As 2018 comes to an end, fleet owners are looking for new tools and tactics to use to help reduce their costs in the coming year. These five strategies will help you reduce your fleet fuel spend in 2019 and beyond.

1. Consider Greening Your Fleet

What this means is that as you choose new vehicles for your fleet, consider adding hybrid vehicles that operate more fuel efficiently or downsizing to smaller vehicles for your fleet that consume less fuel on a day-to-day basis. This will help you reduce the amount of fuel your fleet uses and may even help defray some of the costs associated with investing in new vehicles. Another way to green your fleet is to choose vehicles with alternative or bio-fuels. Not only are they better for your fuel economy, but they are also much better for the planet, too.

2. Practice Preventative Maintenance

Preventative maintenance keeps your fleet vehicles operating like finely tuned machines. This means the engines do not need to work as hard or burn as much fuel in order to function. It is a key factor in priming your vehicles for optimal fuel consumption and can save your fleet a ton of money in excess fuel and costly, preventable, repairs. Not to mention unnecessary vehicle downtime.

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After their van and equipment was stolen, a central Indiana band was forced to stop working for the time being.

Daniel and David Deputy, two brothers, lead the band Blank Pages. Last October, the two brothers loaded their van and trailer up with lights, props, instruments and other equipment for the music video they were going to shoot.

They came outside on October 4, only to find all of it was gone, including the van. Once they check with their family, they came to the realization it was stolen and they called the police.

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No matter how great a driver you are, whether your drive as a profession or personally, at some point you will experience a moment of “mental checking out” — meaning you’ll no longer be fully focusing on your driving.

In moments like these, drivers aren’t fully aware of their surroundings. They can easily miss that debris in the road or that oncoming car, leading to a crash and injuries or worse, death. Experts refer to this “mental checking out” as a cognitive distraction.

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No business owner wants to step on the wrong side of Uncle Sam. Especially for something like mileage reimbursement. That’s why it’s so important to stay updated about all changes to the mileage reimbursement rate for businesses so you can get the greatest possible value from your miles without risking the full ire and irritation of the IRS in the process.

Here’s what you need to know about mileage reimbursement rates for businesses in 2019.

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Congratulations to Destiny Henschel, recpient of the LVGPS 2018-2019 Scholarship Award.

Destiny Henschel is currently a student, athlete, and employee and Concordia University Chicago. She is majoring in Business Communication, where I hope to work with individuals within and outside of my business to solve problems and exceed expectations; while minoring in Journalism, where she hopes to further communicate with individuals all over the world through her writing.

Destiny’s essay was chosen from a pool of many applicants. Read the rest of this entry »