Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, is reportedly taking a unique approach to the electric vehicle (EV) market in the United States. CEO Carlos Tavares told reporters Tuesday (Feb. 20) that small cars are not the way to win over American consumers, who tend to love trucks, Bloomberg reported Tuesday....
When fleet managers can access the telematics data from their vehicles through their fleet management system, they can see where their vehicles are, how those vehicles are being driven and when those vehicles will be due for maintenance. When they can do so by tapping...
Planning to drive somewhere over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend? There may be nearly 4 million more people on the road than there were last year. AAA forecasts that the number of Americans traveling by car for the holiday will be up 8% from 2020...
A few notable developments popped in the connected car and car commerce space this week. While nothing much of note occurred in payment technology proper, the broader ecosystem saw movements that will enable these future solutions to run smoothly. First, new data made some rethink...
November 25, 2021
Planning to drive somewhere over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend? There may be nearly 4 million more people on the road than there were last year. AAA forecasts that the number of Americans traveling by car for the holiday will be up 8% from 2020 — and only 3% below the number of holiday travelers […]
October 10, 2024
The effects of Hurricane Helene, cutbacks in the auto industry and furloughs related to a strike at Boeing drove U.S. jobless claims to their highest total in a year. During the week ended Saturday (Oct. 5), there were 258,000 initial claims for unemployment insurance — a total that was 33,000 higher than the previous week and […]
February 20, 2024
Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, is reportedly taking a unique approach to the electric vehicle (EV) market in the United States. CEO Carlos Tavares told reporters Tuesday (Feb. 20) that small cars...
March 31, 2017
Mike Manley, CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s Jeep, recently told reporters at a company event that while the company had prior purposefully reduced fleet sales for the brand, total...
