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Study shows commercial fleets save up to 13% on fuel costs using Motive Automated Operations Platform

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Automated operations company Motive has published a study showing that businesses can improve fuel efficiency and optimize vehicle maintenance by using data insights and AI-powered automation. Top-performing fleets used the Motive Automated Operations Platform insights to reduce fuel consumption by 13%.

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Merchants Fleet intends to buy 12,600 electric light commercial vehicles from GM’s BrightDrop

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Merchants Fleet, the nation’s fastest-growing fleet management company, plans to further electrify its portfolio with BrightDrop, the new business backed by General Motors, offering electric first-to-last-mile products and software services. Merchants Fleet expects BrightDrop EV600s to enter its clients’ fleets starting in early 2023.

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Ford introducing new connected fleet management tools for electric fleets

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Against the background of the introduction of the new all-electric E-Transit ( earlier post ), Ford is expanding its offering of fleet management tools to provide electric-vehicle data, charging reports and web-based pre-conditioning, plus new features that can help secure vehicles and help enhance driver performance.

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Ford opens E-Transit Registration site for commercial customers; new pricing

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Ford is opening an E-Transit registration site today for commercial customers ahead of order banks opening by July. To date, more than 450 commercial customers in North America, including 200 top fleets and fleet management companies, have said they’re interested in purchasing the E-Transit.

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DOE labs study on costs and benefits of new transportation technologies the most comprehensive to date

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A new study published by US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory offers the most complete understanding yet of the costs of owning and operating a vehicle, and how those costs vary by powertrain, from the conventional to the cutting-edge. Overall, hybrid electric vehicles tend to be the lowest-cost powertrain.

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Tata Motors Fleet Edge digitally connects 5 lakh Commercial Vehicles | Autocar Professional

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The platform shares action-able insights in real-time on vehicle status, health, location and driver behaviour of every vehicle connected to it, thus also contributing to road safety. Fleet Edge, which increases vehicle uptime using smart technologies. Fleet Edge, which increases vehicle uptime using smart technologies.

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REE begins trials of electric P7 modular platform for delivery fleets; Classes 3-5

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is commencing trials of its all-new P7 platform designed for commercial delivery vehicles and walk-in vans. P7 modular platform for delivery fleets. This architecture approach affords both cost and timing benefits through the development process, as well as further production efficiencies from the resultant economies of scale.

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