Among the many alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) fleets touted at this year’s Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, held in Long Beach, Calif., there was one company that stood out for the success of its massive AFV and advanced vehicle technology fleet.
UPS, the delivery company with a strong sustainability corporate policy, has been making strides in the AFV market for years, having deployed more than 8,300 AFVs across the globe – and it looks like it’s far from finished.
On Tuesday, May 2, UPS announced the addition of its first fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) to its “Rolling Laboratory” fleet and displayed its chassis and powertrain for attendees at the ACT Expo.
The promise of autonomous cars has struck an especially jubilant chord with a chorus of futurist urban thinkers.
The big transformative hope: We can break the death grip of car-centric urban design and planning, which has been something of a disaster for most American cities in the 20th century.
In the near future, self-driving cars will simply circulate through cities, freeing road space and liberating millions of acres of parking lots for more useful purposes. Combine that with the ongoing electrification of the vehicle fleet, and it might look as if we are nearing an urban transportation utopia.
A report suggesting that drivers killed in crashes are more likely to be on drugs than drunk is getting pushback from a surprising direction — other traffic-safety advocates.
A week after a report suggesting that drug-impaired driving is moving to the fore of concerns in traffic safety, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) jumped in Monday to express concern that the report could lead the public to believe the country has turned the corner on drunk driving. There is still much work to do, MADD officials said.
“There is no way you can say drugs have overtaken alcohol as the biggest killer on the highway,” J.T. Griffin, chief government affairs officer at MADD, said Monday.
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Leasing and fleet management specialist, Fleet Alliance, has been voted one of the best places to work in the UK for the fifth year in a row, achieving laureate status as a result.
The Glasgow-based company received its fifth successive Great Place to Work Award, making it one of the top 50 best places to work in the UK in the medium-sized category for companies with 50-499 employees.
Some 92% of Fleet Alliance staff said that ‘taking everything into account I would say this is a great place to work', which was 3% higher than the average for the top 50 UK medium sized businesses.