The partnership will bring smart EV equipment to Merchants Fleet clients as part of the federal order to reach electric vehicle goals.
With the sunset of 3G and chip shortages affecting vehicle production as well as aftermarket telematics, fleet managers need to adapt to the connected car and embrace what OEM-sourced data can do for them, or be left behind.
The first wave of commercial electric trucks and vans are coming. Fleets looking to electrify first need to research and invest in charging infrastructure, understand the new technologies, and seek out adoption incentives.
Merchants is working with BrightDrop to procure 12,600 BrightDrop EV600s, an all-new, electric light commercial vehicle purpose-built for the delivery of goods and services over long ranges.
Merchants Fleet has launched an innovative new vehicle electrification initiative, Electrify Fleet, which seeks to deploy new EVs in the commercial market, including through the introduction of the Lordstown Endurance all-electric commercial pickup truck for its clients.
Nayar is an experienced engineer, having led development teams for the U.S. Army Land Warrior program, GM OnStar program, Harris Falcon radio battery & charger development, and the UK Ministry of Defense.
Merchants Fleet is developing a connected vehicle program designed to help businesses identify vehicles in need of maintenance, monitor driver behavior to improve safety, detect and mitigate fraud, and track vehicle location for scheduling and route optimization.
Sponsors for the 2019 Fleet Forward Conference answer four questions regarding their mobility strategies as they relate to commercial, corporate, and government fleets.
Merchants Fleet CEO Brendan P. Keegan will discuss the trend toward an increasingly mobile future and how FleetTech partners like Merchants are equipped to manage and connect this diverse system for their enterprise clients at TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility, July 10 in San Jose, Calif.
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.
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