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"The NAFA Board of Trustees recently decided to take the next in this process, which is to ask the Members to vote on changing the Association’s bylaws. On August 22, all NAFA Full Members and Associate Members will receive a ballot on which they can vote to approve or disapprove of the proposed changes. The Board, naturally, recommends the changes be approved, as do I."

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In early-June, automakers released pricing incentive information for upcoming 2017 model year vehicles, as well as fleet incentives on 2015 and 2016-MY vehicles. Ford, GM, Hyundai, Infiniti, Kia, Volvo and more have offered attractive deals to help fleet managers move models off their selector lists and into their fleets.

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Get ready for NAFA's next webinar in the 2016 series, Advanced Use Cases - The Next Generation of Telematics, which will take place July 20. NAFA webinars are free for NAFA members!

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In the latest issue of NAFA's FLEETSolutions, get a full recap of both NAFA’s 2016 Institute & Expo and International Fleet Academy conferences; learn from seasoned fleet professionals how to navigate the sometimes sudden transition of being a fleet manager; get two perspectives of the difficult topic of vehicle cybersecurity, from the floor of the TU-Automotive Cybersecurity USA Conference and from the law enforcement community; and much more!

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NAFA’s CAFM^®/CAFS^® Boot Camp can help prepare you if you're interested in the individual certificate of your choice. If you're looking for your Vehicle Fuel Management certificate or need additional help studying for this discipline, or are working toward CAFM^®/CAFS^®, you need to attend this webinar! This session will be held on September 12 and 13, so be sure to register now before time runs out!

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Find out about the chapter meetings you will want to be a part of. Details inside.

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NAFA's New England Chapter hosted a Boston Harbor Cruise on Wednesday, June 15. There were 43 members on board...A fun time was had by all.

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On July 12, NAFA's Pacific Northwest Chapter will host the first ever exam sitting for the Association's Fleet Discipline Certificate Program. The meeting will begin at 8:30 am at Luke Jensen Sports Park. This pilot session will feature the new Asset Management Module -- now the most up-to-date curriculum available! The meeting will also feature NAFA CEO Phillip E. Russo, CAE, who will be on hand to speak about the program!

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Please Save the Date of July 13 for the NAFA Pacific Southwest Chapter meeting at the new Mercedes-Benz Vehicle Prep Center in Long Beach, CA! You will have the opportunity to participate in several unique modules during this July Chapter Meeting!

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Join NAFA's Old Dominion Chapter for a full day of education and networking on September 27. There will be learning opportunities for you and your staff. We have a fleet manager track featuring hot topics for fleets, as well as a "technician/shop foreman track" focusing on more technical challenges. Lunch will feature a Fireside Chat with FCA, Ford, and GM.

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Perhaps you’ve been curious about participating in your chapters at a greater level. Now is the perfect time to learn more about it. The people involved in every aspect of NAFA are just like you: fleet professionals who made the choice of giving some of their time to the Association because they want to help their industry and colleagues.

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Senators Urge EPA to Issue Strong RFS for 2017, Stand-Alone House Legislation to Reauthorize DERA Program Pending Introduction, Volkswagen to Pay $15 Billion to Settle Emissions Claims, and NIOSH Research Reaffirms Importance of Safety Belt Use.

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The much-hyped Three Amigo Summit – the recent meeting in Ottawa between Prime Minister Trudeau and his Mexican and American counterparts – was equal parts theater and concrete policy making in action. The leaders of the three North American countries discussed many issues, but in policy terms, the most concrete announcement was a plan to achieve 50 percent clean power generation across the continent by 2025.

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The settlement was filed with a U.S. District Court in San Francisco. It calls for Volkswagen to pay more than $10 billion to either buy back or repair about 475,000 2-liter diesel vehicles that were sold between 2009 and 2015 and were built with devices to trick emissions testers. The company also will compensate owners who purchased 2-liter diesels before September 2015 with payments of $5,100 to $10,000, depending on the age of their cars.

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Owners of four Mitsubishi models involved in a mileage cheating scandal will receive nearly $1,000 apiece in compensation, a move expected to cost the embattled automaker around $600 million. The automaker revealed in April that it used illegal testing procedures to inflate the fuel economy numbers of the four microcar models – two of which were sold under Nissan nameplates.

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In an unusually urgent warning, both the U.S. government and Honda are telling owners of certain older Honda cars and SUVs to stop driving them and immediately have them repaired. That’s because their defective airbags, from Japanese auto supplier Takata, are making them dangerous to drive. Takata is already the subject of the largest recall in history. The affected cars this round cover about 313,000 vehicles from model years 2001 to 2003.

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The vehicle model that reportedly crushed "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin on June 18 — killing him in a freak accident outside his Los Angeles home — was recalled just months ago after a problem with its park function caused injuries and crashes. Fiat Chrysler voluntarily recalled some of its 2014 and 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokees due to a dangerous design error in its electronic shifter.

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A fatal accident in which the driver of a Tesla Motors Inc. Model S car operating in Autopilot mode was killed in a collision with a truck has prompted an investigation by federal highway safety regulators, the U.S. government and Tesla disclosed on June 30. The investigation of the first known fatality to involve a Model S operating on Autopilot comes as Tesla and other automakers are gearing up to offer systems that allow vehicles to pilot themselves under certain conditions across a wide range of vehicles over the next several years.

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The U.S. robotics expert tapped to head Toyota’s Silicon Valley research company says the $1 billion investment by the giant Japanese automaker will start showing results within five years. Gill Pratt told reporters that the Toyota Research Institute is also looking ahead into the distant future when there will be cars that anyone, including children and the elderly, can ride in on their own, as well as robots that help out in homes.

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NAFA welcomes new Members and Affiliates into the Association. Thank you for making NAFA your association!

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It is the strength of our members like Richard Cassard, Diane Lopez, and Randy Owen, CAFM^® that has helped make NAFA the strongest association in fleet management today.

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Did you want to attend a specific NAFA webinar, but were unable to do so? Did you miss an important section in a past webinar? Then you'll want to check out NAFA's archived webinars, a great benefit available to you as a NAFA member!

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Diane Lopez will be responsible for Abbott's entire fleet program (U.S. and global duties) and retains overall fleet manager and procurement responsibilities, including all ground transportation modes. Diane will also be involved with developing a global fleet strategy/program for Abbott.

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A key part of FPL's plan includes repurposing used "second-life" batteries from more than 200 BMW electric vehicles to test "peak shaving" for better grid management during periods of high demand via a storage system, to be installed in a densely populated residential area in southwestern Miami.

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Telecom giant Verizon announced in late-June that it is acquiring Telogis, a California-based company that develops cloud-based solutions for the mobile workforce, and specifically telematics, compliance, and navigation software used by Ford, Volvo, GM, and other car companies, as well as Apple and AT&T.

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While a number of countries, including the U.S., are taking steps to increase the use of battery and other alternative powertrain technologies, Germany is laying out plans for an aggressive shift away from gasoline and diesel, said Deputy Economy Minister Rainer Baake, speaking at climate forum sponsored by the Tagesspiegel newspaper in Berlin.

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Maine Governor Paul R. LePage has issued an executive order for state officials to begin studying the potential health effects of emissions produced by gasoline engines that burn fuel containing ethanol. The order also implements a purchasing preference for state agencies for gasoline that contains only trace amounts of the corn-based additive. LePage says that because "federal mandates" have increased ethanol production in the U.S., that it has affected the air quality in the Pine Tree State.

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The first hybrid to hit American roads was the Honda Insight back in 1999. The car sold a meager 17 units in that inaugural year. Now, almost 20 years later, Americans purchased their four millionth hybrid vehicle. It is impossible to say which model hybrid was the one to reach this benchmark, but given cheap gas prices and a sharp uptick in sales of pickups and SUVs, this milestone proves that the hybrid can keep up in the current marketplace.

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Saab Automotive's current owners say that they won't revive the Saab nameplate and will instead sell cars under the National Electric Vehicle Sweden (Nevs) brand. The last remaining vestige of Saab, its website, now redirects to Nevs, where the announcement was recently made.

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For the most part, the majority of electric plug-in vehicles today are sedans and compact cars. Tesla's Model X is one of the few battery-electric SUV's, but that could be about to change. Jeep CEO Michael Manley said that the brand has battery-based cars that are currently "under active development," and according to the company, they might not be very far from launching such vehicles.

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One of the most important facets of fleet management is the ability to conduct a lifecycle cost analysis. Unfortunately, for many fleet managers, this can also be one of the most difficult aspects of the job. Thanks to NAFA's Lifecycle Cost Analysis For Fleets, fleet managers can learn all they need to know about lifecycle cost analysis in just three hours! Visit the NAFA Store now!

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Fleet management will always involve a certain level of risk; the key is to minimize risk wherever and whenever possible. NAFA's Risk Management Guide provides fleet managers the ability to identify, quantify, and treat risk across their fleet and throughout their overall organization.

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NAFA bylaws changes are slated for a Member vote this August. Be informed and engaged! Visit http://www.nafa.org/bylaws-2016/. You may provide input to NAFA by sending an email to bylaws@nafa.org.

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