The Australian Capital Territory Government has rolled out the first of its 10 electric vehicles across the ACT Government. The Mitsubishi iMiEV was selected following a short trial and replaces a conventional petrol driven pool car. It produces zero greenhouse gas emissions and travels up to 100 km between charges. Chief minister and […]
23 February, 2012
By Paul Hemsley Driving Australia’s clean fleet initiative has been an objective up for grabs by governments and private enterprise, but they are each taking the challenge without any centralised federal management. The federal government has a task group on energy efficiency, which considers the introduction of a mandatory light vehicle carbon dioxide (CO2) standard. […]
21 September, 2011
New South Wales-based Eurobodalla Shire Council has introduced Firestone Rite-Rite supplementary air suspension kits from All Air Suspension for its diverse range of fleet vehicles. The products will be used where the Council’s Fords, Holdens and Nissans have to cope with heavy and changing loads encountered during maintenance, construction and water services work. […]
10 August, 2011
By Lilia Guan As United States Government doubles the number of clean fleets its uses within its agencies, President Obama has announced private organisations are also jumping on the green fleet bandwagon. The President said it has gone into a ‘Clean Fleets Partnership’, with large US-based private companies like; UPS; FedEx; AT&T; Verizon; […]
5 April, 2011
Nambucca Shire Council has resolved to switch from owning and buying to outsourcing after a successful 12-month trial of Toyota Fleet Management services. The council received the first of its 13 vehicles to be leased from Toyota in late 2009 and is now outsourcing management of its entire fleet. Nambucca Shire Council manager of civil […]
17 December, 2010
Bishop Fleet Optimization, a world leader in fleet utilisation and audit services, has offices in Australia, New Zealand and the United States and will be launching into the UK market in 2011. Government News spoke to Derrick Bishop, BFO founder and managing director, about the key trends in fleet management. What are some of the […]
17 December, 2010
By Jane Garcia Don’t underestimate the changing role of the fleet manager. In the past 10 years, the fleet manager has gone from somebody who used to just look after re-registration of vehicles to a business manager within an organisation, according to the Australasian Fleet Managers Association (AfMA) executive director Marja Thompson. “The skills the […]
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