By Fleet Management Weekly Staff

For fleets, Monro means the same extraordinary level of excellence no matter the name of the local retailer. It helps its fleet customers by keeping them on the road, maintaining their preventive maintenance schedules, and more. 

“Simply put, we fix cars for a living,” says Tom Shoolbraid, Vice President of National Accounts with Monro, Incorporated. “When it comes to fleets, we maintain fleets of all sizes for all kinds of partners from coast to coast.”

Monro, Inc. is one of the best in the business for fleet managers looking for a preferred automotive maintenance supplier. It deals with most of the significant rental fleets in the US, corporate or government fleets, fleet management companies (FMCs), and their clients’ fleets.

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By effectively utilizing the data at their disposal, businesses can not only enhance the safety of their fleets but also mitigate risks and improve their overall operations.

The need for real-time data has become apparent, considering the rising costs of vehicle crashes to employers and the increasing trend of nuclear verdicts in liability cases.

The SuperVision Comprehensive Platform offers a holistic solution for fleet managers, including continuous license monitoring, daily FMCSA inspection notifications, critical event analysis, risk scoring, and driver document storage.

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By Bill Bishop, SVP of Sales and Marketing, FLD Remarketing

I’ve stated in the last few years, global and industry factors mean that the jury is still out on the year ahead. That’s simply because the world we live in can change in an instant.

Now that fleets can start to sell aging units, those vehicles are worth nowhere near the same amount they were a year ago, and in some cases can’t even be sold at any price. So – where do we go from here?

Regardless of where things are headed in 2024, our team at FLD is looking forward to what’s in store. Our only goal is to help make your life easier while saving you a meaningful amount of time, money and resources.

If we were to give fleets one piece of remarketing advice as we head into 2024: Don’t wait to sell used assets.

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Road rage is a fact of being behind the wheel, but it’s much worse in some states than in others. Combined data from several sources created a list of the states with the worst road rage.

While Arizona, Montana, and South Carolina were the worst offenders in the country, a few states stuck out on the opposite end of the spectrum. Minnesota drivers experienced the least road rage, followed by Hawaii and New Hampshire.

Some states have hefty penalties for aggressive driving, such as California, where drivers can face up to four years in jail. Arizona, the worst state in the study, has a maximum jail sentence of six months.

via Autoblog

The United States Postal Service unveiled its first set of electric vehicle charging stations at its South Atlanta Sorting and Delivery Center.

Charging stations like these, manufactured by Seimens, will be installed at hundreds of new Centers across the country throughout the year and will power what will be the nation’s largest EV fleet.

USPS plans on procuring a total of 21,000 EVs — including 9,250 from Ford — depending on market availability and operational feasibility.

via USPS

The US Treasury’s EV charger tax credit is limited to $1,000 for individuals claiming for home EV charging and $100,000 – up from $30,000 – for business properties. That came into effect on January 1, 2023.

The IRS’s latest guidance is about how in order to qualify for the 30C EV charging tax credit, individuals and businesses need to be in an “eligible census tract.” The IRS defines an eligible census tract as “any population census tract that qualifies as a low-income community or that is not an urban area.”

via Electrek

Gary LaBush is a driver for Frito-Lay in Queens. He remembers the first time he sat behind the wheel of a Ford e-Transit delivery truck. Like most first time EV truck drivers, he wondered if the vehicle was actually on. “I was like, ‘What’s going on?’” he recalled. “There was no noise and no fumes.”

Now, he trains other drivers how to operate the company’s delivery trucks. He said he would struggle if he had to return to driving a gasoline powered van. “I wouldn’t want to do it,” he said. “After being in this — it’s just night and day.”

via CleanTechnica

FreeWire Technologies, a leader in ultrafast electric vehicle (EV) charging, announced a collaboration with GM Energy to accelerate the deployment of ultrafast EV charging infrastructure for GM Envolve fleet and commercial customers nationwide.

By offering a solution for both transportation and charging needs, GM Energy and FreeWire are helping to accelerate access to more convenient charging for fleet electrification, while also lowering the barriers to greater EV adoption overall.

“This collaboration between FreeWire and GM Energy will provide customers with a comprehensive electrification solution that helps them efficiently transition to a more sustainable future,” said Arcady Sosinov, CEO and founder at FreeWire.

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By Bill Bishop, SVP of Sales and Marketing, FLD Remarketing

As it does every year, my report takes an in-depth look at the wholesale used vehicle market, as well as some of the important factors driving the fleet industry.

I’m somewhat encouraged by what I am seeing and feeling across the industry – although certainly not by everything.

While I’d be hard pressed to predict a return to pre-pandemic glory days, there are several positive movements in the market.

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By Fleet Management Weekly Staff

We spoke with Joe George, President of Cox Automotive Mobility Solutions, to learn more about the services that Cox Automotive offers its clients and what insights he’s seeing in the industry’s future.

“As President of Cox Automotive, I’ve witnessed the industry evolve over the last five years. We’re interested in the things that are involved with the revolution of vehicle technologies.”

“I think we’re an even more important part of helping our fleet clients optimize their total cost operation, which means we’re helping them minimize downtime. We’re going to play an important role in helping them move to more clean technology fuels, whether that be electric or hydrogen fuel cell.”

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