Fully automatic systems put vehicles and the people who need them together without frustrating paper work, missed connections, and underused vehicles.
As the light-truck market evolves, manufacturers are evolving with it. Here is a look at some of what Chevrolet is doing to keep up with and ahead of the market.
Work crew safety and comfort drive the new variation of the Chevrolet
Express and GMC Savana. Seating for five that meets FMVSS requirements, along with added interior comfort, are all part of the package.
Hybrid vehicles are most efficient when running in heavy traffic. With that in mind, what better commercial use for a hybrid than as a taxi in a densely populated city?
The city of Chicago takes its fleet in a green direction with 20 new Toyota Priuses. Thirty more are in the works for delivery during calendar year 2005.
Cook’s Pest Control operated a fleet of long-bed single-cab Chevrolet S-10 pickups. When that configuration was discontinued, the company worked with GM to develop a substitute.
Cook’s Pest Control operated a fleet of long-bed single-cab Chevrolet S-10 pickups. When that configuration was discontinued, the company worked with GM to develop a substitute.
Accurate, detailed, real-time tracking of shipped vehicles via an Internet-based system is offering DaimlerChrysler the power to reduce order-to-delivery times and eliminate lost vehicles.
New full-size vans from General Motors respond to customer desires. Generation III Vortec V-8 engines and standard 4-wheel disc brakes are part of the package. Production vehicles will be available in the third quarter of 2002.
Improvements in technology are making new cars safer and more agile, while at the same time increasing fuel economy and decreasing emissions.
Personalized license plates can provide a company or an individual driver with a boost in the ego, but problems can arise in areas of registration, company image, and cost.
A review of overall light truck operating costs led to the decision that all vehicles under 25,000 lb. GVWR should be powered by gasoline engines rather than diesel.
Environmental regulations are anti-diesel, but the efficiency of the compression-ignition engine in light trucks will keep it in contention. In addition, manufacturers are developing new technology to clean up the diesel's act.
The nature of your customers, the nature of your corporate culture, the type of work your drivers do, and other factors enter into the decision to have a vehicle selector, and how wide or deep that selector should be.
Most drivers take good care of their vehicles. But the few who do abuse them can cost you money. AF recently sponsored a panel discussion that pointed out ways to reduce or prevent driver abuse of vehicles and privileges.