According to AF’s annual survey, almost 20 percent of fleets now charge more than $150 per month for personal use of company-provided vehicles. Industry-wide, the overall average personal use charge is $103.
Read More →Chrysler’s 2009-MY Fleet Preview included a ride-and-drive on the back roads of Colorado. The event drew nearly 500 attendees.
Read More →This was an interesting order-to-delivery year. A protracted UAW strike and flooding in the Midwest delayed some models, while others posted improved OTD due to reduced retail sales, which expedited fleet production.
Read More →Automotive Fleet has collected these “Strange but True” stories from fleet managers, drivers, and fleet management companies. Do you have a strange but true story? Something so incredible it couldn’t have been made up? Share your stories with Automotive Fleet; e-mail: Lauren.Fletcher@bobit.com.
Read More →One of the more frustrating aspects of a fleet manager’s job is driver ignorance and/or violation of fleet safety policy. One tip is to provide drivers easy access to policy documents.
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Featuring presentations from industry groups, Ford Motor Co., and accident management and training providers, the two-day event was designed to educate fleet risk and safety professionals on how safety issues shape fleet policy and direction.
Read More →The latest active and passive safety features from manufacturers go beyond seatbelts, airbags, and electronic stability control to such technologies as pre-collision warning systems and dynamic radar cruise control sensors.
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With technical advances outpacing us all, its inevitable pressure is exerted on true privacy everywhere. When corporate budgets seek the ultimate cost-reduction “holy grail,” will all those sacred taboos find extinction?
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A group of 43 fleet professionals tested the newest iteration of Audi’s mid-size sedan on the racetrack, against competitors, and in the hills of California’s Sonoma wine country.
Read More →Through the support of WestStart CALSTART’s Hybrid Truck Users Forum, 13 utility fleets became early adopters of medium- and heavy-duty hybrid truck technology. Fleet managers report substantial fuel savings and few maintenance issues, though greater production is needed to drive premiums down.
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