Donlen/Hertz: A New Fleet Management Model?
Does this summer’s announcement that Hertz is acquiring Donlen Fleet Management suggest that we may see an entirely new model of fleet management emerge to rival traditional, leased fleet management?...
View ArticleHi-Tech in Vehicles to Entertain? It’s Time to Get Real
Imagine that we, as managers and parents, could decide what kinds of equipment would be in the vehicles our employees and children drive. Would the list include TVs, computer-like dashboards with many...
View ArticleConnected Vehicles: The Lasting Value of Telematics
Several years ago I was asked what I thought were the most progressive trends in fleet management. My answer included the advancement of GPS- based telematics. At the time, telematics had been...
View ArticleMeasuring Your Suppliers’ “Innovation Quotient” is Key to Your Success
In spite of coming to the brink of extinction, the American automobile industry has delivered an amazing stream of innovations over the past few years. We’ve seen and continue to see new offerings...
View ArticleIf Driverless Vehicles Are Coming, What Would It Mean for Fleet Operators?
By now most all of us have heard about California breaking the ice by being the first state to allow vehicles that navigate without a driver. Talk about “Wow!” moments in history! What I want to know...
View ArticleAuto Safety Equipment and Safe Driving Behavior
I can remember when Chrysler first made the bold commitment to equip every one of its new cars with an airbag. It was in 1988, and the move caught the industry off guard, even though at that time front...
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