FLD’s quarterly Fleet Manager Sentiment Index scores how top fleet managers are feeling about 7 key topics important to the industry on a 1 (not feeling positive about a subject) to 5 basis (feeling confident). Tariff uncertainty. Budget cutting. EV back peddling. The first half of 2025 has been a cauldron of disruptions, as fleets try to navigate yet another rough stretch just as it seemed the industry was settling into familiar patterns. That didn't go unnoticed by our panel of top fleet managers who report that while they're collective confidence in vehicle availability and the supply chain has increased minimally in Q2, their feelings on talent availability, maintenance and the US economy have taken a step back. Note that this quarter we add a new category - safety - due to its unquestioned importance to fleets everywhere. *Mouse over any quarter to see its specific chart.
The 2022 National Vehicle Leasing Association (NVLA) conference touched down this year in Tucson, Arizona, meaning our inveterate observer FLD “Frank” only needed to cross town after this year’s AFLA conference to report on what he learned. Read his free report to learn how small lessors are taking on the big boys, even the fleet […]
This year’s AFLA conference in Tucson was a watershed event for the organization with an over 40% increase in attendance from 2021. As always, the FLD team was there in force, as was or roving observer FLD “Frank” who gives you his take on this year’s event.
The team at FLD couldn’t have been prouder to name the Tire Kingdom Charity Classic as our the recipient of our third quarter charitable donation, the sixth year in a row that we’ve supported – and attended – this great event that’s donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to help South Florida at risk youth […]
The fleet space is changing perhaps faster than it ever has, so the team at FLD decided to find out what fleet pros were thinking about some of the major issues facing our industry in our new weekly 1-question poll. Published on Wednesday’s along with the results of the previous week’s question, the anonymous poll […]
Fleets can achieve their productivity goals by finding a service provider that can optimize their operations and business functions. One of the four things fleets should look for in a remarketing partner is a provider that can eliminate risk by purchasing assets upfront. This is particularly important because remarketing can be a risky endeavor, and […]
With so much going on in the wholesale used vehicle market, the folks at Fleet Management Weekly asked our resident expert Bill Bishop to stop in and make sense of it all.
In this regular publication featuring our team of talented Directors of Business Development, long time industry veteran Carol Fowler shares some of the recent highway safety statistics that have caught her eye, and not for the right reasons.
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