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Our team of enterprising editors bring years of experience covering the fleet industry. We offer a deep understanding of trends and the ever-evolving landscapes we cover in fleet, trucking, and transportation.  

Videos•by Staff•October 20, 2014

How Car Brakes Work

This video, produced by ACDelco, offers a simple explanation of how disc brakes work.

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Articles•by Staff•October 17, 2014

Why Pickup Towing Standardization Matters for Fleets

The major light-duty truck manufacturers have all embraced the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J2807 towing standard. Fleets will benefit from better ability to spec their vehicles.

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Videos•by Staff•October 17, 2014

The Safety Benefits of Adaptive Headlights

Here is a video, produced by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, explaining in simple terms the safety benefits of adaptive headlights.

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Photo Galleries•by Staff•October 10, 2014

Carpet Cleaning Fleet's Van Set-Up

The Auto Truck Group dedicated its new facility in Kansas City on October 9. Technicians were already hard at work upfitting Ford Transit vans for Tennant, a carpet cleaning company. Read the full story here. Photos by Chris Wolski.

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Photo Galleries•by Staff•October 10, 2014

Auto Truck Group's New Upfitting Facility

The Auto Truck Group dedicated it's new facility in Kansas City on Oct. 9, 2014. The facility can handle both complex upfits and ship thru for Ford's F-150 and Transit vehicles. Read the full story here. Photos by Chris Wolski.

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Videos•by Staff•October 9, 2014

The Infiniti Q70's IIHS Small Overlap Crash Test

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety named the 2014-2015 model-year Infiniti Q70 sedan a Safety Pick+ award winner. In the small overlap front test, the vehicle maintained the driver space “reasonably well” and the crash test dummy’s movement “was properly controlled,” IIHS said. Here's video footage of that challenging test. For the full story, click here.

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Photo Galleries•by Staff•October 9, 2014

GM's 2015 Chevrolet Suburban

The Chevrolet Suburban, which is celebrating its 80th year as the longest continuously produced nameplate in the world, enters its 12th generation with the 2015 model year. It's durability and cargo capacity make it an ideal vehicle for fire response and other rugged fleet applications. Read our driving impressions here. Photos by Kelly Bracken.

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Videos•by Staff•October 9, 2014

Researchers Measure Distraction Levels of Voice-Activated Systems

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety teamed with University of Utah psychology researchers to measure driver distraction levels associated with giving voice commands to control electronics and update social media.

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Articles•by Staff•October 8, 2014

Exploring the Commercial Fleet Sessions at Green Fleet Conference

Commercial fleet managers can expect to get a wide variety of information at the 2014 Green Fleet Conference & Expo on Oct. 29-31. The four sessions will cover topics ranging from how to coach drivers to selling sustainability to C-level executives.

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Photo Galleries•by Staff•October 3, 2014

2014 Fleet Safety Conference

The third annual Fleet Safety Conference brought industry experts to Schaumburg, Ill., in late July to talk about how to build a safety culture from top to bottom.  Photos by Chris Wolski.

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