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As assets stay in service longer and equipment costs keep climbing, replacement timing has real money attached to it. Replace too early and you waste capital. Replace too late and maintenance costs quietly erode the savings.
Getting it right takes more than a usage percentage — it takes integrated data on how vehicles actually perform and how their costs evolve over time.
Beyond Utilization Rates: How Data-Driven Fleets Are Rethinking Vehicle Replacement shows how leading organizations combine integrated data and benchmarking to make replacement and fleet-sizing decisions they can stand behind.
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RoadFlex, a provider of fuel risk management for fleets, launched RoadFlex Direct, an open API platform that lets fleets and their technology partners build RoadFlex into the tools they already run.
Instead of working inside a separate dashboard or entering the same information twice, a fleet can order cards, set transaction controls, and pull fuel data straight into its telematics platform, its fleet management system, or its own internal software.
Greg Soh, CTO and president of RoadFlex: “RoadFlex Direct gives fleets and partners direct control over that data, where it lives and how it is used, and we built it so that openness never comes at the expense of security.”
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The quality of new vehicles has improved industry-wide year over year, according to the JD Power 2026 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS).
Infotainment is the exception, where connectivity issues continue to strain customer experience with new-vehicle quality.
“As more technology is introduced into vehicles, keeping the experience simple matters more than ever,” said Frank Hanley, senior director of auto benchmarking at JD Power.
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Nexar, a real-world intelligence platform for the Physical AI era, and Nauto, a leader in AI-powered safety and vehicle intelligence, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge.
The transaction brings together two leaders in real-world driving intelligence, combining complementary AI models, datasets, technologies, and customer relationships.
Existing customers will continue working with the teams, products, and support organizations they rely on today. What changes is the foundation underneath them.
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Fleet Manager Sentiment Index
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By Bill Bishop, SVP Sales and Marketing/Lead Analyst
Every quarter for the past few years, FLD has compiled our Fleet Manager Sentiment Index, which is a deep dive into seven topics important to the entire industry.
Our group of top fleet managers had a lot to consider when we asked them their thoughts for our Q2 Index just a few short weeks ago.
The only thing our panel, and doubtless their fleet colleagues, can count on these days is that – in reality – they really can’t count on anything at all.
At the half-way point of 2026, it seems the only thing our customer advisors – and likely their colleagues across the industry – can look forward to are growing challenges that show little signs of abating.
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By Tod Trousdell, Fleet Marketing Consultant and Partner, RobertsTrousdell Communications
Jeff Cunningham has been well-known in the fleet space for over two decades. Formerly Director of Sales at Signature Graphics, Cunningham recently took on the same challenge at RUD Fleet.
He is recognized within the industry for keeping a rigorous physical training schedule even during industry conferences like NAFA and AFLA.
A resident of Northern Indiana, Cunningham sat down with us recently to discuss his thoughts on the industry and its future.
“The need for very high-touch, high-end consultative and administrative services are more pronounced than ever. That puts the FMCs squarely at the center of things.”
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By Ed Pierce, Fleet Management Weekly
Fleet dashcams have become nearly ubiquitous. They record collisions, exonerate drivers, support coaching programs, and provide critical evidence when claims arise.
Yet most fleets still learn about many crashes from a phone call long after the incident occurs. That delay carries a significant cost.
A new AI platform developed by InsureVision aims to change that equation by transforming dashcam footage into an active source of crash intelligence.
The company’s VisionScore™ technology is designed to identify crashes, estimate severity, and initiate First Notice of Loss (FNOL) notifications within minutes—using the video itself.
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