TravelCenters of America to Add RFID Cardless Fueling System

TravelCenters of America said Wednesday that it will purchase and install cardless fueling technology at all of its locations nationwide.

This technology, called Fuel Island Manager, uses radio-frequency identification, or RFID, to initiate transactions at the fuel dispenser instead of requiring a card. Fuel Island Manager, developed by QuikQ LLC, is distributed by Comdata Networks.

Love’s Travel Stops in September announced plans to install RFID technology at its 270 truck stops.

To operate the system, a trucking company must install RFID tags in each of its vehicles. The tags automatically activate fuel dispensers at RFID-equipped locations as the vehicles pull alongside them, according to each trucking company’s specifications for that vehicle and location, TravelCenters said.

TravelCenters said it expects to begin installation at locations nationwide in 2012.