What’s Ahead for Delivery Fleets in a Post-COVID Market

What’s Ahead for Delivery Fleets in a Post-COVID Market

It’s clear that 2020 was a remarkable year, especially for those in the last-mile industry. As people stayed home to quell the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, they turned to their devices to order and ship everything from essentials like groceries to extras like new...
Trucking Industry Pushes CDC for COVID-19 Vaccines at Truckstops

Trucking Industry Pushes CDC for COVID-19 Vaccines at Truckstops

Organizations representing truck drivers, trucking fleets, and truckstops are calling for the CDC to designate truckstops and travel plazas as vaccination sites for COVID-19 Vaccines. One of the latest efforts was a Feb. 25 letter to the director of the Centers for...
Impact on Fleet Operations of the Work-from-Home Business Model

Impact on Fleet Operations of the Work-from-Home Business Model

As Automotive Fleet celebrates its 60th anniversary, I assembled a compendium of the top 60 milestones in fleet from our founding in 1961 to present. Without a doubt, in my mind at least, the No. 1 milestone is the fleet disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic....
IRS Addresses Unintended Personal Use Tax Consequence from COVID19

IRS Addresses Unintended Personal Use Tax Consequence from COVID19

The IRS is providing temporary relief for company drivers who are determining the value of company-provided personal use vehicles through the annual lease value (ALV) and who may be experiencing potential tax consequences brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The IRS...
Truckers Not Among ‘Essential Workers’ in Next Vaccine Wave

Truckers Not Among ‘Essential Workers’ in Next Vaccine Wave

Truck drivers likely will not be in the next wave of people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, although that will vary by state. A panel advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Dec. 20 to recommend that people age 75 and older be in the next wave,...