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Driving Notes

Knowing about a vehicle is one thing; driving it is quite another. Getting behind the wheel gives yo...

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FleetTakes

FleetTakes is exactly that — a take on what fleets need to know when it comes to the latest in autom...

Chris Brown

Associate Publisher

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Insight Lane

Insight Lane delivers Colin Sutherland’s perspective from the intersection of leadership and innovat...

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Market Trends

Automotive Fleet's former editor, Mike Antich, shared his opinions and ideas on the overall commerci...

Mike Antich

Former Editor and Associate Publisher

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Remarketing Streams

Remarketing Streams reports on the flow of used vehicles moving through the consignor-auction-dealer...

Martin Romjue

Managing Editor

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Market Trends•by Mike Antich•March 22, 2005

Employee Reimbursement is Counter-Productive to Corporate Green Initiatives

Market Trends•by Mike Antich•March 8, 2005

Why Reimbursement Doesn’t Work From a Safety & Liability Perspective

Market Trends•by Mike Antich•March 1, 2005

Why Driver Reimbursement Doesn’t Work from an HR Perspective

Market Trends•by Mike Antich•February 22, 2005

Public Sector Fleet Management: Will Online Reverse Auctions Ultimately Replace Competitive Bidding in Government Procurement?

Market Trends•by Mike Antich•February 15, 2005

Used-Vehicle Prices Predicted to Decline in CY-2007

Market Trends•by Mike Antich•February 7, 2005

Is Your Personal Use Chargeback Too Low?

Market Trends•by Mike Antich•February 1, 2005

Message to Public Sector Fleets: Users or Customers? Is it Semantics or a Mindset?

In a recent letter to the editor, Chris Amos, commissioner of equipment services, for the City of St. Louis, pointed out that in the editorial in the September/October 2004 issue of Government Fleet magazine I referred to departments as “users” instead of “customers.” In his letter, Chris wrote: “Some may interpret the term ‘customer’ for internal customer groups as just semantic, but it goes to a mindset shift that public fleets need to make if they haven't already. ‘User’ almost connotes an

Market Trends•by Mike Antich•January 24, 2005

Multi-National Fleets Will Feel Impact of Corporate Compliance with the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty

Market Trends•by Mike Antich•January 11, 2005

Revising Upfitting Specs Can Decrease Workers’ Comp Claims

Avoiding potential workers’ compensation claims is becoming a greater factor in fleet upfitting decisions. For example, according to a Zurich Service Corp. study, the average workers’ comp cost for a pushing/pulling injury was $10,175, while the average cost for a lifting/bending incident is $8,989.

Market Trends•by Mike Antich•December 21, 2004

New Fleet Applications Emerge Using Wi-Fi Technology

What does Dayton, Ohio, have in common with the cities of Aurora, Colo.; Corpus Christi, Texas; Milpitas, Calif., New Orleans; San Mateo, Calif.; North Miami Beach, Fla.; Oklahoma City and Philadelphia? It will become the latest in a growing number of municipalities that have built or plan to build Wi-Fi networks that will turn their entire city into a wireless hot spot.

Market Trends•by Mike Antich•December 13, 2004

Managing Vehicle Depreciation Using a Seasonal Remarketing Strategy

Market Trends•by Mike Antich•November 30, 2004

20 Challenges Facing Public Sector Fleets in 2005

Without a doubt, the job of managing a public sector fleet is more complex today than it was 15 years ago, and the job promises to get tougher in the ensuing years. Here are 20 ongoing or new challenges that public sector fleet managers will face in 2005 and beyond.

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