America’s Cars & Trucks are Getting Bigger and So Are Their Front Blind Zones. Children are Paying the Price
Every year, many kids get hit and die when their parents can’t see them in their front blind zones. A senator wants to pass a law requiring safety features to prevent these accidents.
An estimated 744 children were killed after being hit by a forward-moving vehicle off of public roads from 2016 to 2020, mostly in driveways and parking lots. In the majority of deaths, the child was hit by an SUV or a pickup truck.
In a demonstration at the Consumer Reports Test Track in Connecticut, it took at least nine elementary school children sitting in a line for someone in the driver’s seat of four different SUVs and pickup trucks to see the top of a single child’s head.
Stuart Donnelly, President of Mobility at TMC, Talks About Mobility’s New ‘Super App’
By FMW Editorial Staff
The Miles Consultancy (TMC) is planning on launching a new super app that will provide mobility transparency for all forms of transportation, all in one convenient place.
We sat down with Stuart Donnelly, the President of Mobility at TMC, to hear more about the launch of the company’s forthcoming app.
For the last eight years, Donnelly has been working to create a new dynamic, flexible way for people to move around. His mission as president of Mobility is to take the company from miles into mobility through the development of a new smart and sustainable mobility “super app.”
Donnelly explained that while he joined TMC back in May 2022, he has been working in the automotive fleet leasing and corporate travel world for 25 years.
During his time, he saw that for many fleets, sustainability was their number one mission objective. While many people are talking about decarbonizing their fleets, the challenge is how to get there.
Federal Vehicle Fleets: Observations on the Transition to Electric Vehicles
In December 2021, the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order calling for most federal vehicle purchases to be zero-emission vehicles (such as electric vehicles) by 2035.
This order affects about 380,000 federal vehicles as they need to be replaced.
Agencies may need to acquire about 30,000 zero-emission vehicles each year to meet future fleet requirements.
To support widespread electric vehicle use, the federal government may also need over 100,000 charging ports. As of August 2022, federal agencies owned and operated only about 4,000 charging ports.
Toyota Struggles with EV Shift, Considers Changing Plans Due to Tesla
Toyota is struggling with its shift to electric vehicles, and it is reportedly considering major changes in its EV plans driven by Tesla’s manufacturing strategy.
Toyota has continued to be highly critical of going all-in in battery-electric vehicles despite announcing its own plan last year to bring 30 battery EV models to market by 2030. The plan is only a year old, at least publicly, and yet, Toyota is reportedly considering a major overhaul of its EV plan.
Toyota has been seen as a leader in manufacturing in the auto industry. While Tesla’s manufacturing has been criticized in the past, in the EV shift, there’s no denying that the company is emerging as a leader.
eVault Technology Helps Fleets Better Process the Growing Onslaught of Remarketing Sales
by Wade Carson, Head of Automotive Product for Wolters Kluwer
The fluctuating used vehicle market is expected to bring an increase in remarketing activity for both corporate and rental fleets over the next several quarters.
eVault technology is designed to help fleets and remarketers better manage the onslaught of documentation management and processing, and also reduce the risk of error and compliance issues throughout the process.
Prior to the pandemic, it was commonplace for automotive transactions to be paper based with documents housed in a physical repository. However, as lenders move to digitize their fleet-facing processes, an eVault solution is a vital component to providing fully compliant and contactless digital loan solutions.
