Share Your Love of Fleet and NAFA this Summer!
NAFA Fleet Management Association created a unique way for fleet professionals to share their love of fleet – while supporting the good works of the non-profit NAFA Foundation.
During July, if you are a NAFA member and refer another fleet professional who joins NAFA – fleet’s largest membership organization – you can earn a $50 reward that you can designate to the NAFA Foundation. The new member that’s referred will also get a significant bonus – $100 off their membership dues.
That donation will help the NAFA Foundation execute its mission: strategically advancing the vehicle fleet/mobility management profession through research, education, partnerships, and scholarships – all related to innovative and emerging transportation business practices and workforce development trends.
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Are EVs Worth the Money? Hybrids May Be the ‘Greener’ Choice
By Andrew Boada, Editor at Large
In the battle to avert climate change, vehicles powered only by electricity -- EVs -- are being heralded around the world as the ultimate transportation solution for a“zero emissions” future.
While it’s true that EVs generate no CO2 at the tailpipe, a closer look that includes embedded emissions suggests that, at least in the near term, hybrids – vehicles that combine a fossil fuel powertrain with one powered by electricity – may, in fact, be the better alternative.
Why? In a nutshell, because in the US EVs offer, at best, a small extra environmental benefit beyond that offered by hybrids, and getting that marginal extra environmental benefit comes at a significantly higher acquisition cost.
Given the fact that passenger vehicle CO2 emissions account for only about a quarter of Americans’ CO2 emissions, it’s entirely possible that the money saved by opting for a hybrid instead of an EV could be spent in other ways to achieve even greater benefits for the planet, while keeping fleet costs lower.
Changing Market Needs Require Hybrid Systems to Manage, Says Sofico
As vehicle ownership shifts towards vehicle ‘usership’, with drivers using vehicles for shorter periods, OEMs, fleet and leasing operators need to be able to manage usage intervals from minutes to years.
The increasing complexity of the European leasing, finance and fleet and mobility markets requires sophisticated, future-ready hybrid computer systems. So says Sofico, software provider to the global automotive finance, leasing, fleet and mobility management markets which are currently undergoing significant changes.
“Globally, the frontiers of traditional automotive industry practices are being disrupted and transformed by our quick-change digital lifestyle and new technology. OEM’s, fleet operators and leasing companies are experiencing increasing pressure to innovate and reinvent their relevance, in an increasingly complex marketplace,” said Gémar Hompes, Sofico Managing Director.
