Jaguar Land Rover Partners with Lyft in $25 Million Investment in Ride-Sharing, Autonomous Fleet
Jaguar Land Rover is the latest automaker to enter the autonomous vehicle testing fray.
The British luxury brand's InMotion Ventures mobility services company announced a $25 million investment yesterday into expanding Lyft's technology plans, allowing the ride-hailing company to test self-driving cars. As part of the partnership, Lyft gets a fleet of Jaguar and Land Rover models to conduct testing of mobility services and autonomous vehicles.
Lyft is no stranger to partnering with automakers on self-driving and ride-sharing services.
Delivering Vehicles, Turnkey Ready
From vehicle storage to detailing, to insurance, to licensing and titling, and more - AmeriFleet knows how to deliver vehicles that are turnkey ready.
Lainey Strohmeyer Named Director of HR at Metrogistics
MetroGistics has hired Lainey Strohmeyer, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, as director of human resources.
With more than 12 years of experience in recruiting and human resources, she is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources by the HR Certification Institute, and as a Senior Certified Professional by the Society for Human Resource Management.
Earlier this year MetroGistics Holdings and equity partner Tailwind Capital acquired AmeriFleet, North America’s top fleet logistics and services company. Strohmeyer will oversee human resources at both organizations as they integrate staff and operations.
Hundreds of Children Have Died in Hot Cars. New Bill Aims to Stop this Horror.
More than 700 young children have died in hot cars since 1998.
The news accounts of these incidents are gut-wrenching, describing helpless toddlers and infants trapped inside scorching vehicles that turn into death chambers. The parents, upon discovering their children, are devastated.
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) wants to put an end to these traumas.
Q&A: Jeff Schlesinger — What’s Next for LeasePlan?
By Janice Sutton
We interviewed Jeff Schlesinger, newly appointed president of LeasePlan USA, at NAFA I&E in Tampa. We were keen to hear "what's next" at the global fleet leasing and management company.
Schlesinger said, "LeasePlan USA is being transformed from a company that looked exclusively at large, global, corporate fleets to other adjacencies to the fleet market. The core of the core of our product is providing fleet management services to the large global fleet; and we also believe our reach and products are attractive to corporate fleets of all sizes.
"In addition, we are looking at the entire mobility model as a long-term addition to the corporate space. It is important to understand where future generations will impact the industry and prepare for the next five-to-ten years."
