Feb 06, 2020: Assets at PACCAR Financial Services reached a record $16.07 billion last year as its portfolio grew to 208,000 trucks and trailers. The results include PacLease, a major full-service truck leasing company in North America and Europe, which has a f...

 

Nov 25, 2019: Colombian capital Bogotá has ordered 379 electric buses from electric vehicle specialist BYD. They will be put to use on the city’s Transmilenio bus rapid transit (BRT) system and are due to begin operation in 2020, starting in the neighbourhoods ...

 

Nov 25, 2019: Global leasing and fleet management company Alphabet has expanded into the Brazilian market in partnership with local leasing and rental specialist Unidas. Through the partnership, Alphabet will offer contract hire and leasing, along with addition...

 

Oct 21, 2019: Telecommunications giant AT&T and Fleet Complete have launched a telematics service in Mexico. The companies are offering fleet management and telematics packages to the local commercial vehicle sector under the Fleet Complete brand. AT&T...

 

Oct 21, 2019: Groupe PSA has announced the launch of its fleet and mobility arm, Free2Move, in Brazil. The company debuted its Connect Fleet telematics management product at the Fenatran International Exhibition of Road Freight Transport in São Paulo. Connect ...

 

Oct 07, 2019: Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has launched a smartphone app designed to reduce funding-related paperwork for small truck fleets and owner-operators. Owner-operators can use the FreightCheck app to upload documents and submit them for funding dire...

 

Aug 09, 2019: E-mobility specialist Lime has begun rolling out its electric scooters across more South American cities. Earlier in July, the company began offering the scooters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Lima, Peru. ...

 

Mar 27, 2019: Geotab, a global specialist in the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected transportation, has been awarded the largest single-source telematics contract to date by GSA Fleet, a division of the General Services Administration, which provides central...

 

Feb 07, 2019: Fleet and mobility company LeasePlan USA has introduced a new virtual assistant for business drivers. The assistant, called Elle, will provide real-time vehicle and fleet information to drivers, based on their requests. Drivers can interact with ...

 

Feb 05, 2019: Arval Relsa has announced its acquisition of Renting Peru from Bancolombia Group. Renting Peru has a fleet of more than 2,000 vehicles, which increases Arval Relsa’s existing fleet by more than two-thirds from its current size of 3,000 vehicles. ...