The fleet business is very much about relationships -- and fleet professionals can learn a whole lot by investigating what's happening on the Expo Floor at NAFA I&E.
Business Week, July 31, 2014
As Tesla prepared to swing by Wall Street for a financial update Thursday evening, the upstart automaker was badly dented on Edmunds.com. The California-based car critic just sold its Tesla sedan and published a lengthy list of maintenance issues it encountered in its 17 months of ownership.
READ the litany of complaints, according to Edmunds
Telematics for Fleet Management USA has evolved to 'Connected Fleets USA 2014' -- November 20-21, 2014 --- Westin Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia
The commercial telematics industry is evolving as mergers and acquisitions are diversifying the services available from telematics services providers. The Connected Fleets USA 2014 conference will gather the most respected opinion makers and prestigious companies to analyze the challenges that the industry is currently tackling.
The CEI Group Inc. (CEI) saved client fleets $6.96 million on sedan and truck accident repairs over the first six months of 2014, the company announced.
The savings came from a combination of reduced labor time, lower expenditures for parts and paint, and less time to get repairs completed, which saved time on temporary replacement rental expenses, according to Bob Glose, CEI’s director of operations.
"The savings continue to prove the value of having expert physical damage appraisers on staff, and CEI’s effectiveness in expediting repairs at our network shops," said Mr. Glose.
NAFA Members’ fleets are major users of the American highway system. They face congestion, poor road conditions, closed bridges, and other obstacles that have a direct impact on their efficiency and their employers’ bottom lines.
Congress finally passed a Highway Bill, just before the summer recess and just in time to keep the Highway Trust Fund from going bankrupt. However, the squabbling House and Senate agreed only to kick the can down the road by means of budgetary trickery. In the end, the Senate accepted a short-term fix from the House that will keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent only until next spring.