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July 17, 2008

Chrysler Aims to Launch Electric Cars in 3 to 5 Years

The automaker’s new Envi unit is developing vehicles that are intended to run on battery power alone for about 40 miles.

Tags: Chevy Volt , chrysler, electric vehicles , Envi unit, Ford, General Motors, Toyota

May 8, 2008

Toyota, Lexus Announce Mid-Year Pricing

The automakers recently announced new MSRPs for certain Toyota and Lexus vehicles, effective mid- to late May 2008.

Tags: Lexus, Mid-Year Pricing , New MSRP, Toyota

April 8, 2008

Honda Ranked as the "Greenest"

NEW YORK – Forbes.com recently ranked the greenest vehicles in the United States, focusing on the companies accounting for 95 percent of all new vehicles sold in 2007. Rankings were based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, greenest vehicles , Honda, Hyundai, SmartWay , Toyota

April 3, 2008

Toyota to Extend Old Tacoma Warranties

A customer support program is to be launched to extend warranty coverage on certain 1995 to 2000 model year Tacoma pickup truck frames.

Tags: Extended Warranty, Tacoma, Toyota, Toyota Customer Experience Center , warranty, warranty coverage

March 27, 2008

Vincentric Announces 2008 Best Fleet Value Awards

The General Motors and Toyota product lines both received high marks.

Tags: 2008 Best Fleet Value Awards , General Motors, Toyota, Vincentric

March 20, 2008

Kelley Blue Book Announces Winners of 2008 Brand Image Awards

The awards honor the top new auto brands based on consumer perception data from KBB marketing research.

Tags: BMW, Brand Image Awards, kelley blue book, Toyota, www.kbb.com

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Fleet Management Circa 2018

By Mike Antich
The greatest catalyst for change in fleet management in the next 10 years will be "technology." It is getting increasingly expensive to operate a fleet. There are diminishing opportunities to reduce cost and enhance fleet efficiency using traditional fleet management techniques. A growing number of companies are investigating (or are more receptive) to technology-based fleet solutions. Looking ahead, here are my predictions as to how technology will change fleet management in the next 10 years.

Rising Commodity Prices Threaten to Increase Truck Prices

By Mike Antich
The high cost of raw materials, in addition to the high cost of fuel, is starting to make a financial impact on fleets by increasing costs for truck chassis, bodies, trailers, liftgates, and other upfit equipment. On July 9, Navistar announced that rising commodity costs have forced the company to increase prices of International truck models. Is this another in a series of commodity-related price increases that we will see from other OEMs, upfitters, and trailer manufacturers?

Bleak New-Vehicle Sales to Usher a Strong Used-Vehicle Market

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