Local Motion Offering Car Sharing to Fleets
A new startup called Local Motion is providing resources such as car sharing for businesses to downsize their fleets, which could save them significant money in the long term. To move forward, the startup has just taken $6 million in Series A financing from Andreessen Horowitz, and will be adding a former Microsoft executive to […]
Nissan Dedicated to Autonomous Vehicles and ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’
Nissan has taken on two research and development projects that should be of interest to fleets – launching an autonomous vehicle in 2020 and contributing to New York’s ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ program. The automaker says it’s leveraging 80 years of technical prowess and innovation in new effort to revolutionize vehicle chassis and design for its Autonomous Drive vehicles; and the Nissan taxi features more content tailored specifically to the unique needs of New York City cab service than ever before, the company says……
California Exploring Transportation Policies to Deal with Traffic and Road Repair
As drivers across the country know, the transportation environment is getting tough from traffic congestion to worn out roads that are sometimes being repaired – making traffic worse. The state of California is going through a wave of debate over what needs to be done about it. California Governor Jerry Brown has asked the new California State Transportation Agency to set up a working group of key transportation stakeholders and review policy options. Here are the typical methods that states are looking at to deal with these problems….
Commercial Vehicle Market Sees Used Chosen Over New
Used commercial vehicle registrations during the first half of 2013 calendar year were up more than nine percent over the same period in 2012, according to Polk. Nearly 357,100 used commercial registrations were recorded. Polk also found used transactions during the second quarter of 2013 calendar year were the highest since the second quarter of 2011 calendar year, according to Gary Meteer, Director, Aftermarket and Commercial Vehicle Solutions at Polk……
New White Paper Offers Best Practices for Implementation of Alternative Fuels
There are a lot more alternative fuel vehicle choices coming to market and many fleets are gaining from having a lot of valuable experience using the technology; and if not, they usually see a professional peer at a luncheon who provides insights they were looking for. There’s a new white paper available here for download […]
