I Live on the Road – These are 11 Tools you Should Always Carry in Your Car
Your car can lug home your groceries or propel you across the country to enjoy new vistas with old friends.
But it can also leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere or worse, injured and trapped in a tangle of glass and steel. There's no shame in calling for help to get you out of a bind. But, with the right hardware stashed away in your glovebox and trunk, you could save yourself the expense of a roadside assistance call, or even rescue yourself or another motorist.
Not sure of where to start? We've got your back. We spent days testing these 11 pieces of hardware and found them to be not only reliable, but easy to use.
Kontos Kommentary – May 2017 Edition
In the latest Kontos Kommentary, Tom Kontos, Chief Economist at KAR Auction Services, provides his insight and updates regarding used vehicle market conditions. To read the entire Kontos Kommentary for May 2017, visit https://www.adesa.com/kontos-kommentary
WEX Inc. and GasBuddy Form Strategic Alliance
WEX Inc. and GasBuddy announced the companies have forged a strategic partnership focused on the retail gasoline market for consumers.
The partnership will focus on innovations that bring added convenience and savings to the more than 200 million driving consumers in the United States that fill up at retail gasoline stations, and represents a continued focus by WEX to expand the company’s offering to the business to business to consumer (B2B2C) space.
"WEX is keen to develop new opportunities that leverage our massive advantage in infrastructure and payments expertise to open new markets,” said Nicola Morris, senior vice president of corporate development at WEX. “We are excited to partner with GasBuddy to explore bringing new levels of convenience and value to the marketplace.”
YourMechanic’s 3 Value Propositions for Fleets
From control to transparency to considerably shorter turn times, YourMechanic has some great value propositions to offer fleets.
California’s First All-Electric Garbage Truck Headed to Sacramento, Equipped with Motiv All-Electric Powertrain
Leading the way for cleaner fleets in California, the City of Sacramento will soon be home to the State’s first all-electric automated left-side loader garbage truck.
The fundamental technology powering the Electric Refuse Vehicle (ERV) is Motiv Power Systems’ scalable and modular All-Electric Powertrain. The Class-8 vehicle will be built on a Crane Carrier chassis, and the body will be built by Loadmaster.
The City of Sacramento aims to run the ERV on residential and recycling routes and expects to save as much as 6,000 gallons of fuel per year. The Sacramento ERV will be one of only two all-electric refuse trucks in operation within North America, both powered by Motiv.
