Categories: Maintenance, Operations, Remarketing, Rental Operations, Small Fleet, Used Vehicle Values

Part and labor prices have increased 4-8%, while part and labor availability have decreased. Due to difficulties sourcing replacement vehicles, fleets are...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10154952/unscheduled-maintenance-costs-increase-3-in-cy-2021

Categories: Batteries/Tech, Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet, Fleet Management, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Hybrids, Leasing, Maintenance, Operations, Procurement, Remarketing, Small Fleet, Suppliers

Supply chain constraints make it difficult to get replacement vehicles leading to extended cycling of those currently in service. This is pushing the...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10154775/extended-cycling-part-shortages-stress-warranty-recovery-in-2021

The COVID pandemic has created a spike in fraudulent claims targeting vocational trucks by instigating staged accidents, which involves maneuvering an...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10146733/uptick-in-staged-accidents-target-commercial-vehicles

Categories: Equipment, Small Fleet, Vehicle Research

A growing trend in second-stage manufacturing is light-weighting, which involves specifying lighter-weight materials to achieve an overall weight reduction...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10140762/more-vocational-fleets-adopt-lightweighting-strategy

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Products, Small Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

The E-Transit is available in eight body-style configurations, including cargo van, chassis cab, and cutaway versions, with three roof heights and three...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10132614/deep-dive-analysis-of-the-2022-model-ford-e-transit

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Suppliers, Sustainability, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

Ford wants to make commercial vehicles a larger part of its business, and Ford CV leader Ted Cannis explains how the company is turning to things such as...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10131828/qa-how-ford-plans-to-increase-commercial-vehicle-sales

The key to reducing asset variability is to involve user groups early on and to gain their buy-in by framing the asset simplification discussion as ways to...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10130873/asset-simplification-vs-asset-standardization

One of the largest vocational fleet segments between the late 1940s and early 1960s was milk home-delivery fleets. It took 15 years for the milk...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10123132/are-vocational-fleets-futureproof-case-study-milk-to-home-delivery-fleets

Categories: Operations

A tech’s pay is determined by the type of job and whether they can complete the repair in less time than specified by the flat-rate, which will allow them...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10120948/unpopular-flat-rate-compensation-contributes-to-shortage-of-repair-techs

The Metris Cargo Van is a very maneuverable and fuel-efficient fleet vehicle that offers excellent low-end torque to haul 2,500-pound payload capacity. Its...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10119459/2019-mercedes-metris-cargo-van-excels-in-urban-fleet-applications