MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT
The New York Public Library announced it will bring back its bookmobile program with new Sprinter vans capable of transporting up to 1,000 books each.
Six automakers are recalling an estimated 1.7 million vehicles, including Sprinter vans, for faulty Takata air bag inflators that can be fatal when they fracture and spray shrapnel into drivers and passengers.
Ford Motor Co. sold more than 217,000 vans in 2018, which marked the 40th year the company has sold the most vans in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Commercial fleets looking for a work van that delivers have many options to choose from for the 2019 model-year, including a few brand-new designs.
For the first time in North America, Mercedes-Benz Vans will demonstrate CoROS, an artificial intelligence-powered sensor system that transforms the Sprinter van into an intelligent cargo space.
The 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter will retail for slightly less ($5) that the outgoing model for the base configuration, as the full-size cargo and passenger vans enter their third-generation with an array of updates, the company announced.
Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz Vans division showed off a concept Sprinter that delivers power from a hydrogen fuel cell stack to an electric motor that could achieve an effective range of 500 kilometers (310 miles). Executives showed the vehicle to journalists in Hamburg, Germany, on July 3.
Mercedes-Benz will offer eight factory telematics packages with its third-generation 2019 Sprinter that allow fleet managers to better track preventive maintenance, routing, and driver behavior with the full-size van, the company has announced.
Ranger Design showed its new line of shelving and flooring system at The Work Truck Show 2018 in Indianapolis. The company has also introduced an online configurator for its customers.
An estimated 17 2016-2017 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 and 3500 full-size vans equipped with folding seats may have incorrect unloaded vehicle weight (UVW) labels.