Optimizing fleet operations generally doesn’t involve a one-size fits all solution, and at Outerwall Inc., the company behind the Coinstar and Redbox kiosk brands, each brand’s fleet required a different solution to best meet their business needs.
September 23, 2013
Automotive Fleet wanted to find out more about how different fleet segments performed in the month given the change for the month and spoke with James Cain, senior manager, executive and sales communications for GM.
September 4, 2013
Key factors affecting prices beyond the model-year changeover are a larger number of trade-ins, with 60 percent of new-car sales involving one, according to Black Book, and a greater supply of off-lease models.
August 13, 2013
Fleet management company PHH Arval asked a third-party company to determine whether preventive maintenance programs actually do reduce the amount of downtime its clients’ vehicles experience. Automotive Fleet spoke with PHH Arval’s Bill Jones, director, PHH product management, about the study and what the FMC found.
July 15, 2013
Ford Motor Co. brought a CNG-fueled dump truck version of F-650 medium-duty truck to the 2013 ATD show in Orlando and the automaker's Todd Kaufman, marketing manager, explained how this particular project came about.
May 13, 2013
Automotive Fleet contacted Verizon's Ken McKenney, fleet sustainability program manager for the company, to find out how it’s handling this major project and what benefits the solution will bring to Verizon's fleet.
March 19, 2013
Automotive Fleet contacted General Motors to find out what the future holds for the current incarnation of the Impala given the 2014-MY Impala’s radical departure in design.
March 18, 2013
GM told Automotive Fleet that it would be an ideal choice for fleet customers whose drivers spend a lot of time on the road commuting, traveling to visit customers, or driving between offices.
February 10, 2013
Automotive Fleet spoke with Black Book’s Ricky Beggs, senior analyst for the company, about the effect models introduced at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit will have on used-vehicle values in the future.
February 5, 2013
Mazda said David Funston has more than 30 years of experience in the automotive industry and more than 15 years of experience in the areas of fleet sales and remarketing.
January 30, 2013