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Bree Allen, Business Development Manager at Summit Fleet Leasing and Management, reckons you can make the business case now to have an electric car versus a traditional ICE vehicle. In this podcast Bree considers the total cost of ownership for going electric.  “More and more people are enthusiastic about electric vehicles. There's a few factors driving change. Climate change awareness has to...

Each year in Australia about 23 million car and motorbike tires are discarded. Another 19 million or so much larger truck tyres also finish up life on the road each year. In all, it’s some 330,000 tonnes of tyres that reach end of life each year in Australia. The good news is that most of those are disposed of properly, recovered and processed ready for recycling and other uses thanks to Tyre Stew...

Fleet Auto News’ Caroline Falls talks with Tim Roberts, founder of Perth-based consultancy Fleet Strategy and former AfMA, the Australasian Fleet Management Association. They talk about eco driving among other things. In particular they discuss a project Tim worked on with the National Roads Safety Partnership Program, developing a so-called tool box kit designed to help fleet managers lead a conv...

Fleet Auto News’ Caroline Falls talks with Kirsten Corson, founder of EV sharing company Zilch in New Zealand for a FAN podcast. They chat about about NZ’s transition to EVs, Zilch’s role and the new association called Women of Electric Vehicles.  The FAN podcast has a sponsor this year, Sofico Services. Thankyou Sofico for making this series possible. Themes for this year are future technolo...

Fleet Auto News Caroline Falls talks with Marcelo Salgardo. He’s one of a trio of Tritium executives that broke away and started a company EVOS , to manage EV charging hardware and energy for fleets of Australia. Marcelo says he’d like to see bolder government policies to boost EV take-up.

Everty is a technology (software) company in the e-mobility sector and provides EV charging solutions and a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to companies installing Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. The software allows EV charging station operators to monitor, manage and monetise their charging infrastructure assets and provides an interface to EV drivers for the use...

Fleet Auto News Caroline Falls talks with Dickson Leow, general manager at Innovative Mechatronics, or the IM Group, about future mobility and sustainability. Before joining IM Group, Dickson was leader of technology and mobility future at the Australian Road Research Board. He has 25 years experience in the automotive world, including in vehicle engineering, safety, and regulation. He was ambassa...

Recorded in 2020, Caroline Falls talks with Dan Hilson about the evolution of Charge Togther Fleets and why it was created.

Recorded in early 2020 before COVID changed the world,. Fleet Auto News spoke to Bevan Guest, Chief Operating Officer from Eclipx. Caroline Falls spoke to Bevan about electric vehicles, autonomous driving and the future trends for fleet management and leasing in Australia. In November 2021 Bevan announced is departure form Eclipx after successfully delivering on a number of key initiatives.

Keeping employees safe on in the workplace and on the road is an important task for organisations and Fleet Managers. This podcast was originally published in July 2021. Visit our website to find interesting news articles on fleet management and leasing. 

Caroline Falls has been reporting for Fleet Auto News since 2015. There is a series of podcasts with people from the fleet industry on the FAN website. This podcast with Gus Belanszky, General Manager Service and Customer Support, from Hino covers the launch of Hino Connect telematics system in Australia.

Bill Gillespie joined SEA Electric in 2021 as President - Asia Pacific. It's an exciting step in his automotive career as transport companies around the world starting looking seriously at electric trucks as an alternative to diesel powered ICE.