Fleet Compliance and Software, Country by Country
The rules and the vendors that dominate a market change a lot once you leave the US. Each page below covers the actual regulatory body and compliance mandate for that country — including the ones with no US-style ELD equivalent at all — and the local or regional software vendors that genuinely serve it, not just a US vendor with a translated homepage.
Asia-Pacific
Australia
Australia has no mandatory ELD equivalent. The Heavy Vehicle National Law governs fatigue management for vehicles over 4.5 tonnes, and its Electronic Work Diary — the closest thing to a US ELD — remains a voluntary alternative to a paper logbook, even after a major reform of the law took effect on 1 August 2026.
India
India has no ELD mandate. Its real compliance requirement is AIS-140, a GPS-and-NavIC vehicle-tracking standard that transport-category vehicles registered after April 2019 must carry, with a hardwired panic button and ARAI-certified hardware. Fleet software here is built around AIS-140 compliance first, driver-hours tracking second.
New Zealand
New Zealand runs no ELD system and no dedicated heavy-vehicle law like Australia's HVNL. Commercial drivers work under Waka Kotahi's Work Time and logbook rules, and the compliance cost most fleet software actually tracks is Road User Charges — a distance-based tax with no US or Australian equivalent.