AFLA Announces New Board Members
AFLA is pleased to announce the results of the 2026 Board of Directors election and proudly welcome our newly elected volunteer leaders.
The newly elected Board members will officially begin their terms at the conclusion of the AFLA Annual Conference this September.
We look forward to the insight, leadership, and strategic vision they will bring as they work with their fellow directors to guide AFLA's future.
GM Has Found a More Profitable Way to Make Money from Your Car
General Motors has made its money the traditional way: building and selling cars. Instead of relying on one-time vehicle sales, manufacturers can now generate recurring monthly revenue long after a customer leaves the dealership.
The company’s software and connected services business keeps around 70 cents of every one dollar it earns. By comparison, vehicle sales typically generate profit margins of just 4-10 cents on every dollar, highlighting why the automaker is investing so heavily in digital services.
GM suggested that its subscription business could eventually generate more revenue than vehicle sales. The company estimates that each connected-services subscriber generates roughly $20 in monthly revenue.
Amazon Added 10,000 Rivian Electric Vans In Just Six Months
Amazon now has over 40,000 custom-made Rivian electric delivery vans in its fleet, the EV startup said in its second-quarter earnings report.
That’s a 33% increase compared to the end of 2025, when the California EV startup had delivered over 30,000 battery-powered parcel vans to the American e-commerce giant.
As a reminder, Amazon and Rivian struck a deal in 2019 to put 100,000 electric delivery vans on the road by 2030, with the first custom-made Rivian commercial EVs hitting the road in the summer of 2022. The lovable van, which was originally known as the Electric Delivery Van (EDV), was developed specifically for Amazon.
What Are You Going to Do If the Gas Runs Out?
The steady flow of gasoline that U.S. drivers have experienced for several decades may soon slow to a trickle as war continues to rage in the Middle East.
Experts have started dropping hints that American gasoline stations will see reductions in supply, potentially easing into a fuel shortage crisis this fall.
When the gasoline you can find is much higher priced than it is today, will you still be buying it? Is there anything you can do in the meantime to reduce your demand on oil, or changes to your lifestyle? Maybe your boss will cut you some slack and allow you to work from home again, like it's 2020 all over again.
Driver Death Rates Remain High for Small Cars, Models with Powerful Engines
More than half of the model 2023 vehicles with the highest driver death rates are small cars, sports cars or muscle cars, a new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows.
Across all makes and models, the average driver death rate was 37 drivers per million registration years. The average other-driver death rate was 53. The other-driver death rate was most likely higher than the driver death rate because many of the crash partner vehicles were of older vintage and offered occupants less protection.
Driver death rates are a useful companion to the Institute’s safety ratings, as they capture different aspects of risk.
