By Mark Hogland, President, Moventum Fleet Management

As Union Leasing transitions to Moventum Fleet Management, one of the questions we’ve been asked most often is what this change means for our clients and how we’ll support fleets moving forward.

The answer is straightforward: the foundation of our business is not changing. The new brand gives us a clearer way to describe who we’ve become.

Clients are looking for partners who can help optimize the full vehicle lifecycle while remaining responsive, accessible, and invested in long-term success.

What matters most to us is strengthening the client experience. That is the role Moventum Fleet Management is uniquely positioned to serve.

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By Ed Pierce, Contributing Editor, Fleet Management Weekly

The recent NAFA I&E conference featured several sessions on fleet safety, highlighting ways to improve fleet safety and efficiency through AI.

Machine learning systems can now analyze telematics, camera feeds, and operational data in real time, identifying subtle patterns that humans might miss.

AI-driven fleet safety systems help organizations identify and address risky driving behaviors before incidents occur, reducing accidents and operational disruptions.

Fleets that successfully integrate AI, behavioral coaching and driver engagement strategies may ultimately gain advantages not only in safety performance but also in operational efficiency.

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EV sales volumes may have plateaued, but consumer interest has not faded, according to the JD Power 2026 U.S. Electric Vehicle Consideration Study.

The recent surge in gas prices has helped to boost consideration, with 26% of new-vehicle shoppers saying they were “very likely” to consider purchasing an EV in April.

“Despite ongoing policy changes, including the repeal of federal tax credits, a growing number of new-vehicle shoppers remain interested in EVs,” said Brent Gruber, executive director of OEM and EV solutions at JD Power.

Purchase price ranks among the top concerns for Gens Z and Y shoppers, citing it as a barrier to EV adoption.

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Buyers have been trained to think the newest car with the smallest odometer number is automatically the safest bet, because those are the easiest details to compare from a search results page.

Mileage and age only tell you part of the story, and sometimes not even the important part. A car that spent 6 years cruising up and down the interstate can wind up in far better shape than one that spent half as much time grinding through short trips, potholes, parking garages, and endless cold starts.

Likewise, an older car with obsessive maintenance records can easily outlive a newer one that barely got oil changes before being dumped at auction.

via Jalopnik

Two more vehicles, the 2026 Hyundai Palisade and the 2026 Toyota Prius, qualify for the highest award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

The Palisade notches a 2026 Top Safety Pick+ award thanks to improved performance in the moderate overlap front crash test. The Prius, which earlier earned the lower-tier Top Safety Pick award, jumps to “plus” status based on a new result in the updated vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention evaluation.

To qualify for either award this year, vehicles need good ratings in the moderate overlap front, small overlap front and side crash tests and acceptable- or good-rated headlights across all trim levels.

via IIHS

Some might consider seatbelts a nuisance, but there’s no denying they have saved tens of millions of lives since Volvo introduced the three-point harness in 1959.

Volvo’s new multi-adaptive seatbelts, debuting in the front seats of the 2027 Volvo EX60 all-electric crossover going on sale this year, are intelligent belts that go way beyond basic settings.

With the help of radar and cameras in the cabin, as well as sophisticated controllers, these belts are designed to recognize the infinite variations in occupant size, shape, height, and weight, and adapt the belt’s retracting force accordingly.

via CarBuzz

Lawmakers have proposed yet another tax on EVs, attempting to balance road budgets solely on the back of the ~2% of vehicles that are responsible for a vanishingly small percentage of road damage.

Meanwhile, gas taxes haven’t gone up since 1993… and some are trying to eliminate them entirely, during a global fuel shortage that EVs are the solution to.

The bill includes a provision for an annual tax on electric vehicles, set at $130/year for fully electric vehicles and $35/year for plug-in hybrids. Those taxes also get an automatic annual increase of $5/year (thats 14% for the PHEVs and 4% for the BEVs), up to a cap of $150 and $50 each.

via Electrek

Fleet Advantage, innovator in specialty financing, fleet data analytics, asset performance services, and life cycle cost management, announced the full results of its ‘Use of AI in Fleets’ survey.

The new survey finds that generative AI has surged to near-universal adoption for back-office applications, yet foundational data problems are preventing the industry from realizing deeper operational returns.

“The organizations that will lead this next phase are the ones investing now in data quality.” – Mac Hudson, Senior Off-Lease Manager at Fleet Advantage

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By Michael Brennan, Asset Management Consultant, on behalf of RoadFlex

By the time fuel usage data reaches your department, the Director of Finance may have already identified a discrepancy in cost from reporting channels.

If this happens multiple times, without anyone in your department doing anything wrong, and the reason for each transaction is obvious, a credibility gap is created.

The gap is not about the transactions themselves; the gap is about who found the information first and what that says about who is really monitoring the program.

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By Ed Pierce, Fleet Management Weekly Contributing Editor

The modern fleet industry no longer operates within the confines of vehicle procurement, maintenance schedules, and fuel cards.

Today’s fleet leaders are navigating a more complex environment shaped by global trade disputes, volatile energy markets, AI-driven technologies and mounting organizational expectations.

For fleet managers, the takeaway is less about predicting political outcomes and more about building flexible procurement strategies to withstand sudden cost fluctuations.

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