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What I Want from an Electric Pickup<\/h3>\n
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Things are getting a little nutty with electric pickups<\/a> these days. It seems automakers, from the incumbents to the upstarts, are tripping over themselves to outdo each other and make a lot of promises on electric truck tires we can\u2019t kick yet.<\/p>\n

Sure, I\u2019m getting caught up in it too. But before we get ahead of ourselves, let\u2019s get straight on what truck owners would really want from an electric pickup. I\u2019m thinking a few would feel like this:<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t need an electric pickup truck that can beat a racecar. And I don\u2019t need a tank. If I take a sledgehammer to my truck door I\u2019d expect it to dent; just make sure the truck bed does reasonably well with a load of landscaping blocks. If I throw a steel ball at the window, it\u2019s okay if the glass spiderwebs, I just don\u2019t want flying glass. More importantly by far, I want a truck that aces the IIHS crash tests.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t need an electric truck that can pull a train<\/a> and I don\u2019t need to see two of them in a tug of war<\/a>. (Though I\u2019m sure a bunch of 15-year-olds would.)<\/p>\n

If an electric truck can tow 14,000 lbs., great \u2014 it just better be able to do it over a sustained period and not drain the battery down to the point that I want to go back to towing with my old Duramax 6.6L.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t need my electric truck to be a rock hopper, just give me enough axle articulation to inspire confidence that I could.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t need to the baddest mother trucker on the road. I lived through the Hummer H1 craze. (Remember trying to watch them park at the grocery store?) I\u2019m also not crazy about the guy who smokes his F-150 Raptor Premium off a stop light. Last time I checked; he was hauling air.<\/p>\n

I want to go places in my electric truck where there aren\u2019t any charging stations and where there never should be, if it were up to me. On the way home the only anxiety I want is how I\u2019ll remove that fish smell, not if I have enough juice to get there. Automakers: If you\u2019re throwing out maximum ranges per full battery charge, I want to see the battery pack specifications and real-world tests first.<\/p>\n

I do want a truck that fits a standard ladder rack. I want one with tie-down anchors and hooks, one that would take a variety of truck boxes, tonneau covers, and rack and bin packages. I want to be able to swing my tool bag and other stuff over the side of the truck bed instead of walking all the way to the tailgate to load everything.<\/p>\n

I understand electric trucks will cost more and I\u2019m willing to pay a premium. But don\u2019t dangle a ridiculously low price in front of me because I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019ll be paying a lot more, particularly if I want those eye-popping specs. And I don\u2019t want to put down a token payment to wait in some digital line in which I have no idea when my number will come up.<\/p>\n

I like the general idea of an electric truck. If we can do more to help the environment, we should. I like having fewer parts to fix and a battery pack that doesn\u2019t leak oil on my driveway. I\u2019d also like to see the plan for batteries after their service in electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

Finally, I don\u2019t want fanfare about when an electric truck is going to be released. Whenever an automaker says a vehicle \u2014 particularly an electric one \u2014 will be in showrooms \u201cin two years,\u201d history tells me it\u2019ll take just a bit longer than that. Bring all the fanfare you want when I can actually climb into the truck I\u2019ll buy.<\/p>\n

If an automaker can give me an electric truck like that, I\u2019m all in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Author<\/h4>\n
\u00a0\"Chris<\/a>Chris Brown<\/a><\/div>\n
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Executive Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Chris Brown is the executive editor of Business Fleet,\u00a0Auto Rental News\u00a0and Fleet Forward. Through these publications and related trade events, Chris covers all aspects of the fleet world, including fleet management, the new mobility ecosystem, manufacturer fleet activities, the fleet leasing industry, vehicle remarketing, and rental industry news.<\/p>\n

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Source: https:\/\/www.fleetforward.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

FLEET MANAGEMENT AUDIT<\/h3>\n

Fleet management is the use of a set of vehicles in order to provide services to a third-party, or to perform a task for our organization, in the most efficient and productive manner with a determined level of service and cost.<\/p>\n

Fleet management activities are shown in the following graph 1:<\/p>\n

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Graph 1: fleet management activities<\/p>\n

The proposal audit analyses and assesses all fleet management activities shown in the graph 1, and its main goals are:<\/p>\n