As with many other city needs, vehicle fleet management in the public sector shares commonalities across all cities.
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Its clients include airlines, trucking companies, mines, vehicle fleet operations and shipping companies.
The growth potential is enormous: One out of every seven Brazilians owns a car, while the U.S. vehicle fleet covers nearly every American.
In March of this year, the company set a goal of 30 percent improvement in fuel efficiency for its global vehicle fleet by 2020.
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The Department of the Navy has been a leader in energy security and their Chevy Volt will be one of many vehicles incorporated into the electric vehicle fleet.
Over the next several years GE plans to convert half its vehicle fleet to battery power, including 15, 000 Chevy Volts and perhaps 15, 000 electric vehicles from other makers.
As Ford works to re-envision its vehicle fleet to accommodate future fuels, it also sees demands in emerging economies as an area where the company can play a pivotal role.
In Belgium, the security firm Group 4 Falck has boosted both its cash-in-transit (CIT) workforce and its secure vehicle fleet by about 20% in the last few weeks to make sure it can cope, marketing manager Stephane Bocque told BBC News Online.
By 2050, it will have nearly 700 million, or almost three times the number of registered vehicles currently in the U.S. If China's vehicle fleet grows to these anticipated sizes with today's fuel efficiency and emissions standards, China will need roughly 20 million barrels of oil per day to fuel its transportation sector, which in turn will emit about 3 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide every year.
The best-selling fleet vehicle was, not surprisingly, the best-selling vehicle in the country, the Ford F-Series pickup truck.
But while it was a fleet vehicle, it was prone to catapult the rider over the handlebars and cause serious injury.
This means that armies can deploy with one basic vehicle in the fleet, making maintenance and repair much easier and more efficient.
Yes, the company's North American market share is down, but that was deliberate--Ford's CEO decided not to aggressively pursue virtually profitless sales to the rental-car and government-fleet vehicle markets.
Part of a propeller came off Hovertravel's largest vehicle, meaning the fleet had to be inspected.
Verizon is making an aggressive move into this space, buying earlier this year Hughes Telematics to get into fleet and vehicle data streams.
Hughes offers fleet management and other connected vehicle systems.
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It owns one of the world's largest vehicle fleets, operates a leading global fleet management business, and offers a portfolio of product solutions including charging stations, circuit protection equipment and transformers that touch every part of electric vehicle infrastructure development.
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The plan includes a Ford full-battery electric vehicle (BEV) in a van for commercial fleet use in 2010 and a BEV sedan in 2011, the statement said.
To understand individual consumption, we need data on the percentage of light duty vehicle miles specifically for passenger use (versus business or government fleet use).
He added that when a commercial vehicle is detected with illegal fuel, officers carry out an audit of the company's entire fleet.
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Where once manufacturers could boost their fleet average mpg by adding a couple of fuel-sippers to their lineup, now every vehicle must meet a government target.
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That white dome atop the van, which is similar to the device that'll soon be mounted on JetBlue's fleet, maintains a constant connection by rotating instantly as the van moves -- if the vehicle's heading changes, the antenna array will turn, too, so it's always pointed directly at the sat in the sky.
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