Higher Residuals Offset Increased Cost Pressures on Fleet Budgets

The 93rd State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers an updated look at the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today’s topics include: Fleet costs have been increasing across the board that are negatively impacting fleet budgets. Incentives have been dramatically reduced or eliminated, which is increasing the net acquisition cost for every fleet vehicle. The reduction of fleet incentives programs has created a level playing field for non-traditional fleet OEMs to make inroads into the fleet market. Higher resale values are offsetting the decrease in fleet incentives. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:31 Escalating Fleet Costs 1:41 Decreased Incentives Increase Acquisition Costs 3:41 Strong Resale Values Offset Cost Increases 4:12 Inroads by Non-Traditional Fleet OEMs 📰 Sign up for the Automotive Fleet newsletter. 🚗 Visit Automotive Fleet for more fleet industry content. 🎥 You can watch these episodes on the Automotive Fleet YouTube Channel! 🤝 Follow and connect with Automotive Fleet on social media! Connect with Automotive Fleet on LinkedIn. Like Automotive Fleet on Facebook. Follow Automotive Fleet on Twitter.