Hurrah! Fiat’s Next EV will be the First with Built-in Charging Cables – And That’s a Smart Idea
image credit: Fiat
Not only will the upcoming Fiat Grand Panda be one of the cheapest electric cars when it goes on sale in Europe next year, it will also be the first to offer an integrated charging cable.
Currently, EV owners are forced to spool up their awkward and heavy cables, before attempting to stuff them back into a stowage area, typically below a boot or trunk floor. A right pain if your storage area is already packed with bags and kit.
Fiat's innovative solution, which it slightly excessively describes as "reinventing" charging, is to integrate a coiled cable that retracts into the vehicle’s body work when not in use.
via techradar
Our Fleet Stars Shine!
This week, we had the pleasure of filming an interview with Susan Hipp, Executive Director of Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS). You will see it here in the coming weeks. Susan brought us up to date on new, exciting events in store for us at the upcoming annual conference – October 8-11 in Atlanta. Note: NETS 2024 Road Safety Achievement Award Nominations are open until September 1st!
Kudos to our longtime friend Luann Dunkerley who has been named Sales Director for Government and Public Sector at Element Fleet Management!
We hope that you are planning to attend the upcoming AFLA Conference where the winner of the Edward J. Bobit Professional Fleet Manager of the Year will be announced. FMW congratulates the finalists: Ted Chan, Schindler Elevator; Sharon Etherington, Roche Diagnostics; David Hayward, ABM; and Joseph Lukacs, Sherwin Williams. FMW will be in San Antonio to cheer for you!
Our fleet industry is rapidly evolving with new challenges and new products to meet those challenges. A case in point is fuel management. Don’t miss RoadFlex: Fuel Management Reimagined.
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
4 Key Learnings from Dozens of EV Site Deployments
Revolv has learned 4 key lessons from dozens of EV site deployments. The first thing is that there’s a cost of moving too slowly, and that cost is rising.
Motus: Monthly Fuel and Mileage Trends for July 2024
By Pablo Ormachea, Vice President of Data, Motus
Steady as she goes: July's fuel prices dipped a touch below last month's, holding at $3.41 nationally. Taking a break: The South's high mileage streak has cooled off along with all U.S. regions due to holidays and summer vacations.
Data from Motus shows that national fuel prices stayed near consistent at $3.43 in July compared to 3.46 June, and was lower than last year in July 2023 when it was at $3.60. Looking regionally, fuel prices in July were highest in the western US at $4.14 and lowest in the Southern US at $3.18.
When looking at July mileage trends by region in the US, the south has vastly more miles driven at 101.6M compared to 57.65M in the Midwest, 44.3M in the West, and 30.69M in the Northeast.
How Advanced Data Analytics Have Reshaped Dynamic Pricing For Transportation Fleets
By Katerina Jones, Chief Marketing Officer, Fleet Advantage
One of the primary drivers behind the adoption of dynamic pricing is its ability to capture the true value of heavy-duty trucks in real-time.
Dynamic pricing empowers manufacturers to respond to shifts in supply and demand, such as economic expansions or seasonal peaks. Conversely, during downturns or when facing surplus inventory, prices can be lowered to stimulate demand and clear excess stock.
Truck remarketing has also benefitted from dynamic pricing over the years. The collection and analysis of real-time data and algorithms today have become central pillars of optimizing the remarketing of used trucks. This advanced real-time data, along with predictive modeling algorithms, is helping fleets to better understand dynamic pricing.
