Executive Summary
Mace Hartley Executive Director
As we head deep into August, one can only hope
that the worst of winter is hopefully behind us!
Here at AfMA we’ve used the cooler months as
an opportunity to connect with many of you at
our various Professional Development Forums
held in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and
most recently in Auckland, New Zealand. We
always treasure these opportunities to connect
with members and guests around some of the key
issues affecting fleet professionals and automotive
industry leaders. We encourage you to join us
again in October and November for our end-of-
year gatherings as we return to the Australian cities
mentioned above alongside Adelaide and Hobart.
AfMA is excited to be embarking shortly to
Phoenix, Arizona for the American Fleet &
Leasing Association (AFLA) 50th Anniversary
Corporate Fleet Conference in mid-September.
This conference will bring together fleet
professionals from right around the globe for
a variety of topics, including a Women In Fleet
Management keynote session. We look forward
to sharing with you some of the highlights
of this conference in our next issue, as we
consider what overseas fleet trends might soon
be impacting the Australasian market.
In this edition of FleetDrive we consider what
our fleets might look like in the future and how
it could affect our roles moving forward, we
catch up with AEVA Secretary Chris Jones and
discuss all things electric vehicles, plus provide
you with featured pieces on the ongoing Takata
airbag recall, the importance of weight when
towing, and have some fun with our regular
Around The World mini-stories. If you have an
important fleet story or issue that you think
might be of interest to other members for a
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future edition of FleetDrive or for AfMA News
please don’t hesitate to contact AfMA’s Daniel
Braid directly at [email protected] to
get the ball rolling.
For the remainder of 2019 AfMA is continuing
our work to support Charge Together Fleets
(CTF) – a program funded in partnership by
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena),
Evenergi and NRMA and facilitated by the
Electric Vehicle Council and Evenergi. The aim
of the program is to develop an online platform
to assist fleet and sustainability managers
transition to electric vehicles and future mobility
models. The online platform with consist of
three areas, a learning management system,
fleet toolbox and communications centre. CTF
is all about getting interested stakeholders
involved so please click here to find out more.
It’s a scary prospect to even think about 2020,
but nominations for our next Fleet Awards are
already open in our regular 3 categories of Fleet
Manager of the Year (sponsored in 2020 by BP
Australia), Fleet Environment Award (sponsored
in 2020 by Hyundai Motor Company Australia)
and Fleet Safety Award (sponsorship vacant).
This is a significant chance to recognise the
work of an organisation or an individual for
their contributions to the fleet industry so
think about who you could nominate or even
self-nominate. We would once again like to
congratulate our 2018/19 winners John Barlow,
Meridian Energy and New Zealand Racing
Board on their outstanding achievements and
to this year’s sponsors, BP Australia, Hyundai
Motor Company Australia, ANCAP Safety &
Teletrac Navman.