Automotive Fleet News

ATLANTA – NexTraq and Google Maps API for Business, announced the release of a video case study conducted by Google Enterprise on the NexTraq Fleet Tracking platform.

Tags: Google, Google Maps, NexTraq

ITASCA, IL - More than 3,000 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories.

Tags: 2012 American Business Awards, Emkay

TORRANCE, CA - Nominations for the 2012 Fleet Hall of Fame are now being accepted through Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

Tags: 2012 Fleet Hall of Fame, Fleet Hall of Fame

BALTIMORE - The company plans to convert 50 Checker Yellow taxis in Baltimore by the end of 2012, and a total of 250 more taxis in Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, Fla., and Denver.

Tags: propane autogas, taxis, Veolia Transportation

SPARKS, MD – PHH Arval was named a finalist in The 2012 American Business Awards in the Business-to-Business Marketing category for its campaign titled “Creating the Customer Experience.”

Tags: customer service, PHH Arval, Stevie Awards

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Energy Information Administration said it revised its outlook for gas prices downward, now saying that it expects the average retail price of gasoline to be around $3.79 per gallon from through September.

Tags: AAA, EIA, gas prices, oil prices

TORRANCE, CA – Don’t wait until the last minute to sign up for the first-ever Fleet Safety Conference. As of May 10, more than 170 fleet, safety, and risk management professionals from across the country have already signed up to attend.

Tags: 2012 Fleet Safety Conference, best practices, top commercial fleets

WASHINGTON – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the results of a new study in April that focused on the specific tire problems that contributed to collisions.

Tags: collision, NHTSA, SUV, tire pressure, tire tread

HERNDON, VA

Tags: Audi, customer service

ALPHARETTA, GA – LeasePlan USA, a high-touch, premium fleet management services provider, generously supported this year’s NAFA Institute & Expo (I&E) by sponsoring both the Habitat for Humanity build and a student attendee.

Tags: 2012 NAFA I&E, Habitat for Humanity, LeasePlan USA

MT. LAUREL, NJ – Automotive Resources International (ARI), a leading global fleet services provider, was named a finalist in the Tech Innovation of the Year category in The 2012 American Business Awards

Tags: 2012 American Business Awards, ARI, fleet management technology, Stevie Awards

DEARBORN, MI – Ford said it plans to produce an additional 40,000 vehicles during the summer by reducing its summer shutdown period, from two weeks to one week.

Tags: Ford Motor Co., vehicle production

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN – GE Capital Fleet Services announced the launch of IntelliGauge, a mobile fuel and CO2 calculator application that allows users to compare components of their current vehicles against future vehicles.

Tags: CO2, fleet sustainibility, GE Capital Fleet Services, greenhouse gases, IntelliGauge, iPad, mobile application, smartphone, tablet

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - GPS Insight announced it has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring's Top 100 Americas Award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region.

Tags: GPS Insight, Red Herring's Top 100 Americas Award

ITASCA, IL - Elluminate is a customer-centric based educational program designed to help the company's clientele get the most out of EMKAY's fleet technological resources.

Tags: Emkay, fleet management technology, webinar

SPARKS, MD – The PHH Arval Global Alliance has expanded its reach to include Australia and New Zealand with the addition of sgfleet, a major provider of fleet management, leasing and salary packaging solutions “Down Under.”

Tags: Australia, global fleet market, New Zealand, PHH Arval, sgfleet