by Shiv Tha

June 25, 2026
Fleetbase 0.7.48: Fleet-Ops REST Coverage, Revenue Lifecycle Safeguards, and Settlement Status
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Fleetbase 0.7.48: Fleet-Ops REST Coverage, Revenue Lifecycle Safeguards, and Settlement Status

Fleetbase 0.7.48 is a release with a strong financial-integrity backbone. It significantly expands public REST and export coverage across Fleet-Ops, tightens how active revenue is calculated, introduces transaction settlement status, and adds a set of Ledger safeguards that keep your revenue records accurate even as orders and invoices change state. It also brings telematics hardening, new map layer settings, and a round of navigation polish. Here's what's new. Fleet-Ops REST, exports, and me

June 24, 2026
Why Fleet Managers Are Moving to Open Source in 2026: The Real Cost of Per-Vehicle Pricing
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Why Fleet Managers Are Moving to Open Source in 2026: The Real Cost of Per-Vehicle Pricing

If you manage 600 vehicles, you already know the feeling. Every asset you add to the fleet adds a line to your software bill. Every renewal cycle, the per-vehicle rate inches up. And the moment you want a feature that actually fits how your operation runs, you're either paying for a higher tier or waiting on a roadmap you don't control. This is the trade-off baked into per-vehicle SaaS. It's also the reason a growing number of asset leasing companies, fleet managers, and operators running large

June 23, 2026
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How to Build a Customer Delivery Tracking Portal with Fleetbase Webhooks

Learn how to create a customer-facing delivery tracking portal using Fleetbase's real-time webhooks, public tracking links, and integrated proof of delivery features.

June 23, 2026
Fleetbase 0.7.47: Device Inventory, Telematics Parity, and Extensible Dashboards
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Fleetbase 0.7.47: Device Inventory, Telematics Parity, and Extensible Dashboards

Fleetbase 0.7.47 is a release focused on the connectivity layer and the screens your team uses to manage it. It brings native telematics provider parity, richer device inventory screens, new attachable device data models, compact identity displays across the platform, and dashboard slot APIs that let engines contribute their own dashboard content. Here's what's new. Telematics parity and device inventory The core of this release is a round of improvements to Fleet-Ops connectivity. We've add

June 23, 2026
Fleetbase Awarded NGI TALER Grant to Bring Privacy-Preserving Payments to Open Logistic
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Fleetbase Awarded NGI TALER Grant to Bring Privacy-Preserving Payments to Open Logistic

We're excited to share that Fleetbase has been awarded a grant from NLnet through the NGI TALER Fund to integrate GNU Taler into our open-source logistics platform. You can find the project on NLnet's site here. This is our second project with NLnet. Our first, supported through NGI Zero, brought Solid integration to Fleetbase - giving operators control over where their data lives. This new project continues the same thread: open infrastructure that reduces dependence on proprietary providers a

June 19, 2026

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