Much to Be Thankful For!
It's that time of year where many of us turn our thoughts to what we're thankful for -- and for me that's always a humbling experience. I am blessed with a wonderful friends and family, and I am blessed with the amazing people I get to work with at Fleet Management Weekly, and in this industry! It is a sheer joy to work with my good friend Janice Sutton, and to have learned so much from her.
Of course, we also need to give thanks to our very gifted contributors - and to our many engaged readers. We hope that every single one of you I has a fantastic Thanksgiving Day!
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Carmakers Eye Favorable Regulations Under Trump
Stock prices for U.S. automakers rose sharply Thursday amid signs that fuel economy standards could be weakened under the administration of President Donald Trump.
A noted climate-change skeptic is seen as a likely choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency under Trump. And an industry group on Thursday already was urging the president-elect to roll back mandates that automakers achieve a fleet-wide average of 54.5 miles-per-gallon for cars and light-duty trucks by 2025.
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which lobbies for U.S. automakers in Washington, said in a Thursday memo to Trump’s transition team that Trump should move quickly to “harmonize and adjust” the stringent gas mileage rules because they “pose a substantial challenge to the auto sector due to the steeper compliance requirements for model years 2017-2025.”
ARI® Vehicle Replacement Prioritization Tool Eliminates Guesswork for Company Fleets
The new process puts the data directly into a fleet’s hands allowing them to pinpoint the right time to replace a vehicle
ARI has empowered fleet managers with direct, online access to data vital in deciding the best time to replace a vehicle with the ARI Vehicle Replacement Prioritization Tool®.
This new technology from ARI helps companies gather and analyze data from their fleets to create a ranked list of which vehicles in their fleets should be replaced first.
The Price of Imbalance: Profit Achieved at the Expense of Safety
By Art Liggio, President, Driving Dynamics
Year after year, reports show that fleet drivers have one of the highest incident and mortality rates related to on-the-job activities.
For anyone who has either direct or indirect responsibility for fleet safety, too often a singular ROI focus results in the unplanned consequence of limiting efforts to create and sustain a culture of safety.
However, when properly understood, a focus on safety can actually deliver significant additional dollars to the corporate bottom line.
A way to address this imbalance is to introduce the Return on Safety (ROS) performance metric when developing your annual business plan. This metric applies to every business and, especially for fleet operators, provides a meaningful and thoughtful balance to ROI.
ROI and ROS do not compete but actually support each other in helping businesses achieve their financial goals. ROS helps management focus on what is truly important: keeping employees safe and productive by eliminating the imbalance created from staying narrowly focused on ROI alone.
Joined up Thinking a Must for Connected Fleets
Traditional fleet management systems that monitor driver behaviour, maintenance and fuel economy are increasingly being integrated with new Internet of Things (IoT) functionalities and infrastructure such as with the smart city or the smart road.
Automated tolls, traffic light management systems, truck weigh stations and road user charging systems are being increasingly used to make fleet management as well as fuel and traffic management as efficient as possible.
