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Articlesby Mike AntichOctober 28, 2020

Total Fleet Maintenance Costs Flat in CY-2020

Although unscheduled maintenance increased due to extended service lives, prolonged inactivity during the COVID lockdown, and longer downtime due to parts shortages, costs were flat as vendors refrained from price increases.

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Articlesby Mike AntichOctober 28, 2020

Fleets Transition to Synthetic Motor Oil

For the past decade, more OEMs are recommending the use of more expensive synthetic motor oils, which is increasing the cost of each PM service. But the higher quality motor oil also allows the intervals between these services to lengthen, which is offsetting some of the additional per-transaction costs.

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Articlesby Mike AntichOctober 27, 2020

Uptick in Mobile Maintenance in 2020

One trend that is gaining momentum among commercial fleets during the pandemic is the use of mobile maintenance vendors. There has been a substantial uptick in fleet requests for mobile maintenance solutions as fleet managers look to minimize downtime and the administrative burden of taking their vehicle to a repair shop and having the driver wait. 

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2020

Wrench Acquires Lemon Squad, Expands Full-Service Automotive Offerings

Through the acquisition of Lemon Squad, Wrench customers and fleet operators can now schedule on-site, pre-purchased vehicle inspections directly through the Wrench mobile app.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 16, 2020

Fleetio Adds Discount Tire to Maintenance Network

The partnership enables Discount Tire customers who also use Fleetio to automate approval and billing processes and benefit from competitive pricing.

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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2020

Spiffy Expands Fleet Mobile Maintenance Solution to Six New Markets

The on-demand car care, technology, and services company has expanded its reach to supported customers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Newsby StaffAugust 17, 2020

Pitstop Joins the Geotab Marketplace with Launch of its Predictive Maintenance Solution

Geotab has added a prescriptive maintenance solution to its digital marketplace that is designed to help fleets drastically reduce downtime and save on repair costs while making fleet manager’s jobs easier. 

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Newsby StaffJuly 21, 2020

Smart Tires Will Be Common in Five Years, Nokian Says

Smart tires will be commonplace within the next five years and will first appear on electric vehicles.

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Newsby StaffJuly 21, 2020

Wrench Brings On-Demand Tire Installation to Fleets

Wrench announced a partnership with Tirescanner to offer on-demand mobile tire installation to fleet vehicles.

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Newsby StaffJuly 8, 2020

Verizon Offers On-Demand Roadside Service

The new service is designed to quickly connect administration and their drivers to emergency roadside services.

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