Every year, organizations within the fleet industry host events and conferences that are filled with topical content, educational sessions, networking spaces and other opportunities essential to the industry. Here are some major fleet events, including events with close ties to the industry, this year that should be on your radar.

Fleet operating costs increased in CY-2019 due to higher PM costs, ongoing pressure to increase maintenance labor rates to address the widespread tech shortage, and higher prices for commodities to manufacture replacement tires.

Data from Automotive Fleet analyzes fleet salaries in several ways including compensation by staff supervised; years of experience; education level; number of vehicles managed, and more.

Find out how fleets determine personal use charges. The following charts include determining conditions approved for personal use; factors that govern the assignment of company-provided vehicles; who is allowed to drive company vehicles; and how often fleets perform personal-use reconciliations.

The 2019 Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA) corporate fleet conference was held Sept. 15 to 18, at the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.

The 2019 NAFA Institute and Expo put a significant emphasis on how future mobility technologies might impact fleets and hosted numerous seminars and educational sessions geared toward educating the commercial fleet manager of today.

Automotive Fleet's biennial fleet manager salary survey revealed that fleet manager salaries are growing, with more reporting earning salaries over $80,000 and fewer reporting annual earnings between $50,000 and $80,000 in 2018 compared to a previous study.

Jaguar is entering a new category with its 2018 E-Pace luxury subcompact performance SUV.

The 2018 Fleet Forward Conference convened Oct. 9-10 at The Pearl in San Francisco. The event is dedicated to providing strategies and new mobility solutions to fleets.

The 2018 Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA) conference began Oct. 1, 2018, at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

The 2018 GMC Terrain arrives as a slightly upscale version of its sister Chevrolet Equinox, which also saw a major refresh for 2018. The compact SUV offers three new engines, a new nine-speed transmission, and improved technology. Read more here. Photos by Vince Taroc.
