As fleets continue to “fine tune” their equipment investment plans for 2017, trailer orders are expected to stay strong, though trend comparisons with 2016 remain difficult due to changes in order timing last year, while backlogs are still extended relative to historical norms, according to Michael Baudendistel, vice president of the Stifel Transportation & Logistics Research Group.
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" width="175" height="175">NGVAmerica has appointed a new chairman and interim executive director, as well as set up a search committee to find a new president, who resigned in April.
NGVAmerica appointed Mitchell Pratt as chair of its board of directors to replace the departing Gordon Excel, the vice president and general manager of heavy duty trucking with Westport Fuel Systems, the association announced May 10.
Pratt, the chief operating officer of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., has been serving as a board member and executive committee member with NGVAmerica. He has more than 30 years of experience in the natural gas industry.
The group's president, Matthew Godlewski, is stepping down this month to take a position with Ford Motor Co. He announced his departure in April. The organization has formed a search committee to identify a replacement.
The board has also appointed Kathryn Clay as its interim executive director effective on May 15. Clay serves as vice president for policy at the American Gas Association (AGA). Clay will lead the day-to-day oversight of the organization during the transition period to a new president, while continuing in her role with AGA. Clay was also recently appointed to the NGVAmerica board and executive committee.
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">General Motors Fleet will begin offering 4G LTE internet service with its fleet vehicles through data plans under a new partnership with AT&T announced at the Solutions Summit 2018 model year fleet preview in Las Vegas.
Customers with GM Fleet corporate accounts will be able to activate 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspots in GM vehicles starting this summer. Fleets will be able to share unlimited data across its vehicles and receive simplified invoices and centralized billing.
The data plans will be available in most Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles, GM announced. It won't be available with Chevrolet's Low Cab Forward models. General Motors will negotiate pricing with individual customers.
"Customers using an OnStar 4G LTE connection can help make their company vehicle drivers more customer-focused and productive, so the growth potential is huge," said Ed Peper, GM Fleet's U.S. vice president. "Working with AT&T, we will enable our business customers to receive all the benefits of high-speed connectivity with more flexibility and less paperwork using the shared unlimited data plan capability."
Each vehicle will support up to seven smartphones, tablets and laptops that can connect to the vehicle from up to 50 feet away.
As part of the plan, commercial users will be able to access unlimited data plans, share data across vehicles, and add vehicle plans to existing AT&T corporate accounts.
"With this capability, businesses can more quickly and more securely share data, better attend to customers, boost productivity and maximize efficiencies," said Joe Mosele, AT&T's vice president of Internet of Things solutions. "This will be transformative for companies that need to get things done outside the office. It's just the beginning of new enterprise options that we plan to bring to business customers."
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