100 Best Fleets in The Americas™ Free Webinar: Green Garage!

Safety and health of your employees is the number 1 priority. How do you achieve it? Employee safety from COVID-19 starts in the garage. How do you keep the fleet running, keep COVID-19 at bay and not damage the environment? This is need-to-know information you can get nowhere else.

Register now to Join us on Wednesday, August 19th at 11:00 a.m. PDT/2:00 p.m. EDT.

Gary Lentsch, Fleet Supervisor for Eugene Water & Electric Board of Eugene, Oregon is considered one of the best sustainable fleet managers in the country. He has developed a check list for your garage -- a blueprint.

There will be 10 takeaways that can shorten your learning curve by 5 years. Our mission is to work smarter not harder and not to re-invent the wheel every time. We only learn from the best.

Cadillac’s Electric Lyriq SUV Has A Massive Touchscreen And A Range ‘Beyond 300 Miles’

The Verge

The Cadillac Lyriq will be one of the first vehicles to feature GM’s new scalable battery architecture, Ultium, offering “approximately 100 kilowatt-hours of energy” with the capability for at-home (level 2) charging to 19kW.

The Lyriq is bout the same size as the Cadillac XT5, with a long wheelbase and rides on 22-inch wheels. The absence of a transmission tunnel means there’s more space for a cantilevered center console, which extends forward between the front seats, with open air below.

One of the most eye-catching features of the Lyriq is the curved, 33-inch LED infotainment display. That’s nearly three feet of screen, almost stretching the entire length of the dashboard pillar to pillar. The Lyriq will have the latest version of the “hands-free” advanced driver assist system, which displays green lights in the steering wheel when activated.

Read the article at The Verge.

A Call to Action: Virtual Conferences? The Exhibitor’s Strategy is Virtually the Same

By Ed Pierce, Fleet Industry Marketer

The year 2020 will go into the annals as disruptive for both the fleet industry and fleet industry marketing. One need look no further than the havoc created by the fallout both economically and operationally to companies with fleets, fleet service providers, and relevant trade associations.

Yet, with all of the change, trade associations like NAFA, AFLA, NETS, and others have quickly adapted to the event industry's new normal to allow marketers to benefit from virtual conference participation.

As mentioned in previous years' "Call to Action" columns, exhibitor participation can shorten the typically long sales cycle decision-making time. It can help initiate or bolster relationships between sales and multiple sourcing team members. It also provides a unique opportunity for captive-audience product differentiators or user experience demonstrations.

Time to Prepare for a Grey Fleet Boom

By Ed Dubens, Founder/CEO of eDriving

Throughout the world many sales fleets are experiencing dramatic reductions in business mileage while simultaneously service and last mile distribution fleets are operating at holiday peak plus!

With predictions that a large proportion of employees are likely to continue working from home until at least March 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to have a significant effect on fleet and driver management planning and resourcing.

If employees officially become home-based workers, they may no longer be eligible for a company vehicle, or having one might not make financial sense. Becoming a home-based worker also affects what constitutes a “business trip”. Even the commute, when it’s made, could become a business trip depending on an employee’s location classification. If company-owned vehicle use decreases, privately-owned vehicle use will almost certainly increase.

What does this mean for organizations? It means exciting new challenges lie ahead!