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A fleet vehicle figured prominently in a 1913 advertisement for the Alkire-Naylor Cigar Co. of Salt Lake City, Utah.
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In 1939, Wheels became the first automobile leasing and management company in the U.S. when it leased 75 vehicles to a pharmaceutical company. The company now counts nearly 300,000 vehicles on the road in North America, and more than 1 million vehicles in 41 countries around the world.
Read More →ARI has marked 65 years in the fleet management industry. The company, which was founded in 1948 by Steward Holman, has become a global fleet management and services provider.
Read More →Twenty-eight qualified candidates are vying for one of five spots in this year’s Fleet Hall of Fame award.
Read More →Significant dates in the history of fleet management, which ushered the start of profound change in the industry, include: Oct. 16, 1973 - The first OPEC oil embargo, which completely altered the types of vehicles driven by fleets and August 12, 1981 - IBM’s launch of its first desktop computer, which expanded computerization beyond the IT department to the desktop of every fleet manager. In future years, a new milestone date will be recognized - June 29, 2007.
Read More →Automotive Fleet chronicles the acquisitions and mergers of the major fleet leasing and management companies over the years.
Read More →The end of the 20th century saw safety and accident management programs gain traction.
Read More →Fleet has been an early adopter of new technology, starting with card reader equipment in the 1950s, use of mainframes in the 1960s, “dumb” terminals of the 1970s, PCs in the 1980s, and now a multitude of Web-enabled services.
Read More →From its very beginning, the upfitting industry has been helping vocational truck fleets get the job done — their way.
Read More →Fleet wouldn’t be what — or where — it is today without the pioneers who had the persistence to see it through.
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