Industry News

June 17, 2019

Canada’s ELD rule announced

Canada’s electronic logging device (ELD) rule has finally been announced, which the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) says will launch Canada ahead of the U.S in terms of safety and...

Events & Meetings

June 16, 2019

Pharma Fleet 2019

Element Fleet Management held its annual Pharma Fleet Symposium recently. The event brought together fleet managers from some of Canada’s largest pharmaceutical companies to share best...

Names & Places

June 14, 2019

Kia Canada Appointment

Kia Canada Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Elias El-Achhab as Chief Operator Officer & Vice President. Elias will report directly to Kyle Lee, President & CEO,...

Industry News

June 13, 2019

GM investing US$150 million in Flint pickup plant

General Motors Co. announced the second major expansion of its full-size pickup production capacity this year: a $150 million investment at Flint Assembly to increase production of the...

Industry News

June 13, 2019

Smartrac and Honk unveil new parking pay technologies

Smartrac has partnered with Honk Mobile to create what they call the world’s first virtual parking meter, HonkTAP. Smartrac is supplying Honk with its customized ‘Block On-Metal’ NFC...

Industry News

June 13, 2019

GPS insight offering AI-enabled dash cams

GPS Insight is working with Netradyne to offer Driveri Dash Cams to their customers. Artificial Intelligence (AI) cameras enhance driver safety by capturing and analyzing every driving...

Industry News

June 13, 2019

Communauto rolls out in St Laurent, QC

On June 7, on Saint-Laurent territory, Communauto will be launching its Communauto FLEX self-serve car service, previously known as Auto-mobile. This new service will help improve the...

Industry News

June 13, 2019

Telematics Companies Ranked By Research

American research firm, ABI Research has ranked the top global telematics service providers. The list was decided based on 12 criteria including prognostics and analytics, monitoring,...

Industry News

June 13, 2019

Hydrogen Station Explosion Stalls Hydrogen Fuel Cell Sales

Toyota has decided to halt sales of fuel cell vehicles in Norway after a hydrogen refuelling station exploded earlier this year. The company that operated the station has also...

Industry News

June 13, 2019

RAM 1500 Offer’s Canada-Exclusive ‘Sub Zero’ Package

FCA is offering an all-new, exclusive to Canada ‘Sub Zero’ cold climate package on the 2019 Ram 1500 Classic. The ‘Sub Zero’ package is offered on entry-level models of the Ram 1500,...

Features

June 13, 2019

Car Allowance Pitfalls

The business imperative of cost control and reduction through-out any organization has never been more important. Many companies providing company vehicles for sales and service...

Features

June 13, 2019

Getting all charged up: A long distance EV experiment

As many fleet managers know, EVs are not quite ready for prime time. While they offer benefits in terms of operating costs, the challenge of range has not yet been conquered. Cost,...

Names & Places

June 12, 2019

GM Fleet Appointment

General Motors is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Bagnall, Director - Fleet and Commercial Operations, to the position of Director – Enterprise Marketing, replacing Shane...

Industry News

June 12, 2019

Toyota to expand its EV portfolio

Toyota recently announced its plans to launch six battery-electric vehicles over a six year period from 2020. The offerings will include a compact crossover that Toyota will develop...

Events & Meetings

June 12, 2019

Solutions Summit Satisfies

General Motors recently stopped in Toronto as part of its GM Fleet and Commercial Sales Canada Solutions Summit tour. Over 270 fleet owners, operators and managers had an exclusive...

Industry News

June 12, 2019

Canada Signs Drive Zero Pledge

The Minister of Environment, Canada signed Canada on to the Drive Zero Pledge, an international initiative aimed at increasing the number of zero and low-emission vehicles in the...

Industry News

June 12, 2019

ARI Named to the 2019 List of Best Workplaces in Professional Services in Canada

ARI has been recognized as one of the Best Workplaces™ in Professional Services in Canada by Great Place to Work® for the second consecutive year.  The annual list honors organizations...

Industry News

June 11, 2019

Montreal Plans to Reduce Truck Traffic with EV’s

Montreal is looking to reduce heavy truck traffic by creating a centre where trucks can drop off merchandise and have it delivered by smaller, zero-emission delivery vehicles. The...

Industry News

June 10, 2019

FCA, Aurora Partner on Autonomous Commercial Vehicles

FCA US and Aurora have announced they are partnering to develop and deploy self-driving commercial vehicles. The Aurora Driver is Aurora's self-driving platform that comprises the...

Industry News

June 10, 2019

No Future for PHEV?

IDTechEx, an independent global market research company based in Cambridge, UK recently came out with their EV forecast for 2020-2030. More and more car manufacturers are offering...