As Head-Up Displays Become Common, Distraction Becomes an Issue
When Manish Undavia took delivery of the 2016 Audi A7 sedan — list price, about $71,000 — it came with technology rarely found in automobiles, even five years ago: collision avoidance systems, sensors to keep the car from drifting and, perhaps most baffling to Mr. Undavia, a head-up display.
“A what?” he asked the salesman.
Richard Cardenas, a salesman at Biener Audi on Long Island, turned on the car and showed Mr. Undavia how it worked. From the driver’s seat, the car’s speed — “0 mpg” — appeared about six feet beyond the dashboard, floating in space, visible only to Mr. Undavia.
“Tell Me What I Need to Know…”
Fleet managers are busier than ever, and they rely on smart fleet management companies - like Wheels - to tell them what they need to know, when they need to know it.
Money-Saving Tips on Repairing Dings and Dents
By Greg Neuman, Senior Manager of Quality Control, CEI
The most common damage to fleet vehicle are dings and dents, things that detract from a vehicle’s appearance but don’t affect its safety.
And while repairing them isn’t the single biggest expense a fleet manager can authorize, if you’re in a money-saving mode and appearance isn’t a priority, you can keep your repair bill down by deciding not to repair them, especially in light of how many appear in a year. But even if your fleet allows you to avoid such “cosmetic” repairs to optimize your spending management, you need to ask yourself several other questions:
Will the damage get worse?
Ford Goes Wild(track) With Updated Ranger
Ford is going wild as it prepares to launch an updated version of its midsize Ranger pickup in Europe. Make that Wildtrack, a new version of the truck making its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week.
The unveiling in Europe further bolsters hopes that the Detroit maker will finally move ahead on long-rumored plans to bring the Ranger back to the American market, filling a yawning gap left wide open when it killed off the old, U.S.-made Ranger a few years back.
How Mobility Changes Hiring And The Future Of Work
Mobile, cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) have changed the IT infrastructure landscape. These trends are equally disruptive and transformative for business processes such as CRM, logistics management and hiring. Recently, I spoke with David Hale, the CEO of Gigwalk, on how mobility is reinventing work.
Today, a massive amount of temporary positions aren’t filled because companies can’t quickly match open opportunities to available talent. This issue is particularly acute when a company needs to hire temporary talent for short intervals, such as a day or a week. In the past a company had to call prospective workers to know if someone was available at a certain time and location and to confirm the person had the right skills. This manual process is cumbersome and many jobs went unfilled because it was too difficult to find a temporary worker.
