Industries that rely heavily on fuel, such as shipping companies, airlines,
vehicle fleet operators and other transportation companies, are seeing rising costs, which eventually will be passed on to consumers.
Not exact matches
The model is similar to how the trucking business functions, where
operators need to track the
vehicles» locations, keep drivers» training up to date and optimize
fleet use.
Those fuel - price economics make sense not just for EnCana, which has converted 163 of its 1,700
vehicles and 15 of its drilling rigs to natural gas, but for larger
fleet operators with no special interest in promoting gas.
«Wrapping is increasingly popular with all kinds of
vehicle owners, from large
fleet operators to self - employed tradesmen, car customisers and
vehicle owners who simply want a new look without the hassle and expense of repainting,» continued Brewer.
Customers can also equip their Transit with lane - departure warning and parking sensors and a Crew Chief telemetry system that beams
vehicle data back to a
fleet operator.
This spring, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a final rule that requires trucking companies to install electronic on - board recorders in each of their
fleet's
vehicles if their
operators violate hours - of - service regulations.
Owners and
operators of a
fleet of
vehicles use these services to monitor driver performance for unauthorized or unsafe
vehicle usage, as well as analyze data such as the current location of a
vehicle, fuel consumption, mileage, emissions status and diagnostic trouble codes.
Also, in order to enable
fleet operators to better keep track of their costs and monitor emissions output, Ford is also introducing a new tool dubbed The
Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Cost Calculator.
The Ford F - 150 XL and F - 350 Super Duty XL were among a group of five Ford Motor Company
vehicles to win 2018 «Best
Fleet Value» awards from automotive market research firm Vincentric, in recognition of their low cost to
fleet operators.
The Tour S is a rebadged version of the Dzire Tour and is sold only as a commercial
vehicle to taxi and
fleet operators like Ola and Uber etc..
Beginning in mid 2009, Mitsubishi conducted a twelve - month field trial with potential electric
vehicle customers, such as local, state and federal government bodies, and major
fleet operators.
The old DZire might not get excise duty benefits but the bigger boot makes it appealing to
fleet operators at whom the company has positioned the
vehicle.
Founded in 2008 as a tourism website, Tourist Israel has grown into what is today one of Israel's leading tourism
operators with an operational
fleet of 25
vehicles from private cars through to minibuses and larger coaches, three offices (in Tel Aviv, serving Jerusalem and the Center, in Haifa, serving the North, and in Eilat, serving the South), and a team of industry leading customer service and operations experts, backed up by our on the ground team of drivers, guides, and assistants.
But the fact that the initiative's founding members includes giants like Baidu, Deutsche Post DHL Group, Heathrow Airport, HP Inc., IKEA Group, LeasePlan, METRO AG, PG&E, Unilever and Vattenfall will send an important signal to manufacturers,
fleet operators, investors and policy makers that the electric
vehicle transition will not be stopped.
The main hurdles are to convince these
fleet operators that the new
vehicles can do the job and that they make financial sense (taxpayers or shareholders won't be happy otherwise).
Rather than having to convince thousands of individuals separately to take the plunge and try a new greener technology, convincing a handful of
fleet operators can result in thousands and thousands of plug - in
vehicles being deployed.
The
operators of such
fleets or trucks are responsible for training their drivers through road tests, safety inspections, and making sure the
vehicle is safe to operate.
The trucking industry relies on the
Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards (VMRS) to communicate the maintenance work performed on trucks among
fleet operators, original equipment manufacturers, maintenance shops, and personnel.
TfL says there are around 3,000 private hire
operators in London, and close to half have 10
vehicles or fewer — with just five per cent of companies operating
fleets of over 100
vehicles.