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Operations•by Staff•June 4, 2021

Toyota AI Ventures Rebrands, Invests in Emerging Tech

The launch of the Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund and the Toyota Ventures Climate Fund brings the firm’s total assets under management to more than $500M.

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Global Fleet•by By Ralph Morton, London•June 3, 2021

Leasys Wins Large Fleet Order With Poste Italiane

Leasys has won a significant tender to provide vehicles for the Italian postal service.The deal for Poste Italiane is for 13,647 vehicles under an operating lease - which more than doubles the postal service’s current fleet - will be deployed in the North-East and the Centre-South of Italy.

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Global Fleet•by By Ralph Morton, London•June 3, 2021

New Sales Director Role At Cox Automotive Europe

Cox Automotive Europe, the world-leasing automotive services operation, has created a new Sales Director role and appointed Sam Watkins to the position, effective June 7, 2021. Watkins, who after two years has recently stepped down as Chair of the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA), will report to James Leese, Chief Customer Officer for Cox Automotive Europe.

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Green Fleet•by Cox Automotive•June 3, 2021

Pipeline Shutdown Spurs Interest In Electric Vehicles

Half of consumers indicated they were suddenly more interested in EVs and 36% were more likely to buy one in the future.

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Green Fleet•by Cox Automotive•June 3, 2021

What's Ahead For Compact Pickup Truck Market

Analysis: With the Ford Maverick officially rolling out June 8, the wider question is can the rebirth of the compact pickup truck take the industry by storm?

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Green Fleet•by Staff•June 3, 2021

Vicinity Motors Enters Medium-Duty Electric Truck Market

Vicinity Motors announced its entrance into the medium-duty truck market with the development of a fully electric Class 3 vehicle with 12,000-pound GVWR rating. A Class 5 unit is planned for 2022.

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Green Fleet•by Staff•June 3, 2021

Zeus Electric Chassis Announces Agreement With Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Each of the five unique vehicles in the first shipment will be configured to fit SMUD's specific needs.

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Vehicle Research•by Staff•June 3, 2021

Ford to Debut Maverick Compact Pickup

Details of the all-new compact pickup will be released June 8.

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Operations•by Mike Antich•June 3, 2021

AF Readers Sound Off on Vehicle Abuse

Vehicle abuse is an avoidable fleet cost. The overt and hidden aggregate cost of abuse and neglect across an entire fleet is significant. Here's advice from Automotive Fleet readers on the cost of fleet vehicle abuse and the actions you can take to thwart it.

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Green Fleet•by Staff•June 2, 2021

Ford Plant Expands Production to Meet EV Demand

The Van Dyke Electric Powertrain Center will produce electric motors and electric transaxles for Ford’s growing electric vehicle lineup, including the 2022 F-150 Lightning.

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