Trends & Takeaways from 2024 NAFA I&E
The 2024 event in San Antonio drew 2,100 attendees, the highest since 2018.
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The 2024 event in San Antonio drew 2,100 attendees, the highest since 2018.
“Electrify, it’s cheaper” was the message pushed relentlessly to fleets over the past five years. We need a new message.
Here are eight trendlines collected from the work truck industry’s annual journey to Indianapolis.
As I see it, the prime directive of Automotive Fleet is to help make your fleets more efficient, productive, safe, and sustainable. Simple enough, right? I look forward to working with all of you to achieve these goals.
Generative AI and its implications were weaved through multiple seminars at the 2023 Fleet Forward Conference. But does it deserve to be added to the ACES (Autonomous, Connected, Electric, and Shared) acronym?
Succession planning is a job in and of itself. If ownership of the task isn’t defined or formalized as part of job duties, it could fall through the cracks and lead to finger pointing when the transition falters.
We are a digital and connected society, and that interconnectedness is only intensifying. It is incumbent on fleet operators to have as much transparency and insight into their businesses as possible.
While the strike is still too young to reveal its effect on fleet vehicle inventories, the looming government shutdown could present a double whammy of macro effects on fleets and transportation.
Lordstown Motor’s bankruptcy makes life harder on the upstart automakers still standing — but this hot glare of reality is exactly what the market needs.
With 450 miles of top range, the Silverado EV could be a game changer for fleets. But with unibody construction and an estimated curb weight greater than that of a 1-ton pickup, we’re in uncharted territory.
From HR pushback and unusual driver accommodations to potential employee terminations, fleet managers deal with “sticky situations” all the time. While fleet policy is black and white, reality often isn’t.
Beyond the vehicle sale, it’s incumbent on automakers to own the growing and increasingly crowded space of aftermarket services for their fleet clients.
As supply chain issues ease, production, sales volumes, and deliveries are up, with fleet sales leading the recovery. In this return to normal, will OEMs go back to volume over profits?
The bottleneck to buildout charging infrastructure is real, while the regulatory pressures mount to start commercial fleet electrification. There are workarounds that avoid costly grid upgrades to help get a couple of electric trucks on the road now.
The discounts had an immediate impact on one of the largest fleet owners of Tesla vehicles, at least on paper.
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