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1 week ago | 
fleetowner.com | Jade Brasher
What if a fuel card could be used for preventive maintenance? What about for car washes? A startup in fleet management software is bringing that capability to fleets. The startup, Rynse, helps fleet managers make sense of all fleet-related transactions by providing and streamlining procurement, as well as consolidating all the billing related to fleet transactions. The company uses both a physical card product (a credit card) and a software product that tracks and simplifies billing management.
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1 week ago | 
fleetmaintenance.com | Jade Brasher
How BrightDrop prioritizes safety with its tech The BrightDrop is equipped with driver assistance and safety features, and all of those features—more than 20—are standard. These include automatic emergency braking, automatic pedestrian and cyclist braking, forward collision alert, front and rear park assist, lane keep alert and assist, automatic high beam headlights, and more. The forward collision alert and the lane keeping alert also include driver’s seat vibrations.
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2 weeks ago | 
fleetowner.com | Jade Brasher
Forty years ago in 1985, JB Poindexter and Co., a manufacturing conglomerate of work truck and van products, was just getting started. Since then, JBPCO and its nine business units have grown so valuable for the industry that if JBPCO were “vaporized today,” the industry would be in a state of “severe distress,” owner John Poindexter told FleetOwner. “A lot of competitors couldn’t begin to fill the void that we would have left behind,” he said.
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2 weeks ago | 
fleetowner.com | Jade Brasher
“She treats them like they’re her kids,” Alan said. “If they need a pat on the back, they’ll get it [from Riels], and if they need a [scolding], they’ll get that, too.”It was actually one of Dedicated Logistics employees, Jeanie Morgan, that nominated Riels as a Woman in Transportation, highlighting the love and adoration Riels’ employees have for her.
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3 weeks ago | 
fleetowner.com | Jade Brasher
Hudson began her career in public accounting after earning a degree in accounting and computer programming. Each job she’s held since has had a healthy mix of accounting and programming, she said. For the bulk of her professional career, she worked for 24 years at a lab testing company, primarily in IT and operations roles. During this time, Hudson had no interest in, and only a basic awareness of, the fleet industry.
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3 weeks ago | 
fleetowner.com | Jade Brasher
When in BrightDrop’s “delivery mode,” which can be easily switched on and off with the click of a button, the vehicle automatically performs certain functions to help speed up the delivery process for the driver. Once in park, the BrightDrop’s cabin lights turn on, and the bulkhead door unlocks automatically. When the vehicle is shifted out of park, the cabin lights turn off, the bulkhead door locks, and the van horn sounds twice to alert anyone near that the vehicle is about to move.
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3 weeks ago | 
fleetowner.com | Jade Brasher
After charging for one hour using a Level 2 62.5 kW charger, the battery reached around 35%, or a range of about 75 miles. Using assistance from Google Maps to determine how much battery life would be left after reaching the destination (an estimated 10%), it was determined that 35% battery life would be sufficient to start the journey back.
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4 weeks ago | 
fleetowner.com | Jade Brasher
But what many might not know is that there are multiple fuel types available for vehicles—some that can be immediately used as a direct replacement for your current fuel. That is, if you can find them. This FleetOwner Fleets Explained article details the different types of fuels powering trucking and commercial fleets, where they are used, and where to find them. Some have been around for more than a century, and others are emerging as transportation considers alternatives to traditional power.
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1 month ago | 
fleetmaintenance.com | Jade Brasher
The new 2025 Ram HD lineup features commercial-grade capabilities, according to Matt Huber, SVP of Ram brand product, and Dave Sowers, director of Ram Professional operations, at NTEA’s Work Truck Week 2025. These products were designed for that "5% customer," Huber told media at the event, which is partially why the company added a new powertrain. The 6.7L high-output turbo diesel engine is capable of 430 hp and 1,075 lb.-ft. of torque, which is standard across the lineup.
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1 month ago | 
fleetowner.com | Jade Brasher
After nearly a decade since its founding, this past fall, Bollinger Motors finally began production on its Class 4 Bollinger B4—an all-electric commercial vehicle. Its founder, Robert Bollinger, started the company with a dream of building a smaller sport utility vehicle, but over the years, the company shifted its focus to the commercial market. Bollinger’s dream of becoming a true OEM with a vehicle in production was finally realized, and FleetOwner was there to watch it happen.
