Categories: Equipment, Fleet Forward, Fleet Management, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Mobility, Operations, Small Fleet, vEvents

This year’s agenda had a heavy focus on electrification, but also on the growth of autonomous transportation, the transformation of the automotive supply...

https://www.government-fleet.com/10156849/22-takeaways-from-the-fleet-forward-conference

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Charging, Electric, Electrification, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Operations, Small Fleet, Suppliers, Sustainability

The answers will dictate site design, energy management considerations, software needs, home charging requirements, and fleet policy updates. Without the...

https://www.government-fleet.com/10143764/22-questions-to-answer-before-installing-ev-charging-depots

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Suppliers, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

How efficient is an all-electric Class 6 delivery truck in its regular duty cycle with payloads up to 11,000 lbs.? Weight is less of an EV range inhibitor...

https://www.government-fleet.com/10139840/heavy-payloads-and-commercial-ev-range-a-real-world-test

Categories: Charging, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Small Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle OEM

With BrightDrop, GM is creating a new business to develop the commercial electric vehicle ecosystem. This includes a new electric delivery vehicle and...

https://www.government-fleet.com/10135810/how-gms-new-brightdrop-ev-business-will-work-with-fleets

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Acquisition, Fleet Forward, Fuel, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Hybrids, Operations, Small Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

Our test of the new F-150 PowerBoost netted an extraordinary 19.2 average mpg with a 1,732-lb. payload and 25.1 mpg without. Adding PowerBoost’s 12,700 lbs....

https://www.government-fleet.com/10133870/assessing-the-ford-f-150-hybrid-for-fleets

Categories: Connected Fleets, Electric, Fleet Forward, Fuel, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Small Fleet, Telematics

Data management and protection, electrification, telematics, video technology, mobile servicing, shared mobility, and advanced safety tech took center stage...

https://www.government-fleet.com/345416/8-takeaways-from-the-fleet-forward-conference

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Electrification, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Small Fleet, Suppliers, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

An up-close dose of Tesla’s Cybertruck from last night’s reveal in Hawthorne, Calif. answers some initial questions on whether it can function in a...

https://www.government-fleet.com/345216/teslas-electric-pickup-is-it-a-work-truck-1

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Hybrids, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

Eric Foellmer says XL's plan is to continue supplementing the electrification strategy of the OEMs, which includes its present hybrid and plug-in hybrid...

https://www.government-fleet.com/337579/xls-foellmer-fully-electric-upfit-in-in-our-product-roadmap