Congratulations to NAFA’s 2014/2015 CAFM® Graduates!
NAFA Fleet Management Association is proud to announce its 2014/2015 Certified Automotive Fleet Manager (CAFM®) graduates. Recognized as the industry standard in fleet education, the CAFM® designation identifies excellence in fleet knowledge.
“The NAFA CAFM® program is the only certification program that proves an individual’s expertise in fleet,” said NAFA Chief Executive Officer Phillip E. Russo, CAE. “Other certification programs may attest that a person has minimum basic knowledge of fleet, but CAFM® proves the person is an expert.”
Gallup Employee Survey: CEI Has One of the Nation’s Most ‘Highly Engaged’ Workforces
Employees at the CEI Group, Inc., a fleet driver management company, are among the most highly engaged in their jobs in United States, a Gallup Inc. survey has found, CEI announced today.
Based on a survey of nearly all of the company’s workforce last summer, Gallup computed CEI’s “Engagement Index Ratio” to be 7.83, more than four times the score of 1.80 for all U.S. workers last year. Gallup, Inc., a global performance consulting company, has been conducting annual employee engagement surveys since the late 1990s. The index compares the number of engaged employees to those who are “actively disengaged.”
Study: Bigger Vehicles Still Safest in a Collision
Despite smaller vehicles having five-star crash ratings, a new study suggests that bigger vehicles are still the safest in a collision.
While conventional wisdom has a way of being wrong, a new study by the University of Buffalo suggests that, when it comes to cars, one traditional belief is correct: bigger cars tend to be safer cars.
While even some of the smallest cars on the market today earn five-star crash ratings, it doesn’t necessarily reflect what happens in the real world – especially when that little car smashes into a big one or, worse, an 18-wheeler. The bottom line, according to a study presented during the annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, is that bigger, more expensive vehicles tend to be the safest.
Feds Aim for ‘More Muscular’ Auto Safety Oversight – and Congress Ready to Help
After a year of record recalls and a number of well-publicized fatalities, federal regulators and lawmakers alike apparently are ready to commit to what the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation is calling “much more muscular” enforcement.
And in a politically polarized Washington getting ready for a long presidential campaign, the issue of auto safety is spurring some unusual agreement across the aisle. That said, proposals from the Democratic and Republican camps appear to be taking very different approaches to solving the problem.
Calling for “much more muscular” enforcement, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx this week said that under new leadership, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is “going to be pretty rigorous,” emphasizing that “If companies fall short, they are going to hear from us.”
Ride-Sharing Forces Automakers to Rethink How They Sell
For at least 22 hours a day most cars sit parked, sucking up their owners' money while waiting to be driven. For most people, it's one of their most underutilized — but most expensive — assets.
Now, some companies are devising ways to help people profit from their vehicles. Startups like RelayRides and Getaround help people rent out their cars during down time. Uber, Lyft and Sidecar connect car owners with people willing to pay for a ride. The rapid growth of these startups is transforming transportation — making it easier than ever before to get around without owning a car — and forcing automakers to devise new strategies to lure prospective buyers.
In June, Ford launched a car-sharing program that offers buyers a new way to offset the pains of ownership by tapping into what is essentially an Airbnb on wheels.
