Fleet Advantage Benchmark Survey Highlights Trends in Transportation Fleets

Fleet Advantage, a leading innovator in specialty financing, fleet data analytics, fleet management services, and life cycle cost management announced results from its latest industry benchmark survey.

The company took the pulse of industry leaders on topics ranging from equipment utilization and operational trends; preferred financing methods; alternate fuel trucks; and barriers to adoption of alternate fuel trucks.

“It continues to be clear that business agility, financial flexibility, and a strategic eye toward future fuel options remain front and center for companies with transportation fleets and for-hire fleets,” said Brian Antonellis, CTP, Senior Vice President of Fleet Operations, for Fleet Advantage.

Ford Is Killing the Explorer Hybrid Because Cops Are Buying All of Them

Ford just pulled the 2024 Ford Explorer Hybrid and Lincoln Aviator Hybrid from the market because it wants to focus its hybrid production capabilities on the Explorer Police Interceptor Utility Hybrid model.

“To meet continued strong demand for the Ford Police Interceptor Utility hybrid and other Ford hybrid vehicles, the 2024 model year Explorer will only be offered with the fuel efficient 2.3-liter four-cylinder EcoBoost, which offers up to an EPA-estimated 24 mpg combined fuel economy, and the 3.0-liter EcoBoost V6,” Ford spokesperson Mike Levine commented to Green Car Reports. “Those two engines account for the majority of Explorer sales.”'

Police departments like the hybrid model because the cars often sit idle for long periods. The lithium battery allows officers to power the accessories without having the engine run as much.

via Jalopnik

Planning Your Priorities!

We are just a few short weeks to the end of the year, and with the December holidays looming, they are super busy weeks for all of us.

One event we want to highlight is a webinar sponsored by Ridecell and Neckermann Strategic Advisers: Automate and Drive Toward the Use of AI in Fleet Management. Tuesday, December 12, at 10 AM EST. It will be a panel discussion led by Lukas Neckermann and Ridecell's Mark Thomas.

Sustainability and Safety are hot topics – as they must be – and we note that eDriving is launching a new ECOReport to help fleets manage greenhouse gas emissions. Another Solera company, SuperVision, is offering a free eBook: Using Data to Improve Driver Safety.

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Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief