ARI to Offer SiriusXM Fleet Program to Clients
SiriusXM and ARI just announced that ARI is the first fleet management company to offer the SiriusXM Fleet Driver Program to its clients.
ARI clients with SiriusXM-equipped vehicles can now provide qualified drivers with the benefits of SiriusXM – including a two-month introductory subscription to SiriusXM’s “All Access” programming package as well as discounted subscription rates – giving drivers access to more than 150 channels of commercial-free music, plus sports, entertainment, news, comedy and more at their fingertips.
Smart Fleet Helps Procurement Teams Make the Right Decisions
The Smart Cube has been working with procurement teams for over a decade, and offers unique insights into the problems they face. Now, with the launch of their Smart Fleet product, they have upped their game. The result is better supplier choices for fleet managers.
Detroit’s Big Three Struggle to Adapt to Rapidly Changing Global Auto Market
Management shake-up at Ford not likely to be the last big announcement from the Motor City this year.
The unexpected ouster of Ford Motor Co. CEO Mark Fields comes as one of the biggest shake-ups Detroit’s Big Three have experienced since they emerged from the Great Recession – and it highlights the challenges they face trying to adapt to a global transformation in what automakers build and how they market those products.
The appointment of Jim Hackett to replace Fields is, however, just the latest in a series of big announcements from Detroit that last week saw Ford announce plans to cut 1,400 salaried workers in North America and Europe, while General Motors said it would stop selling cars in the huge Indian market and sell off operations in South Africa.
Apple CarPlay to Work Wirelessly on New Cars
Good news for Apple iPhone users: CarPlay, the system that reduces distraction using your smartphone in the car, now works wirelessly on some new cars and more are on the way.
BMW’s new 5-series, and most of the automaker’s other 2017 models, now offer CarPlay’s benefits via their Wi-Fi hot spot. Until now, all vehicles that had CarPlay required the phone to be hardwired into the vehicles’ USB port.
CarPlay allows the driver to do web searches for directions, phone numbers, find gas stations, play music, send and receive text messages and use some apps hands-free. It also displays some of the phone’s features on the vehicle's dashboard.
Fiat Chrysler to Modify 100,000 Vehicles After Accusations of Emissions Cheating
Fiat Chrysler said on Friday that it would modify around 100,000 diesel vehicles to try to reach a settlement with United States regulators, as separate academic studies provided mounting evidence that the carmaker had installed software meant to evade emissions standards.
The move came a day after the company said it was in talks to resolve a Justice Department investigation.
The case bears striking similarities to a Volkswagen scandal in which several executives have been investigated or charged, with the German carmaker paying tens of billions of dollars in fines, penalties and settlements.
