Showing posts with label van. Show all posts
Showing posts with label van. Show all posts

Thursday, June 14, 2012

How to reduce commercial fleet running costs - infographic

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has produced an infographic which serves as an easy reference guide to help fleet managers and van drivers reduce the running costs of their vehicles. It is their first infographic and is based on the findings of a white paper entitled ‘Evolution of Van: Efficiency and Fleet Operation’.

The infographic highlights some of the most obvious ways to help control and reduce costs in the current challenging economic climate.

Volkswagen’s white paper was produced by independent commercial vehicle consultant, Robin Dickeson, and the infographic highlights some key findings, such as saving fuel by using telematics increase fleet utilisation and to avoid wasted journeys, plus keeping vehicles maintained to operate as efficiently as possible, or simply choosing the right van for the job.

Read the white paper itself is available to read in full on their site here.


Friday, May 1, 2009

LDV files for administration

Birmingham based van maker LDV applied for administration. 800 jobs at its Birmingham factory and another 1,200 in various dealerships are at stake.

However, the interesting news is that Malaysian investor Westar is said to be in advanced talks to take control of the company. If that happens, it will become the second British automobile company to be taken over by the Malaysians. The first was Lotus which was taken over by Proton in 1996.

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