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What can the UK learn from Norway’s eco-friendly car boom?
Norway is leading the way globally in the adoption of plug-in vehicles, which accounted for nearly a third of the country’s new car sales in 2017. … Read More »
Act in haste repent at leisure
Jayne Pett, sales and marketing director at Fleet Operations, considers whether diesels remain the vehicle of choice for business fleets?
Volvo’s Commitment to Electrification
From next year every new Volvo model launched will have an electric motor – marking the end of decades of reliance solely on the internal combustion … Read More »
Volvo XC90’s intuitive technology is the right choice for CAE directors
CAE Technology Services, one of the UK’s most innovative resellers of technology and technology based services, has taken delivery of six Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine … Read More »
Q&A: Paul Philpott, president and CEO of Kia Motors UK
With 14 different electrified cars planned before 2020, Paul Philpott, president and CEO of Kia Motors UK, explains the company’s attitude towards alternative fuel vehicles as … Read More »
Cenex explains how fleets can prepare for UK CAZs
Following Cenex’s launch of the CLEAR Capture data collection and emissions performance tool, Luke Redfern, project manager at Cenex, explains how it works and the benefits … Read More »
Q&A: Celia Stokes, CEO eDriving Fleet
eDriving Fleet CEO Celia Stokes gives an update on how things stand one year after the US driving safety specialist acquired Interactive Driving Systems.
Shell Future of fleet survey – the results
In the first in a series of exclusive surveys, Shell and International Fleet World questioned 231 fleet executives about their attitudes to a host of fleet … Read More »
Honda: Back on its fleet?
Honda has totally revamped the way it addresses the needs of its small fleet customers. Curtis Hutchinson, editor of Motor Trader, reports.
Crash-for cash-fraudster gets two-year prison sentence
A crash-for-cash fraudster linked to a gang with hundreds of claims for personal injury has received a two-year prison sentence for conspiracy to defraud.
First Drive: Maserati Levante
Maserati adds an SUV for broader appeal, but it’ll always be a bit-part player, says Kyle Fortune.
Road Test: SEAT Ateca SE 1.0 TSI Ecomotive
Forget the tiny engine, this car makes a big impression. By Julian Kirk.
First Drive: Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate
Impressive refinement from the new diesels and great to drive, reckons John Kendall.
A new era for electric vehicles?
Daimler’s electric truck hints at near-future electric cars with longer ranges and much faster charging, explains John Kendall.
What I’ve learnt: FleetEurope’s John Yarroll
Taking the long-term view I’ve spent over 40 years in the rental and leasing industry; my formative years were spent in large, often multi-national corporations, the … Read More »
First Drive: Kia Optima
Sector: Upper Medium Price: £21,495–£28,895 Fuel: 37.7–67.3mpg CO2: 110–175g/km The Optima’s runaway success when it was launched in North America five years ago was arguably … Read More »
Interview: Andy Barratt, chairman, Ford of Britain
How does Ford see the fleet sector developing at the moment? The fleet sector is hugely important to us both on car and commercial. The car sector … Read More »
Interview: Jeremy Hicks, MD, Jaguar Land Rover UK
How will Jaguar convince fleet buyers that JLR has the right products for them? You can pin nearly all our growth in the last five years … Read More »
First Drive: Jaguar XF
Sector: Premium saloon Price: £32,300–£49,950 Fuel: 34.0–70.6mpg CO2: 104–198g/km Uncompetitive CO2 emissions from the outgoing Jaguar XF did not help fleet sales. The 2.2-litre four-cylinder diesel … Read More »
The Insider: You don’t know what you don’t know
This week I learned of two more well-respected award-winning fleet managers whose roles have been outsourced. The first to a leasing company who promptly took … Read More »
First Drive: SEAT Leon X-Perience
Sector: Lower medium Price: £24,385 Fuel: 57.6mpg CO2: 129g/km To say that within the Volkwagen Group, SEAT has been a bit light on the SUV and … Read More »
The Insider: Spec adjusted
Cyclist safety is prominent in the news at the moment. We are encouraged to get out on our bikes to ease traffic congestion and aid our … Read More »
The Insider: Taking responsibility
I'm not quite getting the idea of the latest news on the Corporate Manslaughter Act. Not that I wish to trivialise what is undoubtedly a … Read More »
The Insider: Things I hate to hear
I’ve been in fleet a long time now so for a change, I thought I’d share a few of the things I’ve really hated hearing over … Read More »
Dorset County Council switches to FleetWave from inhouse software
The service provides fleet management and maintenance to a range of departments within Dorset County Council and operates across two main workshops and six outlying depots.
Motoring seems to be increasingly erratic, The Insider reckons.
Use of a handheld mobile phone whilst driving will also attract an increased fine, now set at £90 rather than the previous £60. Illegal since 2007, … Read More »
Legal precedent set for fleet NIC refund claims?
A new tax ruling at the Court of Appeal could affect fleets nationwide.
The Insider: What goes on tour…
As summer draws to a close, I reflect on another season of company drivers taking touring holidays abroad, and bringing their cars safely home again. In … Read More »
New Navman App
The move means that Android smartphones and tablets can now run the fleet tracking system as well as the existing iPhone and iPad service. Free to … Read More »
Security within your fleet: Why the neutral car platform is the future
Glenn Atkinson, vice president of product safety at Geotab, argues why the telematics industry should advance the concept of the ‘neutral vehicle’ to fix security and … Read More »