Jeff Cioletti

This year, electric technology dominates the 2024 new truck releases. There’s also quite a bit of innovation happening in hydrogen fuel cells.

Technology is playing a greater role when it comes to calculating insurance costs for fleets, particularly as some look into adding electric vehicles to the mix.

The prospect for widespread deployment of autonomous beverage delivery trucks is still very much a futuristic one. But there have been significant developments in the past couple of years that bring that future a little bit closer.

Fleets can implement simple practices to support their drivers’ health, safety and wellbeing.

It seems that last year’s oppressively high fuel prices are behind us, at least for the near-term. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuel Data Center projects 2023 and 2024 fuel averages below 2022 levels.

Distribution operations looking to ease their way into the electric vehicle (EV) realm, increasingly can do so through leasing, as more and more leasing companies are adding the zero-emissions trucks into their portfolios of offerings for their delivery fleet customers.

Electric vehicles seem to take up most of the oxygen in the room any time someone mentions alternative fuels, but there are other options. Among those is propane autogas, which has a number of advantages going for it.

Distributors are able to dip their toe into the zero-emissions waters with a range of offerings in the realm of electric light-duty vehicles, which are especially effective in urban markets.

The electric truck conversation tends to focus on battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), but there has been some activity in hydrogen fuel cells, especially for heavy duty applications.

Delivery concepts has become a leading upfit specialist for temperature-controlled delivery vehicles, enabling fleets to customize around their individual needs.