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State of the Fleet Industry: Top Trends Driving Fleet in 2020-2021
Today’s video looks at the top trends driving fleets, which includes: fleet budgets constraints; fleet utilization and rightsizing; and potential future changes to taxation and regulatory compliance.
October 12, 2020
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The twenty sixth State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet continues to offer an updated look at the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich for the week of Oct. 12, 2020.
Today’s video looks at the top trends driving fleets, which includes: fleet budgets constraints; fleet utilization and rightsizing; and potential future changes to taxation and regulatory compliance.
Please also check the upcoming Monday AF Newsletter, on Oct. 19, 2020, for the next video in this video series.
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