Webinar: Is Your Fleet Prepared for the FASB Lease Changes?
Implementation of the new FASB lease changes begins in 2019, which means it's time to start preparing your fleet financials now! This 1-hour webinar from Donlen will help you determine if your fleet is ready.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 2 p.m. CST
During this webinar, Donlen’s experts will help you:
- Find out what has changed in lease accounting standards.
- Discover how these changes will impact your fleet.
- Learn how Donlen can best enable you to adapt to the new guidelines including how to create the optimal lease structure.
San Diego’s Vehicles Switch to Renewable Diesel
Joining a growing list of cities in California, San Diego announced Thursday that its municipal vehicle fleet will become the largest in the nation to embrace renewable diesel — from street sweepers to refuse packers to firetrucks.
The adoption comes as the city continues to pursue its ambitious goal of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions in half by 2035 under its Climate Action Plan, which was adopted in December. Renewable diesel releases up to 80 percent fewer emissions than its traditional counterpart, according to state officials.
Electronic Safety Tech and Car Washes Aren’t Always a Good Mix
The latest electronic safety systems are doing a great job curbing crashes on the highway, but they’re also creating some headaches when it’s time to get your car washed, it seems.
That automatic emergency braking, or AEB, system that can prevent a rear-end collision just might also prevent your car from moving through a car wash tunnel, according to a report published by car buying website bestride.com.
Radar and cameras sensors can mistake the brushes inside a car wash for another vehicle and jam on the brakes, the report said, pointing to 33 different vehicles from 14 brands it found had problems. But the issue could get more severe in the coming years as more models adopt the technology.
Toyota to Test Peer-to-Peer Car-Sharing System That Doesn’t Use Keys
Toyota will test a new car-sharing system next year that lets users unlock doors and start cars with their smartphones.
The Smart Key Box system eliminates the need for a physical key. Toyota will test the system in San Francisco with the Getaround car-sharing service starting in January.
Getaround differs from fleet-owned car-sharing companies such as Zipcar and General Motors' Maven. It is a peer-to-peer car-sharing service that lets renters use other people's cars for as low as $5 an hour. In exchange, owners receive a portion of that fee. Getaround's service has attracted more than 300,000 users around the U.S.
Buying at a Used Car Auction? What You Don’t Know Could Kill You
On Tuesday, two reporters from The New York Times visited a car auction held in Queens by the New York City Department of Finance.
It was a lesson in how consumers can purchase cars that have deadly defects and how sellers have few obligations to disclose those defects to the public.
The department was auctioning 20 cars, which had probably been abandoned or towed, to a group of about 50 bidders. The vehicles were in various states of disrepair and no one had even bothered to remove trash from the interiors.
