Kurt Taylor of Merchants Fleet Named to 2022 Constellation Research Business Transformation 150
Recognized Exemplar of Leadership in Driving a Digital Future
Merchants Fleet is pleased to announce IT Vice President Kurt Taylor has been recognized by Constellation Research on its 2022 Business Transformation 150, an elite list of executives leading business transformation efforts around the globe.
"I’m incredibly proud of the Technology team at Merchants Fleet, for ensuring our clients had the insights and support they needed to keep their operations running smoothly during the pandemic,” said Taylor. “We look forward to providing our clients with continued innovation that will help them make analytics-driven decisions as they begin to explore EV (Electric Vehicle) adoption.”
What is Ford Co-Pilot360? And Which SUVs, Cars, and Trucks Have the Safety Tech?
The automaker that implemented mass production and affordable cars over 100 years ago is now making modern driver-assist features more accessible. Ford offers the Co-Pilot360 active safety suite in some form on almost every model it sells.
Unlike the more basic systems, BlueCruise works with a seriously impressive collection of hardware. The sensors included high-resolution GPS, three radar units, and a camera mounted high on the windshield. There's also an infrared camera mounted behind the steering wheel facing the driver to monitor the driver's attention level.
The system adds lane-following capability (new to Ford), and once the vehicle is centered in its lane and is located in a Hands-Free Blue Zone, a "Hands Free" icon appears alongside an image of the vehicle with concentric circles emanating out to indicate the system is monitoring its surroundings.
Read the article at MotorTrend.
Infrastructure Bill Includes Per-Mile Road Tax Test That Will Track Drivers’ Travel
Automakers are being pressured by federal and state governments to ramp up electric car production, and U.S. President Joe Biden is signing an executive order that targets half of all new car sales to be electric by 2030.
As fewer cars visit the pump, the amount of tax revenue decreases and needs to be made up elsewhere, something that's addressed in the upcoming infrastructure bill with a pilot program for a national per-mile tax that would tax drivers based on their annual mileage rather than at the pump.
A per-mile fuel tax is a controversial topic that many drivers have mixed feelings on, and they'll likely continue to have shifting opinions as electric vehicles become more prominent on the roads they share.
Read the article at The Drive.
Polestar Signs Leaselink deal with Ebbon-Dacs in UK and Netherlands
Independent Swedish electric performance car manufacturer, Polestar, has signed a deal with Oxford-based automotive technology provider, Ebbon-Dacs, to directly deploy its market-leading Leaselink e-procurement platform to process new car orders in the UK and the Netherlands.
The new arrangement has seen a launch in the UK with a major international leasing company, with a similar scheme running in the Netherlands. The solution will then be rolled out to lease companies in both countries who are existing users of Ebbon-Dacs’ Leaselink platform.
AFLA Coffee Break Discussion: Back to Travel: Hitting the Road Again
August 24, 2021 – 2:00pm CT – Registration is limited to 50 people
Refresh your week and connect with your AFLA colleagues at an upcoming themed Coffee Break Discussion Series. Each month we feature a new topic and always leave time for connection with each other.
This month, join us for a discussion around the Hitting the Road Again: Getting Back to Travel. Register now and watch your email for more information on who will be joining us around the Remo coffee table.
