Best Cars for Teens: The List Every Parent Needs
To help guide parents and in honor of National Teen Driver Safety Week (October 20 - 26, 2024), the experts at Kelley Blue Book created 2024's Best Cars for Teens: The List Every Parent Needs.
When creating the Best Cars for Teens lists, the Kelley Blue Book experts set specific parameters. All picks in the "Under $30,000" and "Under $20,000" lists come with the advanced safety and driver-assist features listed above, and they all have at least a "Good" rating in at least five of the IIHS crash tests.
Big Data and AI to Streamline Operations in Automotive Finance
By Sofico
OEM captives and lease companies have a tremendous opportunity to revolutionize their operations through AI and data analytics.
Accurate, accessible data enables personalization, efficient service delivery, and cost-effective opportunities to scale internal operations.
Much of this data revolution is powered by connected vehicles or telematics. This technology combines GPS navigation and onboard diagnostics to monitor and track a vehicle’s location, movements, and performance in real time.
The rise of AI in the automotive finance industry has benefits for customers too. By analyzing behavioral data, spending patterns, and historical transactions, you can offer insightful recommendations tailored to individual preferences and financial situations.
Fleetio Partners with Razor Tracking to Enhance Vehicle and Asset Management
Fleetio, a leading fleet optimization company, announced a new partnership with Razor Tracking, a fleet telematics software company.
"This partnership brings significant value to our customers due to Razor Tracking's ability to automatically sync telematics data from agricultural equipment and heavy machinery into Fleetio," said Stefano Daneri, Product Marketing Manager from Fleetio.
“We are proud of our new partnership with Fleetio and to offer even more solutions for our customers,” said Eric Mauch, Managing Partner of Razor Tracking. “Our in-vehicle devices and dash cameras are the perfect complement to any fleet operation management.”
What are Fleet Managers Thinking?
We like FLD’s new Quarterly Sentiment Index: Actionable Insights on Topics Most Relevant to Fleet. In the article, Bill Bishop tells us how the FLD team, along with their Customer Advisory Board, set about developing a snapshot of current fleet manager sentiment. Read it here.
We welcome Mercury Associates to FMW. This week, Bradley Smith authors a comprehensive article about the latest emissions regulations. Bradley says, “By preparing for these shifts, fleet operators can position themselves to navigate the evolving regulatory landscape and capitalize on the opportunities presented by a cleaner, more sustainable future.” Read it here.
Are you marketing to fleets? Fleet marketing pro Ed Pierce has some great ideas: Want Peace of Mind: Let FMW Brand Acceleration Boost Your Bottom Line.
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
Auto Industry Group Asks Congress to Act on Car Stalking
This week, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation asked Congress to take action on car stalking, offering proposed legislation “developed with organizations dedicated to supporting domestic violence survivors.” The proposal is timed to match National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.
It would attempt to solve a critical problem domestic violence prevention groups have repeatedly pointed out — the person who drives a car most often isn’t always the registered owner of that car. Sometimes, victims of domestic violence drive vehicles registered to their abusers. The legislation, the alliance says, would “enable survivors to quickly terminate or disable an abuser’s access to a vehicle’s connected services, even if the abuser is the account holder.”
