IBMG halves its carbon footprint with Fleet Alliance
By sticking stringently to its policy for the last two years, the Group has been able to reduce its fleet carbon footprint by 55%, from an average of 109g/km of
By sticking stringently to its policy for the last two years, the Group has been able to reduce its fleet carbon footprint by 55%, from an average of 109g/km of
In the last few years, maintenance has been the main everyday issue facing fleet managers. The fleet car and van parcs have been ageing at a fairly rapid pace while
Fuel is the biggest target for cost savings, cited by a third (33%) of fleets, with more than two-thirds planning to introduce new fleet fuel strategies. This is closely followed
The Trust operates a mixed fleet of around 1,200 vehicles including around 380 frontline blue-light ambulance response ambulances and solo response cars, mainly Mercedes Sprinters, Fiat Ducatos and Skodas, some
There are fleet operational roles for which it appears there will be few viable electric vehicle (EV) replacements in the medium and potentially even the longer term. These could include
Recent studies have shown that travel disruption and train strikes have led to higher preferences towards car usage and ownership. As people revaluate their travel options, Alphabet’s own research has found
Study by the AX Motor Assist team, the end-to-end motor claims and accident management service, found that uptake of technology among fleets is modest, with only 57% using simple GPS
LCVs also qualify as ‘plant and machinery’, meaning the purchase cost can be written off through Capital Allowances (CAs) reducing your business profits. Until 31 March 2023 a ‘super deduction’
While operators of EVs are reporting different experiences, the central fact is that electric cars and vans are significantly heavier than petrol and diesel vehicles and, whatever technology is used
As well as the 405 university staff using their own vehicles for occupational driving, Staffordshire University, which has around 12,000 students across five campuses, also operates an owned and leased
Development will bring a previously unavailable level of transparency to how short term hire cars and vans are being used in real world conditions. There is real potential for products
RESEARCH from Churchill Expert, Direct Line Group’s flexible fleet insurance provider, reveals a quarter of London based drivers whose current vehicle doesn’t comply with the emissions standards for the expanded
The fleet industry has been discussing the theoretical implications of hands-free driving for some time but the real-world availability of BlueCruise has brought everything into immediate and sharp relief.
Average age of a petrol fleet car undergoing service, maintenance or repair (SMR) has risen by more than a year since the start of the pandemic in 2020 – from
A study by IET revealed that in winter alone, drivers can idle for 244 minutes, which is a lot of wasted petrol, as well as the amount of CO2 that it would
Arval UK is encouraging fleets to take action as a range of advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) devices were made compulsory on all new models in the EU last year
Fleets want to know more about which charging options and which vehicles are costing them the most money so they can take action. For almost all operators, it’s a relatively
Increasingly, fleets are taking a lot of notice about which EVs are the most efficient, They are spending time analysing which fall within reasonable parameters and which don’t in exactly
Figures drawn from the 1link Disposal Network platform show that petrol cars and vans are taking an average of 10 days to sell, and diesel 11 but EVs 25. The
A combination of strong residual values and low running costs means fleets will benefit from ultra-competitive TCOs. For example, the Born has a TCO of just 28.6p/mile (3 years/60,000 miles)
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