Fleet Advantage, an innovator in specialty financing, fleet data analytics, asset performance services and life cycle cost management, launched its innovative Capital Cost Avoidance Program. This initiative is designed to help private fleets across various industries address and plan for a complex procurement landscape and avoid significant cost increases projected for 2027.
The Capital Cost Avoidance Program provides a data-driven roadmap to help organizations “pull forward” their procurement to the “comfortable landing zones” of 2026. The program includes several key components:
- Consultative Data Audit: Fleet Advantage experts conduct a deep dive into a fleet’s unique data and operational needs to identify how the 2027 mandates will impact their bottom line.
- Customized Procurement Calculator: Using the audit findings, a specialized calculator generates the financial impact of maintaining a traditional cycle versus a strategic “pull-forward” strategy.
- Consultative Cost Avoidance Plan: Based on the exhaustive audit and financial modeling, Fleet Advantage provides a roadmap featuring complete recommendations for a multi-year pull-ahead plan.
- Secure Build Slots: For any organizations that participate in Fleet Advantage’s program, they gain access to secured build slots, ensuring availability before the 2026 market reaches full capacity.
- Exclusive Financial Incentives: Fleet Advantage will also offer specialty finance options.
“Most companies realize the 2027 challenges are coming, but many don’t yet have a concrete strategy to deal with them,” Brian Antonellis, senior vice president of fleet operations at Fleet Advantage, said. “For a fleet of 1,000 trucks on a five-year lifecycle, the average $10,000-per-unit increase represents a $10 million hit to capital budgets. Our program moves beyond guesswork, taking a fleet’s actual data to answer the critical question: ‘How much will it cost me to avoid 2027?’ In fact, we are already seeing the most forward-thinking organizations take decisive action, with many clients pulling forward as much as 50% of their total fleet size and placing orders now to lock in savings and availability.”
