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Operationsby Cheryl KnightMay 30, 2014

Mercedes-Benz Reveals Insights for its MY-2015 Fleet Lineup

Thanks to a best-ever March 2014, Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) hit a new first-quarter sales record in 2014 with 30,091 vehicles sold across the Mercedes-Benz, Sprinter, and smart model lines. Vehicles leading the way included the C-Class, E-Class, and M-Class model lines.

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Green Fleetby Annalloyd Thomason, Natural Gas Vehicle InstituteMay 28, 2014

Upgrading Refuse Fleets to CNG: Three Considerations Beyond Economics

Refuse fleets are one of the fastest growing markets for compressed natural gas, primarily because of the significant fuel cost savings that can be realized. The Natural Gas Vehicle Institute offers these key factors refuse fleets need to examine when considering upgrading to CNG.

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Global Fleetby Joanne TuckerMay 28, 2014

CNG Tank Tech: NW Natural to Test ‘Adsorbed’ Storage Systems

Natural gas tanks and compressors have been fairly standardized in the last couple years because of the pressure needed to fill an on-board tank. But in a new tank technology, adsorbed natural gas storage systems could drastically change the market, allowing tanks to be filled at lower pressures thereby changing the shape of the tank entirely, and its future.

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Operationsby StaffMay 22, 2014

How Cloud Technology Can Help Fleets

Automotive Fleet spoke with John Edmunds, managing director of cloud solutions, at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, about how fleet managers can benefit from adopting this new technology solution.

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Global Fleetby Lauren FletcherMay 21, 2014

State of Alternative Fuels in Fleet Industry

With advancements coming in leaps and bounds across all advanced and alternative fuels used in fleets, look at a snapshot of the main fuel types. Learn about how these fuels started, where they are at today, and forecasts and predictions for the future.

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Operationsby Mike Antich and Chris WolskiMay 21, 2014

2014 Fleet Industry Report Card: FMC Focus

This year, the survey has been broken into two parts. Part one rates how the FMCs are serving their fleet customers. Part two examines how fleet managers view their OEM suppliers.

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Fuelby Paul ClintonMay 21, 2014

Diesel Reboot

Faced with tightening corporate average fuel economy standards in the U.S., automakers have turned to a new generation of cleaner burning diesel passenger cars and SUVs to help them meet the new regulations.

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Global Fleetby Chris BrownMay 21, 2014

5 Game Changers for Work Trucks

At NTEA's 2014 Work Truck Show, manufacturers, conversion companies and parts manufacturers introduced advances in work vehicles along with better ways to produce them.

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Global Fleetby Amy HercherMay 21, 2014

Uniform Company Grows a Uniform Fleet

This fleet manager reduced maintenance costs by replacing a myriad of old delivery truck models with one model of step van.

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Vehicle Researchby Tariq KamalMay 21, 2014

Chevrolet Tahoe: The Tough Get Towing

Properly equipped, the truck-based 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe can pull up to 8,500 pounds with rear-wheel drive and 8,300 pounds with available four-wheel drive.

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