A Distinguished Fleet Veteran Looks Back on a Long Career
By Mark Boada, Executive Editor
After 24 years in the fleet industry, Joe LaRosa is retiring this April, and FMW is delighted to talk with him about his notable career.
Over the course of his career, he directed global fleet operations for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck Sharp and Dohme, and Ascensia Diabetes Care, and did work as a consultant with Mercury Associates.
A long-term member and officer with the NAFA Fleet Management Association, in 2017 he was awarded Honorary Lifetime Membership, one of the highest honors NAFA can bestow on an individual. In 2008, he was named Fleet Manager of the Year by the Automotive Fleet Leasing Association (AFLA).
Joe says, "I believe the greatest achievement I made in fleet management was the friendships and comradery that I made with hundreds if not thousands of persons in this industry over the past 25 years."
eDriving Announces Appointment of Cory Fee, VP of Customer Success, AMEA
eDrivingSM has appointed Cory Fee as Vice President (VP) of Customer Success for Asia Pacific/ Middle East and Africa (AMEA).
Cory’s appointment completes the creation of eDriving’s global customer success network that provides support to clients in over 100 countries around the world and approximately 1.2 million fleet drivers using the Virtual Risk Manager® and/or MentorSM patented closed-loop risk reduction programs.
Volvo’s In-Car Cameras Will Monitor Driver Behavior
Volvo plans to install cameras in its vehicles that will monitor drivers for signs of distracted or impaired driving and take action if it appears that a driver’s behavior becomes dangerous.
Volvo’s new technology will focus on visual alertness -- such as eye movements, pupil reactions and scanning behavior -- as well as overall reaction times and other control-related behavior to assess the driver’s condition.
Read the article at The Washington Post.
Will Car-Sharing Services Put an End to Car Ownership?
Considering how swiftly people moved from physical maps to map apps, from snail mail to email, from prime time TV to watching on demand, it is it is not hard to see the steps towards not owning a car.
The shift away from private vehicles will happen faster than we think.
You start using car-sharing services, you don’t use your car as often, you realize as these services proliferate that you actually don’t need to own a car at all. The concept of actually purchasing, maintaining, insuring and garaging an automobile will be history in the next few decades.
Read the article at The New York Times.
Ford Explorer Owners Claim SUV Is Poisoning Them
More than 3,000 Ford Explorer owners have complained to Ford or federal regulators that they suspect exhaust fumes have seeped into their sport-utility vehicles’ cabins.
Many fear carbon monoxide gas may have made them ill as they experience migraine headaches, fatigue and dizziness.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began investigating drivers’ claims in 2016, then expanded the probe a year later after saying it had “preliminary evidence” of elevated carbon monoxide levels in some driving scenarios. If NHTSA finds a safety defect, Ford would face the prospect of recalling more than 1 million vehicles, costing perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars.
Read the article at Bloomberg.
