
Commercial sales of vehicles from nine manufacturers increased 19.9% to 73,752 units in March compared to a year ago, as trucks outpaced passenger cars by a wide margin, according to Automotive Fleet data.
Read More →Each year, we compile a listing of the nation's Top 300 commercial fleets. This gives us an opportunity to get a pulse on the state of the commercial fleet market. Every fleet in the Top 300 commercial fleet listing has its own fleet strategy and challenges; some unique, but most are common to a number of fleets. Here is my “lightning round” summary of the top trends and operational considerations influencing the management of the nation’s largest commercial fleets.
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Sales of vehicles to commercial fleets from nine manufacturers increased 21% to 58,867 units in February from a year ago on the strength of sales of trucks, vans, and SUVs.
Read More →Biodiesel consumption reached a peak level in 2015 with nearly 2.1 billion gallons reducing carbon emissions by at least 18.2 million metric tons, according to the National Biodiesel Board.
Read More →For the first time in nearly a decade, concerns about reliability have increased as a reason consumers avoid certain vehicle models, a recent J.D. Power survey has shown.
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Growth in adoption of natural gas vehicles has been slower than previously anticipated, mostly due to drops in oil prices, as well as lower costs and increased capacity of batteries for electrified vehicles.
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Sales of commercial vehicles from nine manufacturers increased 2.3% to 629,270 units in 2015 to finish another solid year despite a December swoon.
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The No. 1 priority for commercial fleets was risk and safety in 2015. The No. 2 priority was data management, whose dramatic spike in interest is attributed to the increased involvement by procurement and finance in fleet management.
Read More →The company car and the vehicle leasing markets in India are at an emerging stage, but have shown potential for high mid-term growth.
Read More →The year of 2015 for Fleet Financials brought plenty of updates about executive vehicles and ongoing stories about Element Financial Corp.'s expanding presence in the U.S. fleet management industry. Our top 10 news items also included an analysis of fleet manager salaries and Ford Fusion being named fleet car of the year.
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