It’s an exciting time to own a fleet. But it isn’t getting any easier to operate one, as connected vehicles, electrification, shared mobility, autonomous technology, and smart cities converge with traditional fleet processes. Chris Brown’s Auto Focus blog is designed to help fleet operators navigate the increasingly dizzying pace of change, improve fleet efficiencies today, and form their strategies for the future.
The California Air Resources Board laid down its most ambitious rule yet, which includes not only passenger cars but light-duty trucks. The rule is phasing out traditional power in fleets’ biggest workhorses.
Harvesting, analyzing, and acting on data is a never-ending requirement in fleet management. With EVs, the need increases exponentially — and requires new systems, networks, and apps to manage and integrate.
With at least two dozen manufacturers ready to serve the commercial vehicle market with electric trucks and chassis, fleets will soon be making tough decisions they never had to with ICE vehicles.
Hertz’s massive EV rental initiative will have impacts in the corporate and B2B sectors. It will also provide a hedge against supply shortages and deflated pricing, whenever that comes. But blazing a trail is never easy.
The same challenges to electrify from 10 years ago still exist today. But at this year’s conference in Columbus, it’s clear there is an ecosystem to support Electrification 2.0 that wasn’t in place before.
While the great majority of fleets are just beginning to electrify, we also must realize that we’re at stage one of an ongoing mission to disseminate the training, grant opportunities, and behind-the-wheel education to foster the process. Human interaction from those with EV experience is crucial.
A battle is brewing between the traditional telematics providers, third-party connected car platforms, and the automakers themselves, which are returning with new digital applications.
Ford is betting on Ford Pro to meet a connected, electric mobility future. What’s the plan?
These 10 trendlines in electrification, mobility, and transportation tech bring promise to revolutionize fleets. Some may come to fruition next year, while others will only start to germinate.
With short seller “investigative reports,” tightly spun narratives set public opinion that can crash a stock by the end of the day. Shouldn’t a company’s valuation be based on the performance of finished product and meeting production timelines? Asking for Lordstown Motors.
The 2022 Bolt EUV expands Chevrolet’s EV lineup as a utility-type vehicle with a range of 250 miles on a full charge. It will be sold alongside the 2022 Bolt EV model. The Bolt EUV is approximately six inches longer than the Bolt EV.
Traditional car dealers can make themselves an integral part of the EV revolution and take their cut of the pie. But only if they’re willing.
History can guide us as to whether the mandate will actually be met. But can we still achieve the benefits of the attempt, even if we don’t have all zero-emissions vehicles on the road by then?
As the new technology hype machine works in overdrive, it’s time to take a deep breath and concentrate on product releases that we can experience for ourselves and drive. Remember those?
Lyft gets a ready supply of vehicles while Sixt gets an alternative outlet for its fleet — yet this partnership’s potential long-term evolution could be the true art in this deal.
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