Make Sure Your Fleet Policy Covers Distracted Driving
The roads keep getting more dangerous, and it’s more important than ever that your fleet policy covers distracted driving.
Australian Vehicle Crash Tests to Include Underwater Performance
July 18, 2022 - Vehicle safety testing has to evolve to keep up with the times. Australian testing authority ANCAP is making a surprising change to its crash test criteria: Starting in January 2023, it will test new vehicles on how well they perform underwater.
ANCAP’s testing requires that vehicle occupants be able to open the doors and roll down electric windows for up to 10 minutes after the car is submerged. Automakers with vehicles that don’t meet the new standards must provide a way for occupants to break or manually open the side windows.
It wouldn’t be surprising to see a similar standard come to the United States. Vehicle safety testing criteria are updated somewhat regularly to include new tech and vehicle features, so it’s likely only a matter of time before we see similar testing.
IIHS Urges Quick Adoption of Speed Limiter Requirement for Trucks
The FMCSA requested comments on a proposal to require devices that limit the top speed on commercial vehicles with a GVW rating over 26,000 pounds.
Excessive speed was a factor in nearly a third of all U.S. crash deaths in 2020. But limiting speed is especially important for large trucks, Eric Teoh, IIHS director of statistical services, wrote in the comment.
Because of their greater mass, trucks have more momentum and thus require longer stopping distances than smaller vehicles. They also do more damage in the event of a crash.
Used EV Prices Surge as Owners Flip for a Hefty Profit
By Mike Sheldrick, Senior Editor
It's virtually all but certain that EVs will constitute the majority of auto sales in a decade or so -- maybe even dominate.
Adoption will take longer because many owners, quite naturally, will hold on to their ICs as long as cost the cost of ownership remains lower. For example, gasoline prices could fall as demand falls.
The changeover to EVs may happen a lot faster among fleets. Why?
Because the TCO of EVs will eventually outperform ICs -- by a lot.
Agile Fleet Releases Free 10-Year Fleet Cost Savings Calculator
By Ed Smith, President, Agile Fleet
In over 22 years of working with hundreds of fleets of all types and sizes, we’ve never seen anything more effective at producing savings than by right-sizing a fleet with automated vehicle sharing.
Why? Because idle vehicles cost money... lots of money. Improving how you share vehicles allows you to eliminate vehicles from your fleet while continuing to provide drivers with the access they need.
To put this into perspective, the following example illustrates that for each fleet vehicle that you eliminate, you can save more than $50,000 over ten years.
