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Fleet Forward•by Denise Rondini•April 15, 2021

A Day in the Life of an Amazon Delivery Agent

Delivering up to 330 packages a day while meeting performance metrics around truck load time, deliveries per hour, and driving behaviors can be rewarding — but isn’t for the faint of heart.

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Vehicle Research•by Staff•April 14, 2021

Mazda Debuts All-New MX-30 EV

The all-new electrified MX-30 represents Mazda’s first EV addition to its vehicle portfolio. It debuts in California in fall 2021. Its 35.5 kWh lithium-ion battery can be charged to 80% in about 36 minutes using DC fast charging.

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Operations•by Mike Antich•April 10, 2021

How Working from Home will Impact Fleet

The pandemic has opened Pandora’s box on working from home – both good and bad. While it has yet to be determined whether this is long-term or short-term trend, it will impact fleet operations. As more jobs involving company drivers become permanently remote, it may result in less travel that will cause reassessment of optimal fleet size. 

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Operations•by Bob Cavalli•April 10, 2021

Managing the Transition from a Commuting to a Remote Workforce

It has been said that the COVID pandemic has forced changes in America’s workforce from a ‘commuting to the office’ to a remote, home-based model. But has this simply accelerated a trend that has been in the making for many years.

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Operations•by Neal Gann, LotLinx•April 7, 2021

How to Put Ad Dollars to Work Using AI

A proper, artificial intelligence-driven digital advertising strategy can put advertising dollars to work with precision, accuracy, and results.

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Vehicle Research•by Mike Antich•April 6, 2021

More Vocational Fleets Adopt Lightweighting Strategy

A growing trend in second-stage manufacturing is light-weighting, which involves specifying lighter-weight materials to achieve an overall weight reduction to an upfitted vehicle. Specifying lighter-weight upfit materials decreases the vehicle’s curb weight, which, in turn, lowers operating costs by reducing fuel consumption and decreases emissions.

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Green Fleet•by George Albright, Merchants Fleet•April 6, 2021

How to Update Your Fleet Maintenance Operations for BEVs

Here are some baseline areas to update in your maintenance protocols so you can integrate battery electric vehicles.

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Global Fleet•by Staff•April 5, 2021

Fleets Choose Ford F-600 Top Medium-Duty Truck

Selected from a field of 14 tough contenders, Work Truck readers selected the Ford F-600 Super Duty chassis cab as the truck that best fit their fleet requirements.

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Global Fleet•by Lexi Tucker•April 1, 2021

How Bottle Logic and Isuzu Brewed Up a Perfectly Spec’ed Vehicle

Spec’ing trucks effectively boils down to having a precise idea of what the vehicle will be used for. Find out what it takes to create the perfect truck for any business needs.

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Fleet Forward•by Dr. Kelly Fleming [Commentary]•April 1, 2021

A Roadmap for U.S. Postal Service Electrification

There are many unanswered questions regarding Oshkosh Defense’s $6 billion contract with USPS, including whether an electric prototype or a “swappable” drivetrain even exists. Yet there are ways to achieve electrification of the USPS fleet and avoid living with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s ham-handed decision for decades to come.

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