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This is the #1 podcast for fleet managers and anyone leading fleets.
The world of fleet management is changing fast. From electrification to automation, global supply chains to artificial intelligence, new forces are reshaping the road ahead.
Join us on The Fleet as host, Chris Brandt, sits down with industry leaders and innovators to explore the trends, challenges, and breakthroughs defining the future of fleet operations. Together, they’ll tackle questions like:
How will electrification and autonomous vehicles transform daily operations?
What new opportunities and risks will connected vehicles and AI unlock?
How can fleet leaders build resilience in an era of disruption?
Each episode of The Fleet offers actionable insights, success stories, and expert perspectives to help you stay ahead of the curve.
New episodes drop every other Tuesday. Don’t miss your first look at the future of fleet management!
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Michael Acosta, who helps manage a global fleet of more than 1,300 vehicles at UCB, explains why driver adoption determines the success of every fleet strategy. From EV rollouts to safety technology and policy changes, he shares how initiatives only work when drivers buy in. He breaks down what really drives adoption from vehicle choice and personal use perks to hybrids, feedback loops, and the anonymous message board that revealed what drivers were never going to say in a survey.
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Brian Kinniry, Director of Safety and Collision Product Management at Element Fleet Management, explains how driver data can either protect your organization or expose it to serious risk. As legal verdicts climb, he outlines why reactive safety programs fall short and how fleets are shifting to proactive strategies. From telematics insights to targeted training that reduced incidents by 35%, he shares what leaders must do now to stay protected and competitive.
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McKinsey’s Philipp Kampshoff and Element Mobility CTO and Autofleet co-founder, Dor Shay, reveal why fleets are at the center of a $1 trillion technology shift, driven largely by tech players, not automakers. From 70% downtime reductions through simple data integrations to the leap from electrification to autonomy, they break down what’s real, what’s hype, and what fleet leaders should pilot now to stay competitive in 2026.
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Ontario Tech professor Dr. Sheldon Williamson unpacks why EV charging challenges aren’t about parking spots, they’re about power, timing, and grid intelligence. We explore how fleets can become active participants in the energy ecosystem, not just consumers of it.
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IndiGO Technologies Founder & CEO Will Graylin joins us to explain why today’s EVs are built on outdated assumptions and how fleet electrification only works when vehicles, charging, and deployment are designed as one integrated system.
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Damon founder Dominique Kwong joins us to explain how contextual data can prevent accidents, reshape last-mile delivery through micro-mobility, and accelerate the shift toward shared, software-defined fleets.
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WestJet’s Shail Oza breaks down how electric aviation, real-time aircraft data, and new infrastructure will transform airline operations, and what fleet leaders must do to prepare.
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Professor Shauna Brail from the University of Toronto joins The Fleet to explore why cities remain humanity’s greatest innovation engines, and what happens when infrastructure fails them. From industrial roots to human-centric streets, discover how urban design, third spaces, and multimodal mobility are redefining what it means to build future-ready, resilient cities.
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Steve Jastrow, SVP of Client Advisory and Analytics at Element Fleet Management, explains how fleet leaders can turn industry chaos into opportunity through data and analytics. From AI driven insights to evolving decisions around electrification and autonomy, he outlines what’s changing and what it means for operations. He shares why understanding driver behavior is key to improving safety and performance, and how data centric fleets will lead in the decade ahead.
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AstraZeneca didn’t wait for the future; they built it. Procurement leader Alejandra Torres shares how her team turned an electric fleet into a win for both the planet and the bottom line.
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MaaS founder Sampo Hietanen reveals how the shift from ownership to access is transforming fleets, cities, and the future of mobility itself.
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Dr. Sven Beiker breaks down the true state of EVs and AVs—beyond the hype—and explains how fleets are positioned to drive the next wave of smart mobility.