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Global Fleet•by Global Fleet Management Staff•July 31, 2021

Nissan Executive Officer Vandenhende Retired August 1, 2021

Christian Vandenhende responsibilities included Global After Sales, Quality and Total Customer Satisfaction functions and chief vehicle assessment specialist, and oversight of INFINITI business, the Americas and Africa, Middle East, India, Europe, and Oceania regions. He served on the Executive Committee at Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi.

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Global Fleet•by Global Fleet Management Staff•July 31, 2021

Toyota Launches All-New Aqua Hybrid-Electric Compact Car

Toyota Motor Corporation has launched the all-new Aqua, a hybrid electric-only compact car offering approximately 20-percent more fuel efficiency – 35.8 km/L – than its previous generation. The Aqua is the world's first vehicle to use a high-output bipolar nickel-hydrogen battery as an electric drive battery. According to Toyota, the new battery realizes approximately twice the output as it delivers improved accelerator responsiveness and enables smooth, linear acceleration from low speeds.

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Global Fleet•by Global Fleet Management Staff•July 31, 2021

Mercedes-Benz to Premiere New Citan Van Online August 25

The new, redesigned Mercedes-Benz Citan and its all--electric model variant – the eCitan –  will premiere to the world August 25, 2 p.m. (CEST), on the Mercedes media online platform. Compact external dimensions with a high load volume open up a diverse range of applications for the new small van, especially in inner-city distribution operations.

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Global Fleet•by Richard Worrow, Dataforce•July 31, 2021

State of the RAC/Short-Term Rental Market in Spain, Italy, and Germany

The rent-a-car segment was the heaviest hit by the pandemic in terms of percentage contraction. To see how it is faring in 2021, Dataforce investigated three markets, zooming in on some particular regions where tourism has a high economic impact to see just how the short-term rental market is fighting its way back and also how the segment overall is perhaps capitalizing on the latest fuel type trends.

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Global Fleet•by Global Fleet Management Staff•July 31, 2021

RAC/Short-Term Rental Market Gaining Strength in 2021

Eco-powered cars are entering the rent-a-car (RAC)/Short Term Rental (STR) market at a faster pace, while the overall market is strengthening post-pandemic in Spain, Italy and Germany, according new report by Dataforce, a Germany-based provider of fleet market data and automotive intelligence solutions in Europe.

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Vehicle Research•by Staff•July 29, 2021

Ford Offering Virtual Appointments for Transit Vans

The personal walk-around digital tours will allow visitors to ask Ford experts questions about the vans, including the new all-electric 2022 E-Transit.

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Operations•by Mike Antich•July 28, 2021

Call for Nominations: 2021 Fleet Visionary Awards

Sponsored by Merchants Fleet, the Fleet Visionary Award recognizes new voices in fleet management. The Fleet Visionary Award is open to any fleet professional with 10 years or fewer in the industry with a commercial fleet of 50 vehicles or more.

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Safety•by Staff•July 28, 2021

Time to Recognize the Safety Champions, Deadline for Applications is Friday

Nominations are open for this year’s Fleet Safety Award, to be presented at the 2021 virtual Fleet Safety Experience.

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Global Fleet•by Mike Antich•July 28, 2021

ARI Remarketing Pioneer Frank Grochal Dies at 85

Frank Grochal retired from Automotive Resources International and Holman Enterprises in 2005, culminating a successful career that spanned five decades. He was inducted in the NAAA Hall of Fame in 1983. He was the first person in fleet to achieve this honor.

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Green Fleet•by Staff•July 28, 2021

FUSO Proceeds with Transformation, Over 250 All-Electric eCanters Delivered

Since the production in 2017, the company has now delivered more than 250 eCanter to customers in Europe, Japan, U.S., and New Zealand.

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