Automotive Fleet

In this special spotlight edition of the State of the Fleet Industry video series produced by Automotive Fleet magazine, Matt Dyer, president of Wheels, explains why Wheels was selected as the brand name for the combined legacy companies of Wheels Donlen and LeasePlan. Dyer also discusses the creation of the new company tagline and explains what will remain the same and what will change under the...

The 135th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened a formal investigation of a series of “phantom braking” incidents. On January 8, 2023, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Tesla , alleging th...

The 134th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: Fleet managers report increasing pressure from their management to identify areas to control fleet costs. Total fleet costs are proportional to total fleet size. Fleet costs are directly proportional to the total...

The 133rd  State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: The increase in fleet maintenance costs have been substantial, in some cases experiencing percentage increases that are double digit. Increased vehicle complexity has exerted increased maintenance costs thro...

This episode of Fleet Momentum is sponsored by and created in partnership with BTC Power 🤝 Just like any fleet-related equipment, EV charging infrastructure needs to be maintained. In this Fleet Momentum episode, Fleet Group Editor Chris Brown discusses with Stephen Israel, senior director of product management for BTC Power, the preventive maintenance and upkeep of charging infrastructure that o...

The 132nd  State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: The 2023 Geotab Connect Conference was held on Feb. 5-8, 2023 in Orlando, Fla. It was attended by more than 1,700 fleet professionals. Geotab’s roadmap is to evolve into an AI-enabled platform that is hardwa...

The 131st State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: Ongoing sourcing constraints have disrupted fleet standardization strategies. When businesses are forced to source different models, it creates inefficiencies by operating an irregular fleet of service vehicles. M...

The 130th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: Across-the-board fleet costs increases have hit record levels and promise to increase after sourcing availability increases. There are nine fleet costs at elevated levels. They are fuel, higher acquisition costs,...

What is influencing the fleet decision to single- or multi-source in today’s evolving market? Sit down with Hans Damen, managing partner of European-based Fleet360 and Mike Antich, editor, Automotive Fleet magazine, who follows fleet market trends in North America, to find out in this edition of the Fleet Meet video series. Co-produced by Fleet360 and Automotive Fleet , Fleet Meet discussions exam...

The 129th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: There needs to be a re-establishment of trust between manufacturers, upfitters, dealers, and fleet end-users. Fleet managers believe that the difficulties experienced with sourcing constraints during the past thre...

Ralph Morton, Global Fleet Management editor for the U.K. and Europe, interviews a key fleet leader in the 20th GFM Voices video, produced by Automotive Fleet. Topics include: Electrification and the possible recession this year. Pressures facing fleet managers of ICE fleets. Impact of vehicle deliveries on fleet plans in 2023. AFP resources and membership information. 📰 Sign up for the Global Fl...

The 128th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: Service levels have fallen at DMVs and wait times for services have increased. Fleet managers say DMVs have become inconsistent in enforcing their own regulations regarding license and title issues. Compounding lo...

The 127th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: In the past 15 years, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has evolved into an important platform for a growing number of global automakers and Tier 1 suppliers looking to showcase mobility technologies. Stellantis...

The 126th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: Various indicators seem to point to a slowdown in the national economy in calendar-year 2023. One consequence to an economic slowdown is an increase in fraudulent staged crashes. The No. 1 type of insurance fraud...

The 125th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. In this episode, we talk with Shlomo Crandus, CEO of Wheels Donlen LeasePlan, about the purchase agreement and plans for the new company. Today's topics include: Strategy to unify the distinct cultures of Wheels, Donlen, and LeasePlan in...

The 124th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: Production slowdown of finished commodities is due to labor shortages, not a decreased end-user demand. Steel prices have stabilized. Shortage of aluminum is anticipated due to simultaneous increased demand from b...

This episode of Fleet Momentum is sponsored by and created in partnership with AT&T 🤝 Fleets have been deriving value and improving efficiencies with telematics systems for years. Traditionally, this involved installing a modem in each fleet vehicle. Today, most modems are available directly from the factory. In this Fleet Momentum video series, Jason Hammond, director of mobile field solutio...

The 123rd State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: Home EV chargers have emerged as a brand-new asset class that will be managed by fleet managers. If the home charger is hardwired, no attempt will be made to recover it if the employee leaves and it will remain wi...

The 122nd State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include:     Several major OEMs announced during their presentations that fleet allocations will carry over to the 2024 model-year fleet ordering.     In a fleet allocation environme...

The 121st State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: There is an ongoing inventory shortage of a wide cross-section of automotive replacement parts, increasing fleet downtime and fleet maintenance expenses. Due to difficulties in sourcing replacement vehicles, many...

Global Fleet Management UK/European editor Ralph Morton discusses fleet vehicle electrifiction issues with Gareth Thomas, business development manager at Project EV, one of the UK’s leading electric vehicle charging companies.

The 120th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: Fleet managers anticipate vehicle availability will incrementally increase in calendar-year 2023, but this will be partially offset by the fact that total end-user demand will continue to exceed vehicle availabili...

The 119th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: Altogether automakers — globally — plan to double their EV spending to $1.2 trillion to build 54 million battery-electric vehicles by 2030. Today’s current transition to EVs dwarfs the cost of the Apollo space pro...

The 118th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: On average, diesel stockpiles today are 30% lower than what they have traditionally been at this time of year. As of Oct. 21, diesel supply in the U.S. is down to 25 days, which means diesel inventories are at the...

This episode of Fleet Momentum is sponsored by and created in partnership with AT&T 🤝 Reducing fuel consumption is top of mind with every person responsible for the bottom line of a fleet budget. In this Fleet Momentum video series, Jason Hammond, director of mobile field solutions at AT&T, discusses strategies to lower fuel consumption and reduce idling. It starts with being able to sepa...