A CLEAR example of the power of the internet comes from America, where online sales last year totalled more than £40 billion.

For UK fleets, it could be possible for 80% of work on vehicles to be automatically authorised by computer, without any human intervention using modern systems. Martin Drake, managing director of Drive Software Solutions, said at the Fleet News conference Move Your Fleet Online: 'The real benefit is combining e-business with automation to change processes.'