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How a Fleet Operator Builds an Electric Truck
XOS cofounders Dakota Semler and Gio Sordoni share their fleet origin story, the company’s purpose-built battery tech, and the right applications for truck electrification today.
XOS cofounders Dakota Semler and Gio Sordoni share their fleet origin story, the company’s purpose-built battery tech, and the right applications for truck electrification today.
Several fleets have joined the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance to advance their commitments to fleet electrification.
GPS Insight has acquired Chicago-based ServiceBridge, a field service management software company for small businesses and franchises.
The Geotab Connect 2020 conference hosted approximately 1,500 attendees in San Diego, California, which was held Jan. 13 - 16, 2020 at the San Diego Convention Center.
The new 2021 GMC Canyon was revealed in the mountains of Colorado, including a first-ever Canyon AT4.
Commercial fleet sales were up 13.6%, government fleet sales were down 1.6%, and daily rental sales were up 8.4%.
The vehicle maintenance and repair industries are experiencing a skilled labor shortage as technicians in the Baby Boomer demographic retire in greater numbers than those replacing them. The skilled labor shortage requires shops to pay more for skilled technicians, which translates into higher shop labor rates.
New technologies such as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) require special equipment and training when service is needed, which create additional maintenance costs.
Fleet managers say the integration of battery-electric vehicles (EVs) into nationally dispersed fleets is challenging due to regional variances in incentives, rebates, regional product availability versus national availability, and a limited infrastructure of recharging stations that is unevenly dispersed around the country.
Geotab Connect 2020 was held Jan. 13 – 16, 2020 at the San Diego Convention center and centered on Geotab’s latest product features and telematics improvements, offered live training opportunities from in-house experts, and had ample networking opportunities with Geotab Resellers and Marketplace Partners.
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Most of the subject matter experts that we spoke to expect an increase in tire prices, although predicting future tire costs is difficult due to variables that influence tire pricing.
The parallels and warning signs of in truck management over the past 100 years have not changed as much as one might imagine.
Do you face safety challenges with your construction vehicles and assets? Find out the strategies to overcome this challenge with a GPS tracking solution.
The outlook for the 2020 used market is positive, at least according to three remarketers from three fleet management companies.
