According to the latest Fleet News Daily report, fuel prices moved upwards over the past few days. This week, the price of Regular nationwide was $2.110 vs. $2.041 one week ago but down significantly from $2.39 last year at this time. The news in fuel prices for Diesel was a bit of the same. One […]
Nopetro, Florida’s leading compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling infrastructure provider, has announced the opening of the nation’s largest public/private compressed natural gas fueling facility. The facility, located at the intersection of John Young Parkway and LYNX Lane, is part of a public-private partnership (P3) with the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX). The six-acre facility, […]
With prices at the pump still low, it’s not surprising that U.S. and Canadian natural gas Class 8 truck retail sales improved only modestly in February, after getting off to a slow start in 2016, according to a recent report from ACT Research. The “Natural Gas Quarterly” attributes this to a high number of natural […]
Nevadans don’t get bugged about this: Fleetmatics Group PLC (NYSE: FLTX), a leading global provider of mobile workforce solutions for service-based businesses of all sizes delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS), announced that Nevada pest control fleets are the the busiest in the U.S., according to findings of an in-depth analysis of its pest control customers’ fleet […]
Heavy duty vehicle lift leader, Stertil-Koni, a brand of the Stertil Group, has announced that its U.S. production facility located in Streator, Illinois, Stertil ALM, has been honored with the Manufacturing/Industry award from the Streator Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The award, which represents the second time Stertil ALM has received this accolade, was presented at […]
In contrast to the recent surge of optimism surrounding autonomous vehicles, RAND has issued a new report that says that these vehicles “would have to be driven hundreds of millions of miles and, under some scenarios, hundreds of billions of miles to create enough data to clearly demonstrate their safety.” RAND further noted that “under […]
Omnitracs, a global pioneer of fleet management solutions to transportation and logistics companies, has announced the availability of Omnitracs’ Sylectus Mobile On Demand, a vehicle location tracking and circle of service notification feature within its Sylectus Mobile application for iOS and Android. This new feature automates position and shipment event updates for any vehicle hauling […]
Carvana, which bills itself as “the nation’s leading online auto retailer and creator of the world’s first-ever, fully-automated, coin-operated Car Vending Machine, ” has added Miami to its growing roster of as-soon-as next-day delivery locations across the country. Through this expansion, the company reports that it is now poised to deliver to nearly 44.7 million […]
With the rapid rise and success of ridesharing programs such as Uber and Lyft, GEICO is offering an insurance product in Virginia, Maryland, and now Washington, D.C. In total, the approach is available in 16 states, providing comprehensive coverage for Uber, Lyft, Split and other on-demand service drivers. “The rapid growth of ridesharing services in […]
A new player has entered the fleet management and safety space — Gorilla Safety — which debuts with a mobile app interface. The company was was launched in January 2016, and notes that it “fully integrates all the capabilities necessary for safely and efficiently managing short-haul and long-haul vehicle fleets of any size into one […]
