As the resources and staff fleet managers have available declines, outsourcing for a safety program has become more prevalent.
Fleet use of technologies to reduce costs is nothing new. Along with increased productivity and efficiency, cutting fuel costs was a big reason fleets adopted technologies such as automated routing and dispatch, GPS tracking and mobile communications.
Sheryl Connelly is Ford's in-house futurist tasked with identifying global trends for the manufacturer. She is the closing keynote speaker at this year's Fleet Technology Expo.
I wasn’t alone in assuming we'd see an autonomous truck on German or Dutch or maybe Swedish roads long before we saw it here but Nevada and Daimler surprised us all.
If autonomous Trucks aren't driverless, what, then, are the potential benefits? Think of it as cruise control on steroids.
AF interviewed Beth Kandrysawtz, CEO of Motorlease, to learn more about her strategic vision for the company and how she plans to lead it into the future.
A formal fleet safety program is a crucial foundation for creating a safe fleet.