The Fleet
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Autonomous Vehicles Are Bringing New Fleet Economics
Autonomous Vehicles Are Bringing New Fleet Economics
About this podcast
The #1 podcast for fleet managers and their teams. From electrification and autonomous vehicles to safety, sustainability, and global supply chains, host Chris Brandt brings you the people, trends, and technologies shaping the future of fleet management today.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 55 episodes
- Autonomous Vehicles Are Bringing New Fleet Economics · 51 min · Episode 53By operating around the clock, autonomous trucks could dramatically improve fleet utilization, reduce delivery times, and change how companies manage their transportation networks.
- How Salem Became the #1 Government Fleet · 51 min · Episode 52The City of Salem, Oregon, was named the #1 Public Fleet in NAFA's 100 Best Fleets competition in 2026, followed by the #1 Overall Leading Fleet in Government Fleet's national…
- Every Fleet Has a Safety Program. How Many Have Safety Culture? · 59 min · Episode 51Technology can show you what’s happening across a fleet.
- Best Way to Learn Fleet? Become a Sponge. · 52 min · Episode 50Jamie McKay walked into a role that had never existed at Aptive Pest Control, in the middle of COVID, knowing almost nothing about fleet.
- What Will It Take to Scale Autonomous Trucking? · 1 h 0 min · Episode 49Autonomous trucks mean so much more than driverless.
- How Siemens Turned Small SUVs Into Service Vehicles · 60 min · Episode 48Your service vehicle may be built around assumptions that stopped being true years ago.
- Fleet Costs Don’t Just Disappear · 43 min · Episode 47Fleet costs money. Trying to minimize those expenses can cost far more.
- The Cost of Cutting Costs · 57 min · Episode 46The cheapest decision today could create higher costs tomorrow.
- The Trends Reshaping Modern Fleet · 26 min · Episode 45In this special look back at The Fleet, industry leaders explore how mobility, infrastructure, technology, economics, data, and driver experience are becoming part of one…
- The Hidden Math of the Middle Mile · 55 min · Episode 44Sometimes the smartest freight route is A to C to B.
- Building a Cyber-Ready Fleet Culture · 53 min · Episode 43Only 1 in 10 fleet cyber attacks ever gets reported — and the smaller the carrier, the more likely the breach ends quietly in bankruptcy.
- Networking Is Not Optional · 1 h 2 min · Episode 42Fleet moves your mail, your produce, your workforce — and most people have no idea how big the industry actually is.
- Acquire. Divest. Change Vendors - But Don’t Break the Fleet! · 55 min · Episode 41When a business changes, the fleet cannot stop moving.
- Does Your Fleet Fit Your Driver’s Life? · 55 min · Episode 40Fleet strategy only works if drivers actually use it.
- How 4 People Run 18,000 Vehicles · 59 min · Episode 394 people. 18,000 vehicles. No blown engines. How does that work?
- Driver Data: Your Defense or Your Risk? · 51 min · Episode 38Fleet safety isn’t just accidents - it’s what your data says you did about them.
- Physical AI Is Coming for Fleet Operations · 50 min · Episode 37Physical AI is rewriting what's possible for autonomous fleets, and the infrastructure decisions you make today determine your competitive position in 2035.
- Strategic Theft: The $725M Crime Wave Hiding in Your Supply Chain · 45 min · Episode 36Cargo theft has fundamentally evolved – and the criminals behind it aren't breaking locks.
- How AI and Autonomy Are Redefining Fleet Operations in 2026 · 51 min · Episode 35Fleets are undergoing a once-in-a-century transformation and the companies leading this shift aren't traditional automakers.
- Stop Treating EV Charging Like a Parking Problem · 58 min · Episode 34You’re not stuck because there aren’t enough chargers.
