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The Rising Importance of Fleet Managers
A massive new market for fleet management will be created that doesn’t exist yet. Are you ready?
MANAGING 10-50 COMPANY VEHICLES
MANAGING 10-50 COMPANY VEHICLES
Chris Brown's perspective on fleets, mobility, and the business of cars.
A massive new market for fleet management will be created that doesn’t exist yet. Are you ready?
With an increasing emphasis on emissions reductions mandates, will fleet operators get caught between clean technologies on their way out and an electric future that hasn’t yet arrived?
From giant leaps in torque and towing to heavy duty truck personalization and chassis cab styling, these trends emerged from this year’s Work Truck Show in Indianapolis.
In Southern California and other parts of the world, regulators are coalescing to ban, or severely curtail, diesel vehicles. There’s a growing disconnect with the mandates to green the environment and the availability of products and technologies to get us there.
“Disengagement reports” reveal how many times a human driver had to take control of a driverless car in testing in California. A few well-publicized autonomous players lagged far behind.
An industry is forming, and it needs help with fleet. In the meantime, the fleet industry should know that these new businesses are navigating extraordinary circumstances, which is forcing them to be better fleet operators pretty darn quick.
Most attendees — from established fleets and vendors to new players that were only formed five years ago — didn’t know anyone. But that’s exactly the point.
With cities constricting parking and now charging for use of loading zones — while fewer spaces are being built overall — fleet operators must view parking as dynamic to alleviate rising costs.
When we’re in the middle of a hype maelstrom, it’s hard to separate the fads from the revolutions. Fleets don’t need to be first adopters, but those forming their strategies now will able to take advantage of the truly transformative solutions.
Per new regulations, if you operate a fleet in California and you’re using drivers on a contractual basis, be prepared to make fundamental changes to your business.
