As Ford’s head of commercial sales for the Western region, Don Borthwick manages a massive territory that is filled with a variety of heavy industries and that rely upon trucks, vans, and his team’s expert counsel.
Despite being flat, crashes are still a problem for fleets, and data reported for the 2017 calendar-year has identified some of the biggest obstacles.
Automotive Fleet's 53rd annual Fact Book and buyer’s guide has arrived with an array of statistical data covering aspects of fleet management such as operating costs, maintenance costs, safety, remarketing, personal use, and data on leading fleet lessors.
A strong love of fleet keeps Rasmussen motivated to continue to build her company and support others in the fleet industry.
Drug use, and marijuana use in particular, has increased in recent years. So much so, that it has overtaken alcohol use as the leading cause of vehicle fatalities.
Mercedes-Benz will shift production of its Sprinter van to South Carolina from Germany later this year. Andrew Lawson, the general manager of fleet operations for van and chassis, sat down with Automotive Fleet to discuss what it means for fleets.
The three-wheeled two-seater can go from 0 to 60 mph in 7.5 seconds, and has a top speed of 80 mph.
Inside the Mercedes-Benz Vans Future Transportation North America workshop, Nick Tempelhoff has some thoughts.
Turo maintains that its platform is a technology company, not a rental car agency, and therefore should not be subject to the airport taxes and fees that traditional car rental companies pay.
As the CVSA's Operation Safe Driver Week takes place to bring awareness to unsafe driving behaviors, one safety-focused fleet has found that ELDs are making a real impact.
As the final piece of the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is set to take effect, small fleets are assessing ways to switch from a manual recording of temperature inside refrigerated units to an automated process.
There is general agreement that a significant deployment of automation-related technologies will be driving at the very least within cities throughout the developed world by mid-century.
Many new automated vehicle deployments are for fixed-route applications with defined coverage areas, or for first/last mile deployments around a hub.
As technology gets better, sensors placed on trucks will allow fleets to operate with greater safety and efficiency.
HDT recently spoke with Darren Gosbee, Navistar’s vice president of powertrains and advanced technology, to get his take on how and when medium- to heavy-duty electric trucks will come to market in North America.
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