Categories: Maintenance, Operations

Continued stability in crude oil prices, along with longer oil drain intervals, are helping to offset the higher cost of synthetic motor oils that are now...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/157777/preventive-maintenance-costs-remain-flat-in-2017

Categories: Maintenance, Operations

Average repair spend per unit increased 3-5% in calendar-year 2018, primarily due to higher labor rates and part prices. Also, PM costs were up due to the...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/325853/passenger-vehicle-maintenance-spend-increased-3-5-in-cy-2018

Categories: Maintenance, Operations, Small Fleet

Upward cost pressures on replacement tires have emerged in 2018, due to higher cost for the commodities used to manufacture tires and the trend to larger...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/325873/replacement-tire-costs-increased-8-in-cy-2018

Categories: Auctions, Fleet Management as a Service, Maintenance, Operations, Rental Operations, Small Fleet

The robust economy is creating record numbers of new jobs and a subsequent labor shortage that is being exacerbated by the large wave of Baby Boomer...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/346322/labor-shortage-increases-but-economic-uncertainty-emerges

Categories: Maintenance, Operations, Small Fleet

The vehicle maintenance and repair industries are experiencing a skilled labor shortage as technicians in the Baby Boomer demographic retire in greater...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/348049/severe-skilled-technician-shortage-triggering-higher-shop-labor-rates

Categories: Maintenance, Operations, Small Fleet

Fleet passenger car maintenance expenses declined by 7%.

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/157261/fleet-maintenance-expenses-decrease-in-cy-2016

Categories: Fleet Management, Fleet Management as a Service, Operations, Small Fleet

Fleets are being impacted by a variety of inflationary pressures ranging from higher acquisition prices due to the proliferation of onboard safety...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/346484/upward-pricing-pressures-on-most-fixed-and-operating-costs

Categories: Maintenance, Small Fleet

Many factors continue to exert upward pressure on fleet maintenance costs (with longer service lives as the primary driver).

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/10170374/5-factors-driving-higher-maintenance-costs

Categories: Global Fleet, Operations, Vehicle OEM

Fleet car and truck maintenance costs have been trending upward during the first half of the 2021-calendar year as total fleet miles driven have increased...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/10149391/top-7-maintenance-trends-in-cy-2021-and-2022

Categories: Electric, Fleet, Gasoline, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Leasing, Maintenance, Operations, Remarketing

Many factors converged to exert upward pressure on PM costs, such as longer vehicle service lives due to limited product availability; the ongoing...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/10154772/preventative-maintenance-costs-increase-3-5-in-2021