Background
Champagne Beverage’s drivers spend long days on the road, covering up to 20,000 miles annually and making 15 stops per day across their Louisiana territory. Their fleet program created growing operational strain and risk — high accident frequency, heavy oversight needs, and undervalued vehicle benefits were all eroding productivity and increasing liability for the business.
Challenges
Before partnering with Motus, Champagne Beverage struggled with the burdens of managing a take-home fleet:
- Frequent accidents increased corporate liability
- High oversight demands to ensure vehicles were maintained
- Drivers undervalued the cost of the fleet benefit
- Rising expenses tied to maintenance and risk exposure
The fleet model no longer aligned with the company’s operational reality or financial goals.
So what?
The organization faced escalating cost, rising risk, and reduced control, while drivers lacked ownership and accountability over their vehicles.
Objectives
Champagne Beverage needed a future-ready program that would:
- Reflect real, location-based driving costs
- Reduce corporate liability
- Ensure drivers carried appropriate insurance
- Be easy for employees to adopt and easier for administrators to manage
The Motus Solution
Motus implemented a FAVR program and handled all administration and communications for launch. The Motus App and platform tools made the program simple for drivers to use and easy for the business to manage.
Key improvements included:
- Drivers using their own vehicles rather than fleet vehicles, improving care and reducing maintenance issues
- Automated insurance verification, removing manual checks by administrators
- Reduced personal-use policy enforcement
- Tools that streamlined and simplified reimbursements
The Results
The shift to Motus FAVR delivered immediate value across safety, compliance, and operations:
- 100% insured drivers through automated verification
- 0 liabilities related to take-home vehicles
- Reduced maintenance costs and oversight, as drivers took better care of their personal vehicles
- Simplified compliance, eliminating manual insurance tracking
- A fully supported rollout, with drivers receiving responsive help from Motus Member Services
Conclusion
Champagne Beverage transformed its vehicle program by transitioning from a risk-heavy fleet to a modern FAVR model. With Motus, the company reduced liability exposure, improved compliance, and delivered a simpler, more transparent experience for administrators and drivers alike.