Customers from nine countries gathered at Sofico’s annual Customer Forum in Ghent, Belgium, on Thursday, June 29 for an in-depth update on how new architecture for Sofico’s mainstream Miles platform will help them meet tomorrow’s business challenges.
Global automotive finance, leasing and fleet software provider, Sofico, invites customers at 12-18 month intervals to learn how the Miles system will evolve in the near future.
For the 65 delegates, representing some 25 major Miles’ customers, this year provided an opportunity to give their input on the practical application of Sofico’s product strategy that is designed to keep up with, or even stay ahead of, the latest market trends and developments.
AFLA has lined up some outstanding speakers for the 2017 Corporate Fleet Conference (Las Vegas, September 17-20), one of whom is Kim Lear who will talk about The Connected Economy. At the recent NAFA International Fleet Academy, Lukas Neckermann’s fascinating keynote about the mobility revolution was a highlight. So, we were very happy to note that he is addressing the AFLA conference on The Future of Mobility. We are enjoying his new book: Smart Cities, Smart Mobility.
If you’re watching interest rates and wondering if you should fix your floating-rate leases, in Fleet Spectator senior editor Mark Boada gives us insight into how to make that critical decision.
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Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
Waymo, the autonomous vehicle spin-off from Google, has signed a deal with Avis to have the daily rental giant manage some of the self-driving vehicles it is operating in the Phoenix area as part of a ride-share test program.
Apple, meanwhile, is reportedly teaming up with Avis rival Hertz program, in this case to lease a handful of Lexus SUVs that it will modify as part of its own autonomous vehicle project – something that Apple CEO Tim Cook recently described as “the mother of all AI projects.”
In the race to get autonomous, along with more advanced driverless, vehicles on the road within the next decade, established automakers and tech firms alike are lining up to find partners that can help accelerate their development programs.
The CEI Group, Inc., a fleet driver management company, announced the promotions of Carol Gillespie, Kathy Latzko, and Jen Redanauer.
Carol Gillespie has been promoted to senior director, operations and training development. Kathy Latzko has been promoted to vice president, human capital operations. Jen Redanauer has been promoted to Director of Human Resources and Facilities, providing counsel to management on employee-related matters.
As weed heads for retail stores for users 21 and older starting next year, California leaders appear to be learning a lot from the mistakes of other marijuana-legal states.
One lesson is that a blood alcohol-style limit for drivers probably doesn't work. Other states, including Washington, established a DUI limit of "5 ng/ml or more of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol" in a suspect's bloodstream.
The problem is that this limit does not necessarily correlate to being high. Marijuana users could, for example, have smoked two days ago and still show a 5 ng/ml reading, experts say.