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Our team of enterprising editors bring years of experience covering the fleet industry. We offer a deep understanding of trends and the ever-evolving landscapes we cover in fleet, trucking, and transportation.  

Articles•by Staff•July 1, 2004

Fleet Safety: What Every Fleet Manager Needs to Know

Keeping driver and third parties safe and reducing the risk of physical damage is grounded in some very basic concepts.

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Articles•by Staff•March 1, 2004

How To Negotiate A Fleet Management Agreement

With the extensive menu of leasing and fleet management services available, fleet management agreements can be confusing. It is important to understand what to look for and what negotiable issues are.

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Articles•by Staff•November 1, 2002

Think Twice About Driver Reimbursement

If you're like a lot of company vehicle managers, unless you currently reimburse, you've asked yourself at some point whether it night be a good idea to reimburse employees for the use of their personal vehicles, rather than providing company vehicles.

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Fleet manager reviews a driver record on a tablet while seated beside a white commercial van in a service facility.
Articles•by Staff•September 1, 2002

How Driver Records Affect Commercial Fleet Insurance

A poor driving record can raise premiums or limit coverage. Here is how fleets can screen drivers, monitor changes, and respond without creating new risks.

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Articles•by Staff•July 1, 2002

New Standards On The Way For Tires

Tougher standards for car and light truck tires are on the way -- possibly as early as the fall -- but the details still have to be worked out between federal auto safety officials proposing them and tiremakers, who assert they're too stringent, and are unneccesary in any case.

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Articles•by Staff•May 1, 2002

How High's the Gasoline, Mama? Up 20% and Rising

As I write this in April, gasoline -- lifeblood of the economy -- is 20% more expensive than just a month ago.

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Articles•by Staff•January 1, 2002

Check the Tires

A survey found that nearly one in every 10 passenger vehicles has at least one bald tire. What's more, 27% -- more than one in four -- of vehicles are driven with one or more severely under-inflated tires.

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Articles•by Staff•July 2, 2001

Fleet Uses New Funding Program for Alt-Fuel Vehicles

Fetzer Vineyards is using a new Ford Credit Program called GreenLease. The program offers lower payments than financing or purchasing an AFV, and requires no down payments.

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Articles•by Staff•May 1, 2001

Leasing: Still Cost Effective?

Small-fleet leasing programs often include flexible options tailored to individual companies -- and can relieve you of a lot of headaches.

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Articles•by Staff•May 1, 2001

Know When to Hold 'Em

When is the best time of year to remarket your vehicles?

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