Seattle Mayor Aims At 50% Fleet Emissions Cut By 2025 Via Electric Vehicles
The mayor of Seattle, Ed Murray, has announced a plan to cut city vehicle fleet greenhouse-gas emissions by 50% by the year 2025 through the use of electric vehicles and biodiesel.
The plans were revealed at the recent Climate Leadership Conference in Seattle, where Murray also revealed his intent to increase electric vehicle (EV) presence in the city by 15,000 vehicles by 2025 — with city fleet EV increases playing a part.
Currently Seattle gets the vast majority of its electricity from hydroelectric generation sources. As a result, if the city wants to notably cut greenhouse gas emissions, it will need to do so mostly in the transportation sector.
NAFA I&E on Track to Break All Records
This year’s NAFA I&E, in Austin, Texas, is on track to break all records - with more attendees, more exhibitors, and more truly amazing content that’s been created to serve the needs of fleet managers.
Wheels Case Study: Achieving the Optimal Fleet Mix with Reimbursement and Leasing
The Situation: Lease vs. Reimbursement
Wheels client, Healthpoint Biotherapeutics, was acquired by Smith & Nephew Advanced Wound Management (AWM) in 2012. The two companies approached its fleet programs very differently. Healthpoint Biotherapeutics utilized a leasing program and Smith & Nephew AWM operated a Fixed and Variable Rate (FAVR) reimbursement program managed by a third party.
Faced with combining the two programs, Smith & Nephew AWM wanted to retain the positive attributes of both. With a lease program, the company was able to track maintenance costs, monitor fuel consumption and manage driver and vehicle safety. The reimbursement plan offered employees vehicle choice based on their needs and situation. However, the reimbursement program lacked safety and legal insights required in a world where negligent entrustment is a major concern.
With safety, risk mitigation and driver satisfaction all priorities for Smith & Nephew AWM along with better program control, Wheels offered a new and different solution—lease and reimbursement from a single provider.
Read the Case Study to learn how the program was implemented, accepted by the drivers and has offered substantial cost savings to the client.
Could The Traditional Car Industry Be Undone By Dyson, A Vacuum Cleaner Maker?
CEOs of the big car manufacturers probably have nightmares about waking up to find Google GOOGL -0.39%, Apple AAPL -0.45%, Tesla, or maybe even the Chinese have come up with the electric car for the masses which will spell doom for their business.
Even in their most vulnerable moments though they probably didn’t think this blind-siding torpedo would come from a vacuum cleaner maker.
Dyson the maker of high-priced and high tech domestic appliances and public space hand-dryers, is being funded by the British government to develop an electric car, the Guardian reports, based on what the newspaper believes to be an accidental disclosure by the government.
ARI to Offer Free Webcast on Driver Safety and Risk Management
ARI announced today that Rich Radi, director, ARI Global Driver Excellence® , will present a free webcast to discuss minimizing workplace driver accidents that impact employee welfare and an organization’s bottom line.
The webinar, “Identify, Monitor, & Manage: Using Today’s Technology to Improve Driver Safety and Minimize Risk,” is scheduled for Wednesday, April 6 at two convenient times for attendees: 11 AM and 2 PM EDT.
