Fleet Readers Sound Off on Upfitting & EVs – Operations
Automotive Fleet views itself as a facilitator to supply completely different voices from the trade to debate right this moment’s challenges. This common column is designed to supply a platform for fleet professionals to let their voices be heard to their friends and different trade professionals.
Here’s what is prime of thoughts for fleet professionals right this moment.
The State of the Upfit Marketplace for Industrial Fleets
Mike [Antich, AF editor], thanks, as at all times, in your clear and concise presentation of the present points. As a producer and provider of aftermarket gear, inconsistent chassis supply and elevated uncooked materials prices are 2 of our largest challenges. Discovering the appropriate stability between sufficient product for the upfitters once they want it, however not holding an excessive amount of stock in inventory has positively develop into a guessing sport.
— Nancy Wunderlich, President – Co-owner Ergonomic Options, Mundelein, Illinois
We Must Work Collectively
Wonderful factors had been made within the State of the Fleet Trade video on the state of the upfit market! As an upfitter, we would like your upfit executed simply as dangerous, if not worse, as you need it executed. Collectively, we will overcome these obstacles and prevail, however all of us have to work collectively.
— Jim Kraffert, Basic Supervisor/Accomplice ABG Fabrication, LLC, Naples, Florida
It is By no means Been More durable
I learn the article on “The State of the Upfit Marketplace for Industrial Fleets” and need to thanks for explaining what’s going on within the upfit world. As a big truck vendor that sells largely upfitted automobiles, I really feel you defined the present scenario very properly. It’s by no means been tougher to offer buyer data on after we will get their truck and what it can price. In my 40 years within the enterprise, now we have by no means seen something like this. And the inflation on upfitted vehicles is at an all-time excessive.
— Dan McDonough, Director of Operations Auto Park Fleet, Bristol, Indiana
It Actually Makes You Suppose
I watched the State of the Fleet Trade video entitled “Affect of EV Manufacturing Mandates on Commodity Availability and Pricing.” It was a terrific dialogue between Mike Butsch and Mike Antich. It actually makes you concentrate on how provide and demand for EVs will ever be balanced with provide chain that goes into producing EV automobiles, if it even will get to that time! One thing to positively regulate.
— Joe LaRosa. CPA, MBA International Fleet Marketing consultant, Glen Burnie, Maryland
Educate Drivers on EV Security
The difficulty with EVs is a whole lot of fleet managers don’t know the way these things works. My background of going to high school and studying methods to repair these automobiles has taught me methods to inform my drivers methods to drive these automobiles the appropriate approach. Moreover, I even have automotive scan instruments vendor stage ones that I pay for out of my pocket to repair and program points in home.
I’ve had drivers who ran the EV lifeless, and it’s a ache to maneuver them round and get the charging and rebooting the community on a lot of these vehicles. Not enjoyable. A number of time wasted. There are going to be extra points displaying up as we preserve going into the long run as a result of most car fleet managers have by no means touched a wrench of their life.
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Recharging Time Obstacle
Automotive rental poses a selected problem for using EVs in that rental corporations want to show round an incoming unit in a short time. Charging a depleted EV doesn’t permit for that. And the wanted infrastructure on the rental website is gentle years behind the retail market.
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