The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Fleet Utilization & Achieving a Right-Sized Fleet
Co-authored by experts from NAFA and Agile Fleet
This nearly 50-page resource is the quintessential guide to understanding and achieving optimal fleet utilization. It was written by fleet experts within Agile Fleet and NAFA with thousands of hours of experience working with both public and private organizations.
This guide offers an in-depth look at how to understand and change the utilization of your fleet. Whether you are new to the fleet industry or have spent years managing fleets of vehicles, this nearly 50-page e-book is for you.
Green Garage Contest 2020 Winners Announced!
The concept of Green Garage Contest is to bring together the most progressive and environmentally-committed fleets to share best practices for eco-friendly vehicle fleet maintenance garages.
From solar panels on the roof to waste oil heating systems, the contestants will share innovative and simple ways to “green the maintenance garage.”
Going beyond paper and metals recycling or non-chemical parts washers, the ideas shared will assist with current operations improvements, but more importantly, provide a road map for new maintenance facilities in the planning stage.
Volkswagen’s EV Charging Robot is a Genius Idea
Volkswagen is upping its electric vehicle game in a big way—and not with a car. It says it’s bringing into production a prototype of a charging robot that it debuted back in 2019, and it liked the original design so much that the company is sticking with it.
Basically, this friendly-looking robot is to provide “fully autonomous charging of vehicles in restricted parking areas, like underground garages. For the robot to work autonomously, EVs will have to be connected to a larger charging network in order to alert the robot to its presence—which isn’t something that hasn't been accomplished yet.
There is a great bonus to this idea. The fact that EV charging ports aren’t always accessible to people with disabilities for a plethora of reasons: a lack of ramps, heavy chargers, etc. A friendly little robot designed to handle all those tasks will be a great help to the people who need it most.
Read the article at Jalopnik.
Massachusetts to Ban Sale of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035
Massachusetts is joining California with a plan to ban the sale of new gasolined-powered cars by 2035. Governor Charlie Baker released a 2050 decarbonization road map that includes the reduction of emissions from passenger cars.
In order to make sure those EVs are actually usable, the state plans to expand the public charging infrastructure to take into account that many people don't have a garage in which to charge an electric vehicle.
The initiatives by California and now Massachusetts could be the beginning of a trend by states to slowly ban the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles. President-Elect Joe Biden has a plan to speed up the electrification of vehicles in the United States that includes replacing the country’s fleets with EVs.
Read the article at MSN.
From No Mobility to Future Mobility: Where COVID-19 Has Accelerated Change
COVID-19 swept across the globe in a matter of months, jeopardizing lives, upending businesses, and setting off a worldwide economic slump. Within the mobility sector, suddenly, private cars are in and shared rides seem to be out.
Access to micromobility options—lightweight vehicles such as bicycles, e-scooters, and mopeds—will be important, as will safety and health issues. The pace of change will continue to accelerate in all areas, including connectivity, autonomous driving, and urban transport.
Government planners are constantly making mobility decisions, since they must design car lanes, pedestrian walkways, EV-charging infrastructure, and much more. Since the pandemic, city leaders have been especially active in making infrastructure changes that affect mobility. Regulators are expected to become even more active within the mobility sphere.
Read the article at McKinsey & Company.
