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News•January 9, 2013

First-Ever Chinese Global Automotive Forum to be Held During Detroit Auto Show

DETROIT, MI – The 2013 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (organizers of the Beijing International Automobile Exhibition) will hold the first-ever Chinese Global Automotive Forum in Detroit.

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News•January 8, 2013

Ford Launches New In-Vehicle App Developer Program

LAS VEGAS – Ford has launched its new Ford Developer Program, which will allow third-party developers to create apps designed for use in the automaker’s vehicles.

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News•January 8, 2013

GM Offers New Framework for App Developers

LAS VEGAS – General Motors is now offering an application framework for software developers that will allow them to build applications that customers can use in GM vehicles.

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News•January 8, 2013

Subaru Provides Update to Fleet Ordering Acceptance and Cutoff Dates

CHERRY HILL, NJ – Subaru has provided an update on the fleet ordering dates for model-year 2013 vehicles and on 2014-MY order acceptance and delivery dates.

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Articles•by Lauren Fletcher•January 4, 2013

The Start of Fleet Dealers

Fleet vehicles have always needed to get quickly from “point A” to “point B,” and a handful of pioneers made some significant changes to how it was all handled.

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Articles•by Shelley Mika•January 4, 2013

Long Chevrolet: A Founding Fleet Dealer

In the late 1960s, Don Fenton helped Long Chevrolet build its dealer fleet business. Just a decade later, the dealership was selling 20,000 Chevrolets through the fleet department — and outselling the retail business by 100 percent. Many of today’s industry pros got their start at Long Chevrolet.

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Articles•by Lauren Fletcher•January 4, 2013

100-Plus Most Important Events in Fleet

As John F. Kennedy once said, “History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.”

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Articles•Cover Story•January 4, 2013

The 'Greatest Generation' of Fleet Managers

Fleet wouldn’t be what — or where — it is today without the pioneers who had the persistence to see it through.

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Articles•by Grace Suizo•January 4, 2013

The Evolution of Fuel Management

Advancements in technology have significantly impacted the ability for fleet managers to track fuel use and spending to make their operations more efficient and cost-effective.

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Articles•by Mike Antich•January 4, 2013

The History of Computers in Fleet Management

Fleet has been an early adopter of new technology, starting with card reader equipment in the 1950s, use of mainframes in the 1960s, “dumb” terminals of the 1970s, PCs in the 1980s, and now a multitude of Web-enabled services.

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