A think-tank has been causing a stir recently with its prediction that car 'drivership' in the US and Europe will die out by 2030 in the face of cheaper competition from on-demand, autonomous electric vehicles. This is how the US-based ReThinkX consultancy believes the change will go in the US assuming autonomous vehicles (AVs) soon receive regulatory approval there: Their report sta
How TMC is helping fleets keep abreast of shift to plug-in drivetrains. Chargemaster is predicting that the number of plug-in cars on UK roads will hit 200,000 in 2018 and pass the one million mark by the end of 2020. The next 12 months also see several new and updated plug-in models arrive on the fleet market, headed by the latest Nissan Leaf in February. As well as featuring even higher levels of intelligent driver assistance, for motorw
TMC has launched a new service, Mobility+ that enables companies to manage all business-related travel costs via a single dashboard. The new system can make recommendations for optimising mobility at both company and individual level, based on employee travel patterns. The system also features a dashboard designed to enable employees to keep track of their spend and stay within any specified mobility budget. Available in the UK and Europ
6 DECEMBER 2017. Today’s business sections are reporting that Britain’s services sector is “reeling from its biggest inflation shock for almost a decade.” The number one driver of this cost inflation is sharply rising transport fuel bills says the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS). UK pump prices for diesel and petrol climbed by 20% last year and have continued to rise slowly but steadily throughout 2017. And the e
Paul Hollick, managing director of TMC, has welcomed yesterday’s Budget promise that HMRC will return to a less-cumbersome regime for settling travel and subsistence claims. Earlier this year, TMC called on the government to restore the facility for drivers to submit flat-rate subsistence claims based on time spent away from the office, rather than having to support every item with a receipt. Yesterday the Chancellor announced that, to re
Oxford wants to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles from its city centre in three years’ time. We look at the wider implications for fleets. October 2017 may eventually be regarded as something of a turning point in the long history of cleaning up the air in cities. London’s new toxicity or ‘T’ charge currently affects vehicles registered before 2005 (which are charged £10 on top of the £11.50 Congestion Charge to drive in Central
Real-world mpg data contradicts claimed running cost benefits as time starts to run out for hybrids’ tax breaks As official car registration figures for August show a 47% rise in hybrid car sales compared to last year, and some leasing companies report a 300% increase in orders for plug-in hybrids, newly-released data from TMC highlights their worryingly-high fuel consumption and emissions in real-world driving. TMC’s real-world drivin
... Because we all need a gentle reminder sometimes! Switch off your engine Many newer cars automatically turn off when stationary in neutral. If yours doesn’t, turn off your engine when you’ve stopped to save fuel. Higher Revs Driving at lower revs reduces fuel consumption so change up a gear at around 2,000 RPM. Drive Smoothly Assess the road ahead as much as possible to avoid unnecessary braking and acceleration, which incr
Fuel consumption has always been affected by how vehicles are driven and road conditions. But something strange has happened to the gap between the advertised mpg figures and the reality. It is getting inexorably wider. In fact, as cars become increasingly efficient on paper, their on-road performance becomes less and less predictable. The average reality gap between advertised and actual mpgs now approaches up to 30%. Within that ran
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V has appointed TMC to provide mileage capture, audit and data analysis for its UK fleet of 270 company cars. The company’s drivers can also use the solution’s integrated fuel card to pay for fuel at virtually any retail petrol site in the UK (and in Europe if needed). Stephen Manley, Purchasing Manager for Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V., UK Branch said: “We are very confident that the TMC solution
It's easy to imagine that mileage capture is just about paying fuel expenses or keeping an eye on contract mileages. But a key benefit of mileage capture is the really valuable insights it delivers when it's overlaid with other fleet data streams such as fuel reporting, telematics and vehicle specifications. Here are five, sometimes unexpected, ways that data insights from TMC have helped customers manage employees' mobility better. 1
