Mobility Solutions for Fleets
In partnership with Avis, the new service will feature a fleet of Mercedes Metris vans, as well as wheelchair accessible vehicles.
Skoda will be utilizing a fleet of its Fabia hatchbacks, which were chosen because of their low running cost and compact size.
Michelin hosted its annual Movin'On Summit in Montreal on June 4-6, an event that attracted transportation experts, government officials, and tech companies to discuss the future of transportation.
FleetForward.com is the fleet community’s resource to understand new concepts and solutions around mobility involving electric vehicles, shared mobility, connected fleets, and autonomous technology.
While harvesting data and new concepts such as shared mobility may reduce fleet size, Keegan says the increased importance of utilization and return on net assets make conserving fleet spend is an imperative.
Based on subscriber preferences, Mercedes-Benz Collection is also expanding its Nashville offering to include the Premier tier.
The UBS study also predicted a $2 trillion "robo-taxi" market by 2030.
John Cail of Merchants Fleet outlines use cases in which fleet operators are implementing technology to facilitate automated, on-demand access to vehicles. The higher utilization is allowing them to eliminate 15% of their fleet vehicles — and in some cases 30%.
Maven, launched in 2016 as a no-membership-fee carsharing service, will continue to be available in some of the markets its leaving under the peer-to-peer carsharing service, Maven Gig.
Micromobility includes options that are both physically small and meant for short distances: electric scooters, shared dockless bikes, and electric bikes.
Amazon announced it will take an active role in helping interested employees launch their own package delivery businesses, expanding its Delivery Service Partner program with some additional incentives to help those employees make the transition.
In April, DCTA’s Board of Directors approved a new suite of on-call contracts that will allow the agency to allocate up to $2.4 million of its annual operating budget to offer a variety of mobility services via task orders.
The Via algorithm matches multiple passengers headed the same way, creating an affordable, convenient, and premium bus service, while keeping trip durations similar to a private taxi.
Wing, Google's drone division, will begin delivering small consumer items in two Virginia counties within the coming months.
Tron is a new mobile app that allows users to request a 15 person shared van in real-time.
Michelin hosted its annual Movin'On Summit in Montreal on June 4-6, an event that attracted transportation experts, government officials, and tech companies to discuss the future of transportation.
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