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Leasing

What’s new in fleet/leasing management – products, services trends, companies, people? Scan the article archive for feature-length editorial on best practices, developments, how-to’s, and company profiles.

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Safety & Accident Management

Look for the latest news in driver safety and risk management products, programs, and developments. Search the article archive for in-depth features on safety and risk-related topics, plus find out what other fleet operations are doing to improve their safety programs.

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Remarketing

A resource for what’s happening on the fleet remarketing front. Research how to lower depreciation costs, increase vehicle residuals, effectively use resale channels, and more.

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Fuel Management

Stay current with fuel and oil news, prices, products, trends, and developments. View tips on managing fuel costs, best practices from fleet operations around the country and trends forecasts from the experts.

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Green Fleet

As companies increasingly look for "green" solutions in reducing fuel costs, cutting oil consumption, shrinking their carbon footprint, and enhancing their images, you must stay on top of the latest in alternative fuels and technologies.

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GPS / Telematics

Learn how wireless and GPS technology can help your fleet relating to routing, maintenance, security, safety and more. See how fleets are using telematics and how to address employee privacy issues.

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New Fleets

Building a fleet department from scratch? Search here for news on the products and services you’ll need. Learn Fleet 101 basics from the article archive of how-to features, management tips and advice, and what works for other fleets in your industry.

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Software

Technology’s impact on fleet management continues as software helps streamline report generation, create more robust data collection and analysis. Research fleet software, view best practices and see what’s on the technology horizon.

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RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES
Residual Values and Cycling Survey
See how other fleet managers are making vehicle cycling decisions.
Vehicle Tracking Best Practices Whitepaper
6 Ways to Go Green and Save
New Green Paper details six ways wireless fleet management lowers emissions while reducing operating costs.
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Anti-Idling Programs: A Quick Way to Reduce Fuel Spend

By Mike Antich
Reducing unnecessary idling is the simplest and easiest way for a fleet to reduce fuel costs. Besides wasting fuel, excess idling also causes unnecessary emissions, noise pollution, and needless engine wear-and-tear. The amount of unnecessary idling varies by fleet, but some fleets have recorded idling as much as 35 percent of the time.

Credit Gridlock Will Impede Sales of Used Fleet Vehicles

By Mike Antich
The bread-and-butter customers of out-of-service fleet vehicles are buyers with C and D credit, namely subprime buyers. However, funders have tightened underwriting standards to manage these higher risk borrowers. Some lenders have caps on how low a FICO score they are willing to fund, which is often above the threshold of subprime borrowers. If this continues, it will have significant long-term implications for the sale of used fleet vehicles.

Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010: A New Way to Reduce Truck-Related Fatalities

By Mike Antich

Branded Fleet Vehicles Puts Drivers in Conflict with Homeowner Associations

By Mike Antich


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MAGAZINE

September 2008

In This Issue:

GM Focuses on the Next 100 Years

Celebrating 100 years of corporate history this September, General Motors looks firmly to the future. Four company executives discuss fleet’s role in that future.

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Top 100 Alt-Fuel Fleets

Both commercial and public sector fleets are steadily increasing their totals of alternative-fueled fleets.

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60 Ways to Reduce Your Fuel Spend

Fleets are adopting compensatory strategies to offset high fuel costs. These strategies include selector modification, revised vehicle specs, increased personal use charges, streamlined fleet operations, and driver behavior modification.

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AF’s Fleet Hall of Fame Honors 10 Inductees for 2008

With a combined total of more than 300 years of active fleet experience, the inaugural class of Hall of Fame fleet professionals will be inducted at the AFLA annual conference in September.

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LeasePlan brought together global fleet and corporate social responsibility managers
in Chicago for its third U.S. Green Summit, which featured presentations on scientific, political, technological, and fleet management aspects of building a green fleet. View article

Making the Move to Sustainable Fleets

A LeasePlan Green Summit explored the science, politics, and technology of building environmentally responsible and economically viable fleets.

Ford 2009-MY Fleet Preview

Ford held its 2009 Model-Year Fleet Preview at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, June 16-18. The preview was attended by more than 800 fleet customers and suppliers, including participants from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Ford’s export and growth markets.

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Toyota Financial Solutions Launches Fleet Solutions

With $80 billion in managed assets, Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is the third-largest captive finance company in the U.S., offering an extensive line of financing plans and vehicle protection products to customers and authorized dealers.

Guided by professional driving experts, fleet industry professionals track-tested the 2009
Audi A4’s handling and control at the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. View article

Audi Introduces 2009 A4 to Fleet

A group of 43 fleet professionals tested the newest iteration of Audi’s mid-size sedan on the racetrack, against competitors, and in the hills of California’s Sonoma wine country.

PG&E saved approximately $1.4 million in 2007 by using natural gas vehicles and hybrids, such as this bucket truck. View article

PG&E Recognized at Blue Sky

The California gas and electric utility was honored for greening its fleet, which includes the use of alternative fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

EVENTS
2008 FASTER Conference for Fleet Professionals
10/19/2008 - 10/22/2008

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA - This conference is dedicated to technologies that work and have real-world proof of how and why they do. We will look at dashboard reporting, customer service breakthroughs, increased insourcing made possible by technology, GPS and inspection technologies and much, much more. The conference will also feature the newest addition to the FASTER product family, our web-based FASTER 3G.

 

2009 CAR Conference
2/25/2009 - 2/26/2009

LAS VEGAS - The Conference of Automotive Remarketing (CAR) is a high-powered compelling mix of the leading remarketers and suppliers featuring the top leaders of the automotive remarketing industry, focusing on the current and future state of vehicle remarketing in the U.S. and Canada.

 

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In This Issue:
Marketing & Sales Insights, Internet, Buy-Here, Pay Here and much more…