On-demand mobile fueling service, Gas It Up, named Kevin J. Fisher, vice president, strategic fleet operations, where he will join the rest of corporate leadership in scaling the fleet operations for the company. Fisher assumed his new responsibilities on Sept. 21,...
This is a prototype of the Switchblade made by Samson Sky, which the U.S. Department of Transportation classifies as a motorcycle. Photo courtesy of Samson Sky. It was inevitable that a post on Fleet Forward would come with the title “Flying Cars.” That time has come....
The new Hours of Service changes are scheduled to take effect as of Sept. 29. FMCSA’s final rule on hours of service makes four key revisions to the existing HOS rules: The 30-minute break rule, which requires a break after no more than eight hours of consecutive...
In the era of Electrification 1.0, fleet first adopters coped with only a handful of electric passenger car models and unmanaged Level 2 charging technology. Today — yes, only five years later — fleets have a wider range of vehicle choices that will soon expand to...
Over half of commercial and fleet vehicle decision makers are actively shopping for electric vehicles (EV), according to Escalent, a human behavior and analytics firm. The finding was pulled from an update of the firm’s Fleet Advisory Hub, which is a platform designed...
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is asking Congress to provide needed economic relief to struggling small-business truckers by suspending the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax for one year as part of the next COVID-19 response package. OOIDA sent a...
