EV and Hybrid Loyalty Falls to All-Time Low, Even as Overall Fuel Economy Thrives, Says Edmunds.com
Only 27.5 percent of all hybrid and electric vehicle trade-ins in 2016 have been applied to the purchase of another hybrid or EV, according to a new analysis from car shopping destination Edmunds.com.
The rate is a precipitous drop from the 38.5 percent of hybrid and EV trade-ins in 2015, and the findings reinforce a trend first identified last year by Edmunds that owners of alt-fuel vehicles are returning to traditional gasoline-powered vehicles in greater numbers than ever before.
But the trend back toward traditional vehicles is not having the negative effect on the environment that one might expect.
Reimbursement is Sometimes the Better Option
Wheels President Dan Frank explains how his company determined that reimbursement is sometimes the better option, and consequently created a new reimbursement program.
8 Mistakes That Make Good Employees Leave
It’s tough to hold on to good employees, but it shouldn’t be. Most of the mistakes that companies make are easily avoided. When you do make mistakes, your best employees are the first to go, because they have the most options.
When you lose good employees, they don’t disengage all at once. Instead, their interest in their jobs slowly dissipates. Michael Kibler, who has spent much of his career studying this phenomenon, refers to it as brownout. Like dying stars, star employees slowly lose their fire for their jobs.
Don’t Build a Two-Legged Stool
The CX of a Great Mobile Experience
By Wendy Eichenbaum
The 3 core benefits necessary for a great mobile experience are immediacy, simplicity, and context. Without all three, your mobile app will feel like a stool with just two legs, wobbly or broken.
A great mobile experience enables users to access only the information they want, when they want it, and in an efficient and intuitive manner. If the solution is more difficult than the problem, users will find some other way, or company, to complete the task.
Empower Your Drivers To Take Action Against All Types of Distracted Driving
By Art Liggio, President, Driving Dynamics
In one year it was reported that more than 5,000 people were killed and nearly a half million people were injured in crashes involving some form of distracted driving.
To help you and your drivers address this issue ahead on, provided is a PASS ALONG communication to share with your fleet in our mutual fight against distracted driving. It includes information about the different types of distracted driving, links to two highly effective Driving Dynamics’ safety tip videos and a copy of our “Be Dynamic Behind The Wheel, Not Distracted” pledge sheet.
