What Trends Can We Expect for Transportation in the Near Future?
As we look at transportation trends in the wake of COVID-19, the OEMs are in a tough spot, and fleets could see a glut of vehicles. But there are some potential bright spots as well, including with electric vehicles and with certain use cases for autonomous vehicles.
Work-Life Balance During the Pandemic
Work-Life Balance can be tricky even at the best of times, and during a global pandemic it’s more challenging than ever. One key piece of advice: know when it’s time to get away from your desk and your computer.
A Call to Action: Problem Solving Today for Sales Tomorrow
Ed Pierce, Fleet Industry Marketer
As mentioned last month, business buyers are altering their spend during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even before the current crisis, B2B buyers expressed concern about the possibility of a recession this year. Additionally, if a recession occurred, they wanted vendors to be better resources for them. They expected more quality and accurate information about what they are buying and confidence in the decision to buy.
In the throes of the downturn, vendors must recognize that prospects and customers are busy mitigating losses, minimizing layoffs and carefully maintaining their financial footing. It is exactly the wrong time for aggressive marketing and sales. Promotion alone will turn off buyers who face tough decisions about where they need to cut. B2B vendors need to show concern, offer assistance, and offer solutions to the customer’s problems. Sales and revenues take a back seat to problem-solving and relationships.
Georgia Fleet Manager Risks Pandemic Exposure to Protect the Public and His Employees
By Mark Boada, Executive Editor
As deputy director of DeKalb County Georgia’s 3,500-vehicle fleet, Robert Gordon is responsible for all of the county’s emergency vehicles, including police cars, fire trucks and ambulances.
But you could excuse him if he never imagined he would someday be behind the wheel of a county bus, responding directly to an emergency himself.
But that’s what happened last month, when he got a call that 43 homeless people being sheltered by the county in a hotel in Doraville, a suburb of Atlanta, needed to be transferred to another facility.
Gatik Debuts ‘First-Ever’ Autonomous Box Truck Fleet For Logistics
Gatik, a Palo Alto-based startup developing autonomous vehicles for business to business short-haul logistics, has launched a new platform to serve the supply chain’s so-called middle mile – the autonomous box truck.
Gatik’s self-driving fleet of multi-temperature box trucks range in size between 11 and 20 feet long. This makes Gatik the first company to develop autonomous box trucks capable of delivering ambient, cold and frozen goods.
Autonomous delivery vehicles reduce human-to-human transmission channels of Covid-19 and other communicable diseases, and help minimize disruption to the supply chain brought on by the pandemic.
Read the article at Robotics and Automation News.
