- This page refers to a collection of vehicles (typically automobiles) with a single owner. For other uses of the word fleet, see Fleet.
Fleet vehicles are groups of
motor vehicles owned or leased by a business or government agency, rather than by an individual or family. Typical examples are vehicles operated by
car rental companies,
taxicab companies,
public utilities, public bus companies, and police departments. In addition, many businesses purchase or lease fleet vehicles to deliver
goods to customers, or for sales representatives to travel to clients.
Automaker fleet
The term "fleet" may also be used to describe all vehicles made by an
automobile manufacturer in a particular
model year.
Federal vehicle fleet
In the United States, Federal Vehicle fleets refers to the Federal Government vehicles.
The
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 included $300 million to acquire
electric vehicles for the federal vehicle fleet.
On October 5, 2009, President
Barack Obama signed
Executive Order 13514 on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance to accelerate Federal agencies' efforts. For the government's 600,000 vehicle fleet, it requires a 30% reduction in petroleum use by 2020, and for agencies with 20 or more vehicles to reduce petroleum use by 2% annually through 2020. In coordination with the
General Services Administration, the
United States......
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