EV and charging

• FedEx orders 2,000 Harbinger electric trucks worth over $300 million
• Diesel hits a record €2.24 a litre in the EU
• US heavy duty EV registrations fall 43.6% in Q1 on incentive uncertainty
• Weight, charging times and permitting still limit heavy-duty adoption
• Charger delays, not vehicles, stall electrification pilots
• NYCSBUS electric buses cost $0.18 per mile against $1 for diesel
• Welch Group opens a megawatt eHGV hub and Pflaum adds 30 electric trucks

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Fleet technology and AI

• Mojio rebrands as Force Fleet and launches Felix, an AI fleet manager
• GM launches OnStar Fleet Intelligence as Stellantis monitors 800,000 vehicles
• Geotab Fleet Card verifies fuel purchases using vehicle data
• Fleets struggle to interpret data, not to collect it
• Frontal deploys eMotion Fleet across its entire fleet
• Software purchases fail when dispatchers are left out

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Deals and launches

• Aptean acquires FleetGO from Main Capital Partners
• Klipboard completes its acquisition of Linxup
• ubidata acquires QEOS Tracking’s fleet and telematics business
• Customer churn undermines buy and build cases in fleet software
• Octopus launches FleetBoost with 30% off public charging
• Paua and Powerverse expand home charging reimbursement for fleets
• Kia delivers 200 PV5 Cargo vans to Korea Post

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Events and policy

• IAA Transportation shifts focus from the truck to the charging system
• IAA highlights megawatt charging, autonomous trucks and last-mile vehicles
• New York City announces its Vision Zero Reimagined Plan
• Con Edison and First Student deploy 10 electric school buses
• Energy Systems Catapult offers SMEs up to £40,000 for power resilience trials
• TMC AI Summit puts repair data quality at the center of maintenance AI
• Africa EV Freight Forum focuses on the business case for electric freight

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Thanks to Richard Savoie, Gavin Mooney, Tony Nisam, Joachim Lohse, Fred DePerez, Jay Murray, Antony Okuribido, Varun Adibhatla, Simon Smith, Johann Olsen, Kyle MacDonald, Cody Collins, Joël VERANY, Chelsie Copeland, Oliver Batty, Russ Boulton, Shuji Shiraki, Carolin Pieper, Andrew Jackson, Miles McCarthy, Havelange Paul, Dr. Michael Suess, Garren Nahabedian, Niall Riddell, Inibehe Ufot, Brandon Harris, Richard Röhr, Florent Ojardias, Keith Kerman, Lucia Game, Allie Potter, Paul Leach, Ganes Kesari, Eunice Mwaura and everyone else who contributed insights to this edition. Find the full list of posts and voices on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/best-linkedin-cw-40-41-commercial-fleet-insights-thomas-allgeyer-pwtre/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base%3BtTmLP%2BhIT4O%2FY7XPjAtnrg%3D%3D