Donlen Technology: Designed to Make Fleet Managers’ Jobs Easier
Fleet managers are constantly taking on more responsibilities, and it’s Donlen’s job to provide technology that makes their lives easier.
Bridgestone + Wrench = A One-Stop Shop for Fleets and Consumers
The newly announced partnership between Wrench and Bridgestone-Firestone adds up to a one-stop shop for fleets and consumers.
New York Will Ban Sale of New Gasoline Cars by 2035
Following a trend set by a number of states in the U.S., New York state has passed a law that sets a target for 100 percent of new passenger cars and trucks sold or leased in the state to be zero-emissions vehicles by the year 2035. The legislation was signed by Governor Kathy Hochul just a few days ago.
The legislation contains a similar goal for off-road vehicles and equipment by 2035. The law also establishes a goal for all medium- and heavy-duty trucks sold or leased in the state to be zero-emission vehicles by 2045, "for all operations where feasible."
New York state faces some headwinds in achieving 100 percent zero-emission sales of passenger cars and trucks by 2035, with the market share of electric vehicles in the state currently hovering around 1 percent. Plug-in hybrids will also qualify as zero-emissions vehicles. Sales of these ZEVs will have to make significant gains while sales of gas- and diesel-engined vehicles will have to surrender significant market share each year. This is likely to be dictated by market forces more than anything, absent some compelling incentive programs.
Read the article at Car and Driver.
‘A Consistent, Superior Client Experience’
This week in FMW’s ongoing series of interviews with fleet management company senior leadership, we feature Ed Pierce’s engaging conversation with David Madrigal, Element Fleet’s Executive VP and Chief Commercial Officer for the U.S. and Canada.
Madrigal concludes the interview on this confident note: “The scale of being the largest fleet management company in North America and other markets makes us formidable, and our global alliance with Arval ensures seamless integration of solutions for multi-national fleets. So, what gives our clients confidence in Element as a partner today – the combination of people, scale and portfolio will continue to define a consistent, superior client experience into the future.”
FMW warmly congratulates Sherry Calkins, Sue Fensky, Lori Olson and Phil Samuelson, all recipients of AFLA’s 2021 President’s Awards!
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
What Matters Most? Five Priorities For CEOs in the Next Normal
To prepare for the post-COVID-19 era, leaders need to do more than fine-tune their day-to-day tasks; they need to be ready and willing to rethink how they operate, and even why they exist. To put it another way, leaders need to step back, take a breath, and consider a broader perspective.
The pandemic has both revealed and accelerated a number of trends that will play a substantial role in the shape of the future global economy. In our conversations with global executives, they have identified five priorities. Companies will want to adopt these five priorities as their North Star while they navigate the trends that are molding the future.
Take sustainability, the principle of producing goods and services while exacting minimal damage to the environment. Many companies have taken earnest steps in this regard because they wanted to. In the very near future, however, doing so will be as fundamental to doing business as compiling a balance sheet: consumers and regulators will insist on it. In this context, sustainability needs to be done as systematically as digitization or strategy development because it will be an important source of long-term competitive advantage.
Read the article at McKinsey & Company.
