New Fleets

ATLANTA - Within the first year of using FleetWave, the company was able to promote a 10-percent fleet size reduction for its communications, media, and headquarter divisions.

Tags: Chevin Fleet Solutions, Cox Enterprises, downsizing, fleet operations, FleetWave, streamline

MINNEAPOLIS - XATA Corporation, a fleet optimization software and services company, announced Van Kam Freightways is now using the XATA Speed Management solution.

Tags: Van Kam Freightways, XATA, XATA Speed Management

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI - Through its Member Verification Program (MVP), the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) requalified four member companies and approved three new member companies for their commitment to safety and quality standards.

Tags: Member Verification Program, MVP, NTEA

ST. PAUL, MN - The Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA) is hosting a Webinar on Tuesday, July 13. The Webinar, "Why You Need to Attend Turn Change into Opportunity," starts at 1 p.m. CST.

Tags: AFLA, conference, webinar

SPARKS, MD - PHH Arval invites managers of medium and heavy truck fleets to participate in the 2010 Truck Fleet Survey. Participants who take the survey will be entered to win a Netbook companion PC.

Tags: PHH Arval, survey, truck fleet

LAS VEGAS - Register now for the 2010 Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA) Conference, scheduled for Sept. 8-10 at the JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa at Summerlin. Register by Aug. 31 to receive a special room rate.

Tags: AFLA, conference, registration

OVERLAND PARK, KS - Two out of three drivers place high value on a company's driver recognition and safety incentive programs when deciding whether to leave or stay, according to a recent survey.

Tags: company driver, employee retention, Open Road Drivers Plan, survey

ALEXANDRIA, VA - An effort to repeal the federal law prohibiting states from imposing vicarious liability on owners of rented and leased vehicles was further quashed May 26 by the Truck Renting and Leasing Association and its industry allies.

Tags: coalition, Graves Law, legislation, liability, Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010, TRALA

WASHINGTON - At a White House Rose Garden ceremony, President Obama signed a policy calling on two federal agencies to develop national standards for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for medium and heavy trucks.

Tags: heavy-duty, medium-duty, President Obama, truck gas standards

SAN DIEGO - Sysco Corporation has signed on to a 5-year commitment to deploy DriveCam's Driver Risk Management solution in its entire fleet of 9,000 vehicles.

Tags: Accident Management, DriveCam, driver safety, Sysco

CROSSVILLE, TN - A long haul trucker aims to provide crucial information on how the normal, everyday driver of a non-commercial vehicle can drive safely around commercial vehicles.

Tags: commercial vehicle, driver safety, trucker

ANAHEIM, CA - The walk-in van will combine the functionality and design flexibility of a custom-built work truck with the styling and ergonomics of a cargo van.

Tags: Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Utilimaster, walk-in van

NEENAH, WI - FleetMentor, the online fleet management advisor by J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc., was enhanced with the integration of J. J. Keller's library of interactive training courses.

Tags: CSA 2010, FleetMentor, JJ Keller

TORRANCE, CA - Fleet professionals are invited to participate in a free, one-hour Web seminar on May 13, covering how to achieve maximum ROI with GPS tracking.

Tags: GPS, GPS Insight, ROI, webinar

SPARKS, MD - PHH Arval recent annual Truck Fleet Management Conference, held in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., focused on a wide variety of topics of concern to managers of private truck fleets.

Tags: PHH Arval, Truck Fleet Management Conference

ATLANTA - UPS has gone beyond traditional driver training methods with videogame technology and hands-on learning in an effort to recruit and effectively train 25,000 driver candidates -- most of whom are in their 20s -- over the next five years.

Tags: Productivity, Training, UPS

WASHINGTON - The U.S. DOT's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a new rule requiring interstate commercial truck and bus companies with serious patterns of hours-of-service (HOS) violations to install electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) in all their vehicles.

Tags: DOT Rule, EOBR, FMCSA, HOS Violation, Hours of Service

LOUISVILLE, KY - Cummins Inc. announced the newest collection of driver education materials designed for customers of Cummins EPA 2010 on-highway engines which includes a DVD, CD, and Tips Card that enable customers to learn about engine features and more.

Tags: Cummins, driver education

DETROIT - Effective immediately, General Motors has ordered all Chevrolet and GMC dealers, upfitters, and body companies to stop the delivery of certain 2010 model-year Chevrolet Express 2500/3500 and GMC Savana 2500/3500 vehicles.

Tags: Chevrolet, Express, General Motors, GMC, Savana

DALLAS - AT&T has an all-electric Smith Newton cargo truck purchased last year operating in its commercial fleet in St. Louis, the company said. AT&T also is buying two of the first all-electric versions of the Ford Transit Connect van.

Tags: AT&T, Azure Dynamics , electric truck, Force Drive, Ford, Johnson Controls-Saft, Newton Cargo Truck, Smith, Transit Connect

PORTLAND, OR - SelecTrucks re-launched the Down Payment Match promotion to help customers move into a new, used vehicle.

Tags: Daimler Truck Financial, Remarketing, SelecTrucks

PHOENIX - Auto Safety House LLC (ASH) announced that Jim LoPresti, ASH's president and CEO, was elected to the Board of Trustees for the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) as a distributor member representative.

Tags: Auto Safety House, Board of Trustees, NTEA