Holman, FATEC Group Now Partners in Global Fleet Support
Holman, a global automotive services organization, and FATEC Group, the largest independent French fleet management company, have announced a new partnership to further expand their combined footprint for global fleet support.
“Holman and FATEC Group share a similar vision for effective fleet management; emphasizing transparency and simplicity while prioritizing proactive strategic planning throughout each phase of the vehicle lifecycle, allowing businesses to adapt locally while still managing globally,” said Rick Tousaw, Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, Holman.
5G is Soon Coming to Your Car
May 7, 2022 - Drivers and passengers in a 5G-enabled vehicle will be able to quickly connect to various online services — for information, entertainment, navigation and communication — but 5G will also allow fast over-the-air updates to the vehicle’s various computer systems.
Just like Apple, Android and Microsoft push updates to phones, tablets and laptops, car owners will be able to benefit from new features and software “patches” to fix issues. 5G also helps facilitate a faster and more reliable connection between a driver and their vehicle, even when they are not inside of it, such as accessing the car’s systems remotely on a companion app.
Amply Power Cloud-Based Application & Services Deliver a Total Solution for Charging EV Fleets
By Ed Pierce, Contributing Editor
“All vertical fleet markets want to become electric,” says Sean Larkin, Director of Sales and Business Development for Amply Power. “There is a demand in the marketplace. The vehicles themselves are the true drivers.”
This trend toward electrification is evident and growing every year. Companies are setting goals to limit their carbon footprint and making the transition towards all-electric fleets. EVs have been ready, available, and deployed for quite some time now, and an upcoming surge in light- and medium-duty vehicles is all but certain.
In order to effectively make that transition, however, fleet operators have to do a lot more than just onboard a few electric vehicles.
They need a solution that can handle the infrastructure and charging aspects of electrification while guiding them through the design, deployment, operation, and maintenance of their new EV charging infrastructure.
Automobile Deaths, Injuries Are Rising Rapidly: A Changed Direction in Infrastructure Bill Offers Hope
May 7, 2022 - While the Infrastructure Act was primarily intended to deliver big money to the states for the improvement or repair of crumbling roads, bridges, pipelines, internet broadband access and power grids, it also contains little-noticed sections designed to implement a reduction in the rising toll of automobile crashes, deaths and injuries.
The infrastructure bill includes such safety issues as improved headlights, updated back-seat safety standards, new front seatback standards, incorporation of crash avoidance technology in all new cars, and new federal hood and bumper standards.
While the vehicle safety provisions may appear to be a modest part of the new law, we should celebrate that the often deadlocked Congress passed legislation that can have a major impact in reversing the shocking increase in vehicle crashes and in the lives lost or forever changed on our nation’s roads.
Effective Communication for a Safer Workforce
By Ed Dubens, CEO/Founder of eDriving, a Solera company
“The effectiveness of communication is not defined by the communication, but by the response,” is a quote attributed to Milton Erickson, a late American psychiatrist and psychologist.
Why is this relevant? Because it perfectly describes what happens if fleet operators don’t communicate effectively, they don’t get the response or results they want.
Effective communication is one of the key elements of a successful driver safety program. But what constitutes effective communication?
