Mazda Bets on the Internal Combustion Engine – For Now

By Andrew Boada, Editor at Large

Unlike virtually all of its competitors, rather than putting its focus transitioning to BEVs, Mazda is bucking the trend as it seeks to build the perfect internal combustion engine.

These days, everyone knows that internal combustion engines are a dying technology and soon, we'll all be driving electric vehicles. The rush by almost all the major OEMs to introduce an ever-widening selection of EVs seems to confirm the popular wisdom. One of them, however, Japanese OEM Mazda, strongly believes that what everyone knows probably isn't so. Rather than joining the rush to introduce EVs of their own, instead - for now at least - they're doubling down on the internal combustion engine.

What are Mazda's leaders thinking? Are they committing Mazda to a serious strategic blunder?

Driving Dynamics Rolls Out New Behind-the-Wheel Training Services Brand

Driving Dynamics Inc., a provider of driver and safety training for fleet-based organizations throughout North America today introduced DriverAdvantage, a new family brand for the company’s light-to-medium duty behind-the-wheel training services.

The purpose of the rebranding is to help its customers have a better awareness of available services and a clearer understanding of how the company’s behind-the-wheel training programs can work together to address various fleet needs. The name chosen for the brand is deeply rooted in the company’s three decades of history.

Your Current Car May Be The Last One You Buy

The Daily Beast

If you bought a car in the last few years, there’s a decent chance you won’t buy another one. In a decade—maybe less—you may subscribe to a car service the way you subscribe today to Netflix or Blue Apron.

When you need to go to Whole Foods, you send for a car on your iPhone or tell Alexa to send you one. Or you’ll order Whole Foods online, and an autonomous car will bring the groceries to you.

Americans only use their vehicles about 5 percent of the time, which is poor use of capital. When you’re not driving it, you’re parking it. And 80 percent of the trips we make are 1- and 2-person trips, so we could tailor shared-use vehicles for those kinds of trips.

Read the article at The Daily Beast.

The Growing Risk of Cyber Threats to Government Fleets

By Robert Martinez, Deputy Commissioner, New York City Police Department

If you are one of those people who, to protect yourself against hackers and cyber thieves, removes your hard drive and smashes it with a hammer when discarding your old computer, you will want to read this.

Today, every public leader must contend with the critical role technology plays in the structure and operation of government and the need to maintain the highest levels of cybersecurity.

This is especially true for government fleets and fleet vehicle connections to government data banks and computer networks. Vehicles today have more memory and computer capability than an F-14 fighter jet. All this memory and even a driver’s control of a vehicle can be just one hacker away from a big problem for fleet managers, both government and private alike.

Once Again, Driving Dynamics Named Top 20 Health & Safety Training Company

Newark, Delaware, September 27, 2018—Driving Dynamics Inc., a provider of driver and safety training for fleet-based organizations throughout North America, announced it has been selected as a Top 20 Health & Safety Training Company by Training Industry Inc. for the second year in a row.

Selection to the 2018 Top 20 Health & Safety Training Companies List is based on the following criteria: