Looking Back: 2024 Work Truck Trends
Calling the Fleet Community to Share Year-End Lessons and Predictions
Work Truck is gathering 2025 fleet lessons and 2026 forecasts. Fleet leaders and partners, submit your insights by Nov. 1 for our year-end coverage.
October 1, 2025
Work Truck is calling on fleet leaders and industry partners to share 2025 trends and 2026 forecasts. Submit your insights by November 1 to help shape our year-end coverage.
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Work Truck is pulling together our year-end coverage, and we want your insight. We’re once again looking at year-end trends and future outlooks and we’re looking for voices from across the fleet community.
Whether you manage a fleet or serve them as an industry partner, your perspective helps shape what matters most to light- and medium-duty work truck operations. Only have trends to share? Perfect. Prefer to look ahead with forecasts? Also welcome.
Who Should Submit Their Fleet Insights?
Fleet leaders and decision makers managing light- and medium-duty trucks and vans.
Industry partners supporting fleets, including OEMs, upfitters, telematics and safety tech, charging and fueling, finance and leasing, service and maintenance, and more.
How to Submit
Choose the form that fits you best:
Deadline and Publication Timing:
Submit by: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Trends article: Publishes on or after November 11, 2025
Forecast article: Publishes on or after December 1, 2025
Contributors will be able to review and approve attributed quotes before publication.
Thank you for helping the Work Truck community plan smarter for the year ahead. We look forward to your insights!
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