Cox Auto: Fleet Sales Boost Q1 and Q2 Auto Sales
According to an early estimate from Cox Automotive, sales into large fleets—excluding sales into dealer and manufacturer fleets—rose 44.6% year over year to 217,572 vehicles in June.
Large rental, commercial, and government fleet combined sales have grown by double digits annually for 12 straight quarters. Sales into rental fleets increased by 85.4%, government fleets were up by 40.9%, and commercial fleets increased by 14.6% year over year.
“The return of fleet was a key driver of the first half new auto sales increase,” said Charlie Chesbrough, senior economist at Cox Automotive.
Motus Banking on New Corporate Perks to Save Employees Time and Money
Motus, a leader in mobile workforce reimbursement solutions, announced platform enhancements that offer personalized and localized discounts to mobile workers and powerful custom reporting tools for program administrators.
Motus Perks brings personalized, relevant discounts for things a mobile workforce needs to stay on the road and at home, while Insights gives vehicle reimbursement program admins a fast and flexible reporting module to manage and optimize their programs.
“We are tuned in to mobile workers and understand the type of resources they’re seeking from employers. A positive employee experience boosts talent retention to help businesses weather economic times, and Motus Perks helps mobile workers maximize every dollar.” said Motus Chief Executive Officer, Phong Nguyen, “Companies want to monitor reimbursement program performance and optimize them when opportunities arise. Insights adds easy to use custom reporting and efficient reporting workflows to our program management tools.”
July 14 Deadline for Green Fleet Awards Application
The 16th annual Green Fleet Awards are now open for applications from all public and commercial fleets!
Recognizing peak-performing sustainability efforts and its environmentally-minded practices in fleets, this contest provides you an opportunity to:
-Showcase inventive green programs
-Gain recognition for your practices
-Lead the industry with valuable green insights
Entry deadline is July 14, 2023. Winners will be announced in August.
Accelerating and Sustaining Driver Mindset Changes: Strategies for Success
By Sarah Bechtold, SVP Global Driver Risk Management, eDriving
At eDriving, our unwavering focus is to ensure that every driver returns home safely at the end of each day. Achieving this mission requires a fundamental shift in how drivers perceive their actions on the road and the impact they have on themselves and others.
Three critical factors play a pivotal role in expediting and maintaining this mindset shift: effective communication, the power of incentives over penalties, and fostering active engagement.
At eDriving, we have developed Mentor, an innovative smartphone app-based telematics program designed to identify and rectify risky driving behaviors.
Rhythmos, Driivz Partner to Accelerate Fleet Electrification and Increase Grid Reliability
Rhythmos and Driivz are teaming up to optimize EV charging for utilities and fleets, targeting utilities in California to kickstart the partnership.
The Rhythmos utility-deployed solution can more than double charging capacity by optimizing charging schedules pushed through the Driivz EV charging and energy management platform to participating customers.
