GM to tap into Connectivity, Expand Car Sharing Services
General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra said the automaker plans new efforts to capitalize on the connectivity built into its cars, expanding car sharing services, offering more autonomous driving features and enabling services through smartphone apps.
"Our goal is to disrupt ourselves, and own the customer relationship beyond the car," Barra told Reuters in an interview Monday ahead of a meeting with investors and analysts scheduled for Oct. 1.
CEI Urges Fleets to Participate in NETS’ Drive Safely Work Week
The CEI Group, Inc. (CEI) urged fleets nationwide today to participate in the Drive Safely Work Week campaign next month. Sponsored by the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS), the annual campaign is being conducted October 5 – 9 this year. CEI is one of seven members of NETS’ Fleet Safety Sponsor Program.
The theme for the campaign, the organization’s 19th, is “#Plan Ahead: Your Key to Driving Safely.” NETS has created an online toolkit to help fleets drive home the safety message each day of the week. The toolkit is available free, online at NETS’ website (www.taffficsafety.org).
Donlen’s Mobile Apps Earns Stevie Award
Donlen was presented a Stevie® Award for their Donlen Mobile Apps in the Business/Government category at the 13th Annual American Business Awards on Friday, September 11, 2015.
“Donlen’s Mobile Apps have driven cost and efficiency savings for our customers,” said Jeff Pursell, Donlen’s vice president, technology products. “Drivers utilizing the Mobile Apps are more engaged in the operation of their vehicles and exhibit more compliant behavior."
Q&A with AmeriFleet’s John Norris: Expectations in B2B Mirror Retail
At the recent AFLA conference we sat down with John Norris, President and CEO of AmeriFleet, to talk about trends he is seeing in the industry today, and how AmeriFleet is poised to capitalize on them.
John says, “I think there are a couple of things we need to be cognizant of – it’s becoming more and more true that the expectations in the way we do commerce as consumers is bleeding more and more into the business-to-business environment. I think we can thank Amazon for that, right? Amazon says: place orders quickly, status in real-time virtually, and have everything happen as you expect it.
“How that translates to us in terms of what we are doing today is to recognize that to provide real-time status updates, we need to first capture real-time status. In an environment such as ours, where we have hundreds of people moving around the country every day of the week, the only way to do that effectively is with the right technology tools.”
Realistic Time Frames for Vehicle Delivery
When it comes to understanding realistic time frames for new vehicle delivery, there are many factors that need to be taken into consideration - and lead times for upfitted vehicles add another layer of complexity.
