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Read this breakdown of some of the most common costly repairs and the preventive maintenance steps that help you avoid them.

Costly Vehicle Repairs and How to Avoid Them

Looking to cut fleet costs? Beware: Mileage reimbursement and car allowance programs often hide unexpected expenses, administrative burdens, and headaches that can exceed their perceived benefits.  Discover the full story in our latest analysis. 

The hidden costs--and hassles--of mileage reimbursement & car allowance programs 

Learn how to lower your fleet’s TCO by adopting EVs. This guide covers key steps for a smooth transition, from evaluating needs to optimizing charging and measuring success. Stay informed on cost savings and incentives.

Reducing Fleet TCO by Strategically Deploying EVs

The U.S. government is rolling out significant new tariffs on all automotive imports, which went into effect on April 3, 2025. These tariffs will increase costs across the automotive supply chain.

Impact Summary: U.S. Import Tariffs on Vehicles & Metals (2025)

Fleets are undergoing significant changes, but we may see a return to a new normal this year. What trends and updates are we seeing—and can expect to see in 2025? We talked to a couple of our fleet experts to find out. 

Auto & fleet industry: What to expect through 2025

Keeping your fleet on the road doesn’t have to mean sacrificing productivity. Mobile maintenance is a game-changer for busy fleets, offering flexible, on-site service.

Mobile maintenance: Less downtime, more drive time

Following a preventive maintenance program can significantly reduce driver and vehicle downtime by helping prevent unexpected—and potentially dangerous—breakdowns that result in expensive repairs.

Preventive fleet maintenance: solutions, tips, & checklists

U.S. Compact van production ended in 2023. If you were planning to replace compact vans in your fleet, it's time to find alternatives. For options with the same economic and functional benefits of compact vans, see what our fleet experts recommend.

Best options for compact van replacement as compact van production ends 

Order-to-delivery (OTD) for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle segments are following a similar trend in terms of overall growth, but still lag at historic levels reached in 2019.

Medium & Heavy-Duty Commercial Vehicles: What to Expect in the Auto & Fleet Industry for MY2025

There are some positive signs that the economy is inching back to pre-2020 levels, perhaps indicating that the auto industry is starting to even out and is poised for growth. This could impact fleet purchases for model year 2025 fleet vehicles.

Fleet Vehicles: What to Expect in the Auto & Fleet Industry for MY2025

In the world of EVs, it is expected to occur in vehicle segments including sedans, sport utilities, crossover utilities, pick-ups, cargo vans, minivans, as well as medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.

Electric Vehicles: What to Expect in the Auto & Fleet Industry for MY2025

With an added focus on tractor protection systems, impaired driving this year, and a 37-point check on vehicles and drivers, be sure your fleet is prepared top to bottom for an inspection.

International Roadcheck May 2024: What to Know Before You Go

Some fleet owners are charging ahead with electrification, but the truth is that for many companies, going fully electric isn’t an option yet. Fortunately, you can still lower your carbon footprint and operating costs with alternative fuels.

An introductory guide to alternative fuels

Business owners that require their fleet vehicles to haul products have never had an electric equivalent to replace their combustion work trucks and vans. Until now.

The fleet owner’s guide to electric trucks and vans

There’s a lot of noise around EVs for fleets, making it hard for managers to discern fact from fiction. Find out if EVs are right for you.

EV myths & misconceptions: What’s fact and what’s fiction?

It’s not the stock market, but effectively replacing fleet vehicles is all about timing too. Should they stay or should they go? It’s a question all fleet managers will eventually face.

When to buy, sell, or trade your commercial fleet of vehicles.

On the road to electrification? Our updated guide can help you get there as smoothly as possible—maybe with a pitstop in Hybridville before you arrive in EV Town.

The advanced guide to fleet electrification

Electric commercial trucks are officially on the market. Here’s a look at the pros and cons of going electric.

Electric trucks vs. gas: Which is best for your fleet?

Thinking about electrification? These frequently asked questions and their answers will help you feel more prepared to electrify your fleet.

EV FAQs: Your questions about electric fleets, answered

When it’s time to sell your fleet vehicles, you’ll want to maximize your return through savvy remarketing practices.

Myths vs. truths: How to maximize your fleet vehicle remarketing. 

There are several types and levels of technologies involved in various fleet tracking systems. They all empower you to better monitor and manage your vehicles, but which system is the best for your fleet? This guide will help you make an informed choice.

A guide to fleet tracking systems

With so many signs pointing to EVs as the preferred mode of mobility in the not-so-distant future, is it time to consider EVs for your fleet?

Charging forward with electric vehicles – is it a good idea for your fleet?

Fleet managers are under increasing pressure from management to contain or reduce fleet costs—but cutting costs while maintaining a productive fleet can be a real challenge. Learn about cost-cutting best practices in the Fleet Studies Lab.

Centralized data, benchmarking, and right-sizing: Best practices for containing fleet costs

Your fleet is the backbone of your business, keeping your operations productive and profitable. But building a fleet requires a significant upfront investment—one that can be made possible through fleet leasing. 

Open-end lease or closed-end lease: Is one better for your fleet?

Spec'ing the right gear setup for your fleet trucks can do wonders for productivity, efficiency, and safety, but there’s no “one size fits all” approach. Learn more from a Mike Albert truck upfit expert about the key performance indicators to consider.

How to spec & gear fleet work trucks for fleet safety & success

Businesses seeking to improve their environmental impact often consider fleet electrification as a solution. But can EVs really achieve your company's decarbonization goals? And what effect will EVs have on your fleet's TCO? Read on to learn more.

Can EVs truly reduce your carbon footprint & fleet TCO? Q&A with a fleet expert

Thousands are hurt or killed annually in distracted driving accidents. How can you ensure your fleet drivers stay focused on the road? Are dash cams the right answer? A fleet expert shares her advice based on what she's seen and heard in the industry.

Using dash cams to deter distracted driving: Is it the best way to improve fleet safety?

Ongoing vehicle shortages continue to cause massive headaches for fleet managers. How can comprehensive fleet maintenance help you ride out the storm? Read this brief article for expert advice from our manager of fleet maintenance.

How to offset vehicle shortages with comprehensive fleet maintenance 

You’ve hired your drivers and specially upfit your fleet vehicles for your distinct business needs. Now, it’s time to protect your investment with commercial car insurance. Here’s what you need to know. 

Commercial car insurance: A Q&A with fleet expert William Rodie

Are you finding it difficult to attract and retain top talent in today's tight labor market? You may be overlooking a benefit that many employees want—providing them with safe and reliable company cars.

Leveraging company vehicles to attract top talent: Mike Albert experts weigh in

If your company needs your fleet to haul heavy loads, acquiring properly spec'd and configured work trucks is a must. This guide offers our top picks for work trucks and what to keep in mind when choosing makes and models that will fit your job needs.

The best work trucks for business

Need to improve the logistics of your last mile delivery vehicles to keep up with your customers' increasing expectations? For insights and trends that bring about successful results, read our guide on last mile delivery fleets.

Last mile delivery fleets: Trends, insights, and logistics planning

Fleet experts Jason Kraus (Director, Vehicle Acquisition & Lease Structure) and Matthew Gast (Director, Remarketing & Vehicle Valuation) discuss 2023 industry trends, acquiring or disposing of fleet vehicles, and recommendations to maintain your fleet. 

Webinar: Managing supply chain & acquisition difficulties

If your business involves tasks such as last-mile deliveries or the transport of tools and technicians, adding high roof vans and/or other cargo vans to your fleet is a no-brainer. But which models fit your company's needs the best? Read on to find out.

What are the best cargo vans for your fleet?

Creating and implementing a comprehensive fleet safety certification program is an absolute must for today’s fleet managers—but where should you begin? Get the answers you need with our latest guide to fleet driver safety.

Fleet driver safety: everything you need to know

Do your drivers know what to expect when charging and driving your fleet EVs in the winter? Cold temperatures and snow have effects on EVs that should be planned for. Here are some key guidelines from our director of fleet electrification, Chris Knosp. 

How to prepare electric vehicles for winter months

There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about fleet management. We’re setting the record straight in our latest Fleet Studies Lab lesson, “Debunking Five Common Fleet Myths.”

Debunking five common fleet myths

As fleet managers add EVs to their fleets, they’re also grappling with how to manage reimbursement rates. Here’s what you need to know if you’re planning to revisit mileage reimbursement for electric cars in your fleet.

EV mileage reimbursement for fleet drivers: What to consider

Cameras are everywhere—including our dashboards and windshields. If you're considering the addition of in-cabin driver cameras to your fleet, how do you reap the benefits of collecting driving data without jeopardizing driver satisfaction?

The ins and outs of in-cabin driver cameras

There's more to commercial vehicle total cost of ownership (TCO) than meets the eye. Here's a nuanced look at TCO and what it means for fleet managers.

Commercial vehicle total cost of ownership: Three key considerations

Predictive analytics is a powerful tool for optimizing your fleet operations if you know how to utilize them properly. Read this article to see what predictive analytics can do and how to use them to their fullest extent.

The power of predictive analytics for fleet operations: A Q&A with Fleet Science Expert Joe Voors

Before adding EVs to your company's fleet, first consider the infrastructure and operational requirements necessary to keep EVs charged and on the road. For guidance on the fundamentals of EV energy planning and ops, check out this video and article.

EVs 101:  Energy planning & ops

It may surprise you but there are some interesting similarities between our nation’s pastime and fleet management. From the use of data to the importance of knowing when to execute a trade, baseball and fleet management share some things in common. 

Fleet management: It’s a lot like baseball

There’s a challenge that virtually every CEO must tackle: walking that fine line between getting lost in the minutiae of the business and soaring so high as to lose touch with critical details. So, what should a CEO know when it comes to their fleets?

Six things every CEO should know about their fleet

Keep your fleet operations running smoothly—and profitably—with custom maintenance programs, leasing for cash flow, and ways to improve team retention. Use this checklist to help streamline the top six operation essentials for your fleet of vehicles..

What every CEO should know about their fleet: A checklist

We live in a world where data breaches are a daily occurrence. Are you sure your fleet management company is doing all it can to protect your data? To find out, ask them the nine revealing questions in this article.

Nine ways your fleet management company should protect you from data breaches

If you haven't already, it's time to wrap up the fiscal details for your fleet for next year. To ensure a successful, thoughtfully-planned budget, here are the top points to address, as advised by Brent Pietroski, one of our fleet management experts.

Five questions to ask when finalizing your fleet budget

You entrust your fleet management company with quite a bit of responsibility. Before you sign a contract or renew the one you have, pose these questions to help determine if your data is in the best, most secure hands possible.

A checklist to ensure your fleet management company is managing your data securely

More and more companies are focusing on ESG planning to become the very best corporate citizens that they can be. In this session, you will learn about the three components of ESG and explore ESG through the lens of organizations with fleets.

What is ESG and how can it enhance your business and fleet?

Fleet managers are transitioning to EV vehicles and need to understand battery charging, infrastructure considerations, and required maintenance. 

Introducing EVs into your fleet: What your employees need to know

Smart cities use technology to transform environmental, social and financial aspects of daily life. Read more to get the basics about what constitutes smart cities.

A definitive guide to smart cities

Improve the sustainability of your fleet vehicles by transitioning to EV, implementing proactive maintenance, and optimizing operations through data.

Achieving corporate sustainability goals through fleets

A fleet partner that prioritizes data-driven decision making can give you actionable insights that lead to thousands of dollars in savings.

Data: The secret to giving your fleet a competitive edge

Fleet data almost always tells a story, but it’s not always obvious what it is. Usually, it takes extra effort and time to pinpoint the narratives to make the data more relevant, meaningful, and most importantly, actionable.

Turning spreadsheets into stories: How two companies uncovered the gold in their fleet data

In today’s hypercompetitive battle for the right people, ensuring your employees are happy—and remain so—matters more than ever. The condition, performance, and features of your vehicles influence your drivers’ satisfaction and talent attraction.

Fleets: A recruitment and retention tool on wheels

When our client was suddenly tasked with handling the toll expenses of 200+ vehicles, he didn’t know where to turn. In need of a toll management company, he consulted Mike Albert Fleet Solutions for help. 

Could a toll system improve your fleet's efficiency?

Following a preventive maintenance schedule according to OEM recommendations is the best way to optimize your vehicles’ safety, reliability, fuel efficiency and life.

Preventive maintenance for fleet: The good, the bad and the “ugh”

In deciding not to keep up with preventive maintenance, managers  find themselves in a state of reactive maintenance: Fixing more costly issues that could  have been avoided by adhering to the prevention of issues occurring in the first place.

Why you should make the switch from reactive to proactive fleet maintenance

A lack of electric vehicle charging stations prevent fleet electrification. Will there be enough public stations to power your fleet in the next 10 years? 

Are there enough EV charging stations to power your fleet?

Inventory management, fuel efficiency, maintenance costs, retaining talent, vehicle acquisition, vehicle life-cycle strategy… No matter the size of the fleet, the challenges of fleet management are the same.

Six tips for managing a fleet of vehicles.

Keeping maintenance logs and depending on your drivers to report issues only gets you so far. What else can you do?

Too much to manage: Why managers need fleet maintenance analytics.

From fleet fuel cards to electric fleet vehicles, we offer a comprehensive guide on many fleet management services to choose which ones are right for you. 

How to decide which fleet management services are right for you.

Service truck setup ideas can get tricky, especially when you want your vehicle to keep your drivers safe, increase productivity and protect inventory. 

Ten-step guide to setting up your HVAC service van

Before you consider buying a truck for your business—which may lose its value before you reach peak usage—consider leasing or renting one. Learn the benefits of both options.

What is the difference between leasing and renting commercial trucks?

Enterprise-level companies and government entities are under constant pressure to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

Top components of a fleet management program.

Any business with fleet vehicles needs to understand how to improve fleet efficiency and to increase productivity. We put together this FAQ to help.

How to improve vehicle fleet efficiency

Take a look at our infographic that explains how a purchase lease back program works and its benefits.

Learn the benefits of a purchase lease back program.

You know you should be making data-driven decisions around vehicles’ life cycles, but where do you begin? Let us help with how to find average total costs. 

Creating the best vehicle life cycle strategy for your fleet

the automotive sector experienced some major challenges in 2020 and 2021. How have these changes affected the automotive landscape? And what type of automotive trends can we expect to see during 2022? Watch for these trends hitting the auto industry. 

Five automotive trends to watch in 2022.

To get your fleet up to sustainability standards, now is the time to install new green garage technologies that are capable of handling electric vehicles.

Expert guide to green garages for fleets

With so many available options for TaaS, fleet managers need more information about the TaaS market to better inform what direction they should take. 

Should you start a TaaS fleet in your city?

With EV adoption increasing drastically in the next 9 years and new government policies heading your way, now is the time to build a more sustainable fleet.

Build your sustainable fleet: What to know about EVs & more.

Specialty delivery vehicle with 3 separate zones for room temperature, cold, and frozen items. 

Temperature controlled trucks

Wondering if you should buy a hybrid or electric car? What about a hybrid vs. regular car? This guide answers all your questions about hybrids for fleets.

Questions every fleet owner has about hybrids, answered.

Microchips and upfitting materials aren’t the only things in low supply, with high demand and rapidly inflating prices. Other materials necessary to vehicle production are also in short supply. Learn how to work around this issue.

Fleet affected by the supply chain shortage? Here's what to do.

Do you have processes in place within your fleet operations to prevent accidents and improve driver safety? 

Improve fleet driver safety and mitigate risk with data

How the pandemic impacted delivery, ride sharing and micro-mobility

Today’s fleet managers leverage maintenance data to predict when fleet vehicles will likely need preventive maintenance and repairs. 

An expert guide to reducing fleet maintenance costs.

Climbing into your cargo van to reach tools and equipment can be time consuming and uncomfortable. Mike Albert's truck team recommends this cargo van shelving for large or small businesses.

Cargo van shelving for large or small businesses

Fleet management is both an art and a science.

Fleet management best practices

What is vehicle fleet management and how can it rev up your company’s profitability? We cover the basics and share an example of what goes into vehicle fleet management.

What is vehicle fleet management? How to manage a fleet of vehicles?

Operating a fleet of vehicles is a top-five business expense. Learn how a proactive fleet vehicle management plan can decrease expenses and drive profit.

How to develop a fleet vehicle management plan.

Owning your own business means you work harder than most and have a better appreciation for the “big picture.” As a result, you leave no stone unturned when it comes to cash flow, profitability and savings opportunities.

Business owners drive profits by redefining fleet

When you think about your fleet of business vehicles, does your bottom line come to mind? 

Vehicle purchasing and retention: Acquisition and maintenance tactics to add to your fleet and keep vehicles in top shape

Thinking about adding an EV or two to your fleet? Here’s a guide to best practices for fleet managers who are beginners in fleet electrification. 

Best practices for adding EVs to your fleet.

Van shelving allows your to quickly access your tools and equipment while on a job site. The Ram ProMaster City is a small cargo van that has been upfit with pull-out van shelving. These oversize drawers can double as a work surface when necessary. 

Small cargo van: Van shelving

Albert IQ, is a cloud-based platform that tracks and reports your vehicle health, vehicle behavior and driver behavior. It alerts you to data that you need to keep your fleet running as safely and cost-effectively as possible at all times. 

Technology behind Albert IQ

Reduced traffic, increased safety and a cleaner environment are just a few ways smart transportation may impact smart cities worldwide.

Self-driving cars and beyond: Smart city tech

While an economic downturn is not the ideal time to sell used fleet cars, some businesses have no other option. If that’s the case for your team, here are 3 options to consider when you need to remarket fleet cars.

How to sell your fleet cars: 3 ways to maximize remarketing profit.

As vehicle ownership dwindles, some people are opting to rideshare more often. As the future of fleet management changes, so too will the job title and description.

How mobility management fits into the ride sharing industry

Vehicle fleet management has leveraged technology to achieve tremendous savings for fleet owners. Telematics systems now suggest routes to drivers in real time and allow pinpoint tracking of mileage and maintenance decisions.

Vehicle fleet management in the age of technology

Single-occupant micromobility is changing the way urban areas operate. There’s a lot to consider when starting your own fleet of e-scooters or shared bikes. 

From e-scooters to bikes, why micro-mobility may be ideal for your fleet

Drive your business to success with some proven vehicle fleet management principles that really pay off. There are a few tried and true techniques to use for saving money and creating profitability for your fleet.

Three ways to cut costs in your fleet program. 

Many of our clients don’t realize the impact of fleet management expense on their bottom line.

How do you know if you are managing your fleet costs effectively?

To meet these expectations Ohio Eagle Distributing needed maximized efficiencies, lower operational costs and a freer cash flow. By partnering with Mike Albert Fleet Solutions they were able to achieve all three and save hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Ohio Eagle Distributing increases capital for growth by cutting fuel and maintenance costs.

How will you land on your feet after and economic slide? Know what to do with vehicle assets.

Park your unused vehicles during economic downturn. Don't sell at a loss. Here's why.

As smart cities continue to evolve, they turn science fiction into reality. Here’s what technology you may see in futuristic cities.

Smart city technology coming to futuristic cities

Sales of hybrid, electric and autonomous vehicles are on the rise. More fuel-efficient SUVs are killing demand for sedans. 

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