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London’s first non-membership electric car hire company GoGo Electric says that the bulk of its customers are private motorists living on the outskirts of the city who want to try out electrics as potential ‘early adopters’.

Electric vehicle recharging points will be standardised across Europe.

Bedfordshire-based Traffic Enforcement Systems (TES), which supplies traffic-surveillance cars to local authorities and police forces, is trialling Toyota iQs with a view to replacing its current small-car fleet.

In the first of several major deals, online car auction company Autorola has signed a deal with Europcar to remarket the majority of its cars through its online b2b sales channel.

There is just a fortnight left for entries to the 2010 Fleet News Awards – the most influential and important awards in the fleet industry.

Fleets considering small electric vans can anticipate aggressive pricing for car-derived commercial vehicles.

LeasePlan is predicting salary sacrifice will take centre stage in 2010 and intends to launch its own scheme - SalaryPlan - at the start of the year.

Audi will top and tail its range next year with two new models – the A1 supermini and a revised A8 luxury saloon.

The Avis Budget group has warned that it is likely to raise prices again next year.

Lombard Vehicle Management (LVM) has appointed Europcar as its new short-term hire partner.

French concept of low cost rental vehicles based on customer loyalty concept could come to the UK

Airmax Scope, part of the Airmax Group, has launched Scope Card, a prepaid corporate MasterCard.

Van fleets should keep a close watch on the maintenance regimes of daily rental suppliers as the recession continues, warns TLS Vehicle Rental.

CO2Sense Yorkshire has announced it is backing a demonstration project for a recycled fuel oil that it claims could cut the cost of transport for the region’s businesses and reduce carbon emissions.

NV200, the new small van produced by Nissan, has been named International Van of the Year (IVoY) 2010.

GE Capital today signed an agreement with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to provide a working capital facility of up to £170 million available for a five-year term.

Safety is key to this company’s culture and has been continually championed by senior management. CGGVeritas introduced a 'gold standard' for their work-related road-safety policies and procedures, lead by its Board’s desire to meet all its health and safety responsibilities.

HMRC has removed the one-month notice period for Advisory Fuel Rates (AFR), which was introduced last year.

The first in a series from McLaren Automotive, offering a rare insight into their performance car testing programme.

Helphire, which supplies replacement vehicles to crash victims as well as providing cars on long-term corporate deals, has seen demand fall in the last four months by 22.5% compared to the same period in 2008.

Alphabet is issuing a driver’s guide on avoiding company car wear and tear charges to combat fleet facing bigger bills at de-fleet time.

Daimler AG and the online car auction company Autorola has signed a European agreement regarding remarketing of smart and Mercedes-Benz cars.

Peugeot has started to take pre-reservations for its electric car the i0n having received signed letters of intent from a number of companies and local authorities.

The employment taxes group at Deloitte has scooped two accolades at this year’s Pay Awards 2009.

Trakm8 is able to connect its fleet management system to a vehicle’s CANbus allowing live data coming directly from the engine management system to be viewed at base.

Julie Haywood has been appointed commercial director at industry software and consultancy house KeyWorth Automotive.

Groupama Insurances has enhanced its Fleet Policy so that owners of larger fleets can benefit from some of the cover previously only available to small and micro businesses.

Hager UK has reduced its road accidents by more than 50% after deciding to put its drivers through driver training courses run the TTC Group.

Ashwoods will be supplying 100 hybrid vehicles to public sector fleets, including Royal Mail, Environment Agency, HMRC, TFL and a number of large council fleets, in the first phase of the Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Programme.

Inchcape Fleet Solutions is backing the 2009 National Road Safety Week, which takes place from November 23 to November 27, with a series of workshops.