By Rachael Plant, Content Marketing Specialist, Fleetio
Every year end, industry experts make predictions for the coming years’ trends.
But just how accurate are these predictions?
Predicted trends are largely based on markets related to the industry. Any trend heavily influenced by economic and policy pressure is less likely to be accurate.
General industry trends can be quite useful as an overview of what to expect broadly, but knowing how to identify ‘flexible’ versus ‘steady’ trends and by what conditions they are impacted, you can more accurately predict future trends.
In 2023, there were four main fleet industry trends — three flexible and one steady — that showed up on lists across multiple sources: supply chain issues, autonomous vehicle (AV) use, electric vehicle (EV) adoption and increased data accessibility and use.
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