Get the Full Picture with AI-Based Video Telematics
With AI-based video telematics, you can capture every minute of driving. That helps you reward drivers for safe driving, in addition to capturing the behaviors that they need a bit of coaching on.
FLEXY Nominations END TONIGHT, with No Extensions Planned
Be a part of the FLEXYs today with your winning submission. This form closes tonight, so don't pass on your last chance to be in the running for the 2020 FLEXY Awards.
NAFA Fleet Excellence Awards (FLEXY) are prestigious peer awards…and they matter. FLEXY winners are innovators and problem solvers and winning a FLEXY brings great recognition to your organization. Nominees are not required to be Members of NAFA Fleet Management Association and are not required to have a CAFM® certification. Submitting is quick and easy and there is no cost for submissions.
The Fleet Excellence Award winners are chosen from a blind voting process. To ensure the legitimacy of these awards, judges never see the names of the nominees or the organizations they work for. Voting is based solely upon the actions and ideas listed by the nominees on their submission forms. This means judging by merit, not name recognition.
Merchants Fleet and Addison Fleet Partner to Extend North America Reach
Merchants Fleet and Addison Fleet, a privately-owned Canadian fleet management company, have formed a partnership that will expand their service capabilities to cover both the United States and Canada.
Under the partnership, each company can offer clients with vehicles in both the United States and Canada a harmonized selection of vehicle products and services. Merchants products and services will cover the United States while Addison Fleet’s services will cover Canada, and both companies will work together to satisfy client needs in both countries and consolidate fleet data. The result is cross-border coverage for Addison and Merchants clients, plus access to country expertise and a unified analysis of vehicle data.
As Hyundai Closes Korean Plants, Global Automakers Increasingly Worried About Coronavirus Epidemic
The impact of the coronavirus is now being measured by more than just the physical toll as the epidemic begins to hammer the Chinese economy, with the first signs it is spreading abroad.
China ships relatively few vehicles abroad, but it exports about $70 billion worth of car parts and accessories globally. South Korea is particularly dependent upon Chinese suppliers, the automakers saying the planned shutdown of its home market plants is “due to disruptions in the supply of parts resulting from the coronavirus outbreak in China.”
About 20% of Chinese auto parts exports wind up in the U.S., though much of that winds up in the automotive aftermarket. The list of Chinese-made automotive goods covers everything from steering wheels to shock absorbers, down to literal nuts and bolts, washers, springs and copper rivets.
Read the article at The Detroit Bureau.
Sofico Sponsors Ghent Marathon as Part of Visibility Campaign
Global automotive finance, leasing, fleet and mobility management software provider, Sofico, is sponsoring the Ghent Marathon in Belgium as part of a drive to increase visibility outside its niche market, to help it better attract talent for future growth.
Sofico has announced the two-year sponsorship deal with the highly popular event which attracts entrants from all over Europe. The Sofico Ghent Marathon, which takes place on Sunday, March 29, will be run through the historic center of the city for the first time.
Sofico’s Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of the event, Piet Maes, said: “We are extremely delighted to tie Sofico’s name to the biggest spring marathon in the country."
