As a business owner, every dollar counts. When it's time to add a new truck or van to your fleet, the price you pay can have a significant impact on your bottom line. While large corporations with massive fleets have the leverage to command rock-bottom ... Read More »
Fuel is once again moving from a budget line item to a management priority for light- and medium-duty fleets. As of May 3, 2026, AAA’s national average for regular gasoline was $4.446 per gallon, while diesel averaged $5.642 per gallon. That is a sharp move ... Read More »
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The Problem with the Too Many Tabs Era For a long time, work truck fleets treated safety as a separate program. You bought a camera system from one company. Then, you tracked your fuel with another tool. Consequently, fleet managers spent hours jumping between open ... Read More »
How Fleet Telematics Changed If you have been to a fleet event lately, you have heard the new pitch. Telematics has grown past simple dashboards. Just showing reports is no longer enough. The real value today is in action. New AI tools do not just ... Read More »
What Fleets Lost When Small Vans Vanished Three years ago, the small commercial van market in North America completely died. Popular models like the Ford Transit Connect and Nissan NV200 stopped selling. Suddenly, businesses that relied on compact work vans were left without choices. This ... Read More »
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A New Digital Standard for Ford Dealers In a major move to modernize how businesses buy trucks, Ford Pro has officially announced a new requirement for its Commercial Vehicle Center (CVC) dealers. As of May 2026, all authorized commercial dealers must use specialized inventory management ... Read More »
AI is showing up everywhere these days. It writes emails, recommends movies, answers customer service chats, and occasionally makes people wonder if their toaster is judging them. Now it is also showing up in dashcams. For truck and van fleet operators, that raises a fair ... Read More »
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The Changing World of Commercial Insurance In the past, insurance companies decided your rates based on general statistics. They would look at your age, your location, and the type of truck you drove. If other people with similar trucks had accidents, your rates would go ... Read More »
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Why Precision is Replacing Speed For a long time, the goal of every delivery company was simple: get the package there as fast as possible. Everyone wanted "next-day" or even "same-hour" service. However, as we move through 2026, the market has shifted. Customers have realized ... Read More »
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What Fleets Lost When Small Vans Vanished Three years ago, the small commercial van market in North America completely died. Popular models like the Ford Transit Connect and Nissan NV200 stopped selling. Suddenly, businesses that relied on compact work vans were left without choices. This ... Read More »
The Return of the Compact Work Van At the 2026 Work Truck Week in Indianapolis, Ram Professional made a major announcement that has the delivery world buzzing. They are officially bringing back the ProMaster City. For a few years, the "small van" segment in America ... Read More »
Brand Your Fleet at the Point of Purchase Isuzu Commercial Truck of America has teamed up with Wrapmate to launch an exciting new program for business owners. Starting in early 2026, over 300 Isuzu dealers across the country can now offer custom vehicle wraps right ... Read More »
A New Era for Hino Trucks At the 2026 ACT Expo, Hino Trucks made a big splash by introducing its first official battery-electric lineup: the Le Series. This new family of trucks includes the L6e and the L7e models. For years, Hino has been known ... Read More »
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A New Digital Standard for Ford Dealers In a major move to modernize how businesses buy trucks, Ford Pro has officially announced a new requirement for its Commercial Vehicle Center (CVC) dealers. As of May 2026, all authorized commercial dealers must use specialized inventory management ... Read More »
Ranger Design is one of the better-known names in commercial van upfitting, and over the past few years the Quebec-based manufacturer has built out a product lineup that spans most of the major work van platforms on the road today. For plumbing, HVAC, and electrical ... Read More »
As fleets head into 2026 with tighter budgets, longer vehicle hold times, and tougher service-call schedules, upfitters are offering a combination of heavy-duty engineering and trade-specific design and winning over a new generation of fleet managers. Adrian Steel's flagship Next Gen Shelving line is built ... Read More »
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AI is showing up everywhere these days. It writes emails, recommends movies, answers customer service chats, and occasionally makes people wonder if their toaster is judging them. Now it is also showing up in dashcams. For truck and van fleet operators, that raises a fair ... Read More »
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Fuel is once again moving from a budget line item to a management priority for light- and medium-duty fleets. As of May 3, 2026, AAA’s national average for regular gasoline was $4.446 per gallon, while diesel averaged $5.642 per gallon. That is a sharp move ... Read More »
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The Changing World of Commercial Insurance In the past, insurance companies decided your rates based on general statistics. They would look at your age, your location, and the type of truck you drove. If other people with similar trucks had accidents, your rates would go ... Read More »
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Why Precision is Replacing Speed For a long time, the goal of every delivery company was simple: get the package there as fast as possible. Everyone wanted "next-day" or even "same-hour" service. However, as we move through 2026, the market has shifted. Customers have realized ... Read More »
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Why the Old Maintenance Schedule is Failing For decades, fleet managers relied on a simple calendar. Every six months or every five thousand miles, a truck would come in for an oil change and a quick look-over. This is known as preventive maintenance. While it ... Read More »
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The Problem With App Overload For years, the trend in the trucking and logistics world was to find a specific app for every single problem. If you needed to track fuel, you bought one software package. If you wanted to monitor driver safety, you installed ... Read More »
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