2022 Brand Image Awards
March 9, 2022 - The Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards recognize automakers whose model lines of cars, trucks, and SUVs create enthusiasm among shoppers.
Brand image isn’t just about consumers being aware that a brand exists. The automakers that are awarded here have brand images that can excite and attract new car shoppers. And doing this is essential when it comes to success in the marketplace.
This year’s 13 Brand Image Award winners are based on Kelley Blue Book data from their annual Brand Watch Study. Honda’s impressive range of vehicles and terrific quality make it this year’s Best Overall Brand winner. Value has always been part of Honda’s DNA and Honda has won this award every year since 2015.
Atom Power’s Ryan Rizor Discusses What Fleet Managers Need to Know About EV Infrastructure
By Ed Pierce, Contributing Editor
We interviewed Ryan Rizor, vice president of commercial and industrial sales at of Atom Power, a company that offers EV charging solutions for fleets.
Atom Power works with fleet service providers to offer an overall solution of electric vehicles and infrastructure.
Rizor talked to us about how the company is providing fleet managers with charging solutions where the power and intelligence is centralized in the facility, leaving the charging stations to require minimal electronics and cost.
Ryon Packer Joins Motus as Chief Product Officer
Motus, a leader in reimbursement solutions for businesses with anywhere workforces, announced that Ryon Packer has joined the company as its first Chief Product Officer.
“Technology has made it possible for more people to take on mobile and remote roles and recent years have accelerated this workforce evolution,” said Packer. “The costs mobile and remote workers carry to perform their jobs is having a negative impact on them and their families."
NHTSA & DOT Want Your Thoughts on Using Cameras Instead of Traditional Mirrors
March 12, 2022 - The National Transportation Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Department of Transportation want to know if you support using cameras instead of traditional mirrors. The two organizations opened a Federal Register Notice with a comment period that ends on April 13, 2022.
According to the NHTSA, it is thinking about researching the involvement of the collection of information from the public as part of a multi-year effort to learn about how drivers use passive camera-based rear visibility systems that are intended to work in the same manner as the mirrors on the outside of a vehicle.
NJ Law to Require Drivers Be Informed When Vehicle Tracking Devices Are Installed
By Art Liggio, Chairman, Driving Dynamics
A new state law, which takes effect on April 18, 2022, will have a significant impact on fleet-based organizations operating in New Jersey.
Signed in January by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, fleets will have to inform company drivers when installing GPS tracking devices in vehicles.
To comply with the law, employers will be required to provide written notification to current drivers and new hires or could face fines of $1,000 for the first violation and $2,500 for each violation thereafter.
Using GPS and other telematics devices certainly provides many benefits to fleets, helping to improve efficiency and also compliance with driver safety policies. However, lawmakers are saying drivers deserve to know when companies collect data about them as part of business operations.
