Patriot Fleet Solutions and its Sister Companies Look to Redefine FMC and Upfitter Relationships
By Fleet Management Weekly Staff
We sat down with Josh DeLaune, co-founder of American Coating Company and its subsidiaries, to discuss Patriot Fleet Solutions, its genesis, and how it fits into American Coating Company’s plan to help FMCs and dealers.
What’s in store for Patriot Fleet Solutions in 2025?
"We’re most excited for 2025. We’ve beta-tested our proprietary software, which we hope to launch to our FMCs and dealer network in March fully. After that, we’ll roll out a private-labeled truck accessory line, including industry-standard toolboxes, bed covers, and truck bodies. This will all be accessible to our dealer network.
"We aim to have Patriot Fleet Solutions be the relationship binder between the FMCs and our applicators, who have specialty services you can’t get anywhere else."
J3 Management Group Celebrates Five Years of Transformational Growth in Fleet Management
Amid the uncertainty of a world on the brink of unprecedented challenges, J3 Management Group was born on January 22, 2020, founded by the dynamic duo of Lora Dunton and Karla Jackson.
Grounded in core values of customer-centricity, industry innovation, and community advancement, J3 Management Group has become a cornerstone in the fleet industry. The future of J3 promises innovation, impact and a commitment to excellence.
2024: The Year in Review
By Bill Bishop, SVP Marketing, FLD
Nearly five years after the dawn of Covid, I can’t honestly say that fleet ever really found a “new normal.” And, in many ways, I’m not sure that given the myriad challenges our industry has faced – new technology integration, an attempt at EV adoption, the drive for carbon neutrality, a changing labor market – that finding a long lasting “new normal” was really all that achievable.
I think 2024 is the year the market experienced an extended period of what I like to call “predictable patterns.” And frankly, that may be the best we can hope for in the post pandemic age - or at least the foreseeable future.
With so much going on in fleet as 2024 drew to a close, we have little doubt 2025 will yield significant developments. And while most of remarketing’s talking heads are predicting a breakout year for used wholesale vehicles, we’re not entirely sure that will be the case.
How Patriot Fleet Solutions Got Its Start
Patriot Fleet Solutions has built a huge network of capable, efficient upfitters who are ready to help take your fleet to the next level.
ChargePoint Leads Fights Against Industry-Wide EV Charger Cable Theft with Anti-Vandalism Solutions
Campbell, Calif., January 16, 2025 – ChargePoint today announced two innovative new solutions to combat charger vandalism, featuring a new cut-resistant charging cable and ChargePoint® Protect, an alarm system designed to increase charging station security.
First, ChargePoint announces the charging industry’s first cut-resistant charging cable, specifically designed to deter cable theft. ChargePoint leveraged its more than fifteen-year history of product innovation and charger design expertise to address the critical, industry-wide customer satisfaction issues related to charging cable theft and vandalism.
ChargePoint’s cut-resistant charging cables deter theft and vandalism due to novel cut-resistant materials built into the cable, designed to make the cable substantially more difficult for would-be vandals to cut while remaining flexible and easy for drivers to comfortably maneuver while in use. ChargePoint expects its cut-resistant cables to be available for license by the middle of 2025.
