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The Fleet

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.

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00:54:40

Are Cities Dying? How Urban Design Shapes Mobility

The Fleet ·

2025/11/18

What creates good city infrastructure? What makes it fail?Professor Shauna Brail from the University of Toronto joins The Fleet to unpack why cities remain the beating heart of innovation, what makes infrastructure succeed or fail, and how human-centric design is quietly redefining mobility. From post-industrial skylines to the rise of third spaces and multimodal fleets, this episode explores what future-ready cities can teach every leader about building resilient systems that move people and ideas

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00:46:09

How to Use Driver Data to Turn Fleet Chaos Into...

The Fleet ·

2025/11/11

Fleet leaders face chaos. Use analytics to thrive in it.On this episode of The Fleet, Steve Jastrow, SVP of Client Advisory and Analytics at Element Fleet Management, joins host Chris Brandt to explain how mobility chaos is an opportunity.Explore how AI-driven analytics and camera technology are reshaping safety, efficiency, and the entire culture of fleet management. From leasing versus ownership decisions to EV adoption and autonomous vehicle realities, Steve shares why the next decade will belong

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00:48:42

Why Waiting for the EV Market Is a Mistake

The Fleet ·

2025/10/28

Most companies say they’ll go electric someday. AstraZeneca didn’t wait. Procurement leader Alejandra Torres shows how her team at AstraZeneca built a carbon-zero fleet across Latin America - proving that going electric isn’t just sustainable, it’s smart business. From cutting fuel costs to turning sustainability into ROI, here’s why waiting for the market is the real mistake. Key Moments: 0:00 Why Waiting for the EV Market Is a Mistake2:32 Alejandra Torres Explains the Procurement and

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00:52:29

Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Will Reshape Our Cities

The Fleet ·

2025/10/14

Real freedom isn’t parked in your driveway. It arrives there when you need it to.This week on The Fleet, Chris Brandt sits down with Sampo Hietanen, founder of MaaS Global and Aspectu, and the original mind behind Mobility as a Service. Together, they explore how MaaS is transforming not just transportation, but the entire fabric of urban life. Where fleets, data, and design come together to move people more intelligently and sustainably.Hietanen explains how the shift from ownership to access could

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00:51:51

Ex-BMW Exec Exposes The Reality of Electric and...

The Fleet ·

2025/09/30

Should we be preparing for the autonomous electric fleet revolution… or has it already arrived? Chris sits down with Dr. Sven Beiker (Silicon Valley Mobility; ex-BMW, Stanford CARS, McKinsey) to cut through hype and explain where EVs and AVs actually stand — and what it will take to scale them. You’ll hear why the “gold rush” era of autonomy is over, what’s working shockingly well (hello, robo-taxis?), and why the real bottleneck is systems change: charging reliability, “machine-readable roads,”

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00:01:31

Welcome to The Fleet

The Fleet ·

2025/09/16

The road ahead for fleet management is changing fast — and this is your first look. Get a glimpse of the big questions host Chris Brandt will be tackling with industry-leaders, including:How will electrification and autonomous vehicles transform your operations? What new risks and opportunities will global supply chains, AI, and connected vehicles create? And what strategies will fleet leaders need to stay ahead? ‘From success stories to emerging technologies, The Fleet is here to help you navigate

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00:31:00

Driver Spotlight: Jan Quarnberg on Driving 6 Million...

The Fleet ·

2021/09/03

What does it take to be nominated as Driver of the Year? 6,000,000 accident-free miles in a career is a good start.Jan Quarnberg is a driver for Barney Trucking and was recently selected as a Lytx Driver of the Year. He’s been a professional truck driver for over 40 years and has received numerous awards throughout his career, including the Lytx/DriveCam Good Driving Award and the Glen Barney Haul of Fame award. In the 6,000,000 miles that he’s driven, Quarnberg has never been involved in an

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00:43:58

A Global Perspective on Fleet Management with Raj...

The Fleet ·

2021/08/25

For much of our show, we’ve focused on our market here in the United States, but what about the rest of the world?Fleet Managers that get assigned to international markets quickly learn just how different other countries operate compared to the United States. Size of roads, availability of refueling stations, access to repairs and maintenance, laws and regulations, traffic density, and accessways, it’s endless, the myriad of systems in play around the world. Meet Raj Bajaj, Vice President for

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00:42:46

The Future of Safety is Collaborative: How Together...

The Fleet ·

2021/08/18

Where does a city turn in order to make their roads safer? Who does a private fleet call to improve driving conditions for its drivers? Because these questions went largely unanswered, a new organization was created to better address solutions for safer roads.From companies like ABInbev and UPS to city governments, Together for Safer Roads, or TSR for short, is a global coalition on a mission to create safer roads. David Braunstein is the President of TSR and he joins us today to discuss how the

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00:48:35

The Psychology Behind Driver Safety

The Fleet ·

2021/08/11

We are psychologically incapable of putting down the phone. That might sound horrific, but Dr. Paul Atchley, a Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida, has studied human behavior for decades and he’s convinced distracted driving is part of our everyday lives, that people want more entertainment and connectivity options while driving, and most importantly, we as a culture find it acceptable to exhibit these behaviors. So what can be done? On this episode of The Fleet, Paul educates

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00:40:48

An Insider’s Perspective: What Decades of Logistics...

The Fleet ·

2021/08/04

Driver shortage? There’s no driver shortage. So why is the trucking industry having such a hard time filling its open jobs? According to today’s guest, the cause is not a shortage of drivers, but an abundance of options. Joining the show is FreightWaves’ Grace Sharkey. FreightWaves is like the Bloomberg of transportation -- they report on all the logistics, trends, and news that fuel the global supply chain.In today’s conversation, Grace uncovers the abundance of opportunity available to drivers

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00:38:56

A Future Without Empty Miles

The Fleet ·

2021/07/07

About 35 percent of U.S. trucking miles are driven empty. This means that roughly 1 in 3 trucks we see on the road are empty, traveling between jobs, burning fuel, time, and miles with nothing to haul and no money being made.Convoy is on a mission to change that. Joining the podcast today is Grant Goodale. Grant is the founder, former CTO, and now CXO of Convoy, an on-demand trucking service for arranging regional and local shipments.Today, Grant tells us how his team is transforming the trucking

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00:35:44

The Journey to Electric: A Deep Dive Into EV Fleets

The Fleet ·

2021/06/30

Earlier this season we sat down with Giovanni Bertolino of Enel X to discuss electric vehicles and the infrastructure needed to support them. Today, we dive even deeper into the world of EVs and what you need to know about implementing them in your fleets. Joining us for that discussion is Tim Campbell, the founder and Managing Director of Campbells Consultancy. He is one of the UK's most experienced commercial vehicle consultants in helping fleets transition from diesel to electric or hydrogen fuel

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00:40:03

Saving Lives Through Machine Vision

The Fleet ·

2021/06/23

What trends should fleet managers and industry executives expect to see in the next year, 5 years, and 10 years? And how will these trends affect the day-to-day for drivers on the ground?Joining the podcast today is Rajesh Rudraradhya, CTO of Lytx. Rajesh shares his vision for the future of fleet technology and what he is working on today to meet that vision. Plus, he dives deep into the key trends facing the industry as a whole - including cloud and increased connectivity, the impact of 5G, video

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00:35:30

A Driver’s Take on Coaching with Coach of the Year...

The Fleet ·

2021/06/16

Today we have a special guest uniquely positioned to offer both a perspective on driving and on coaching -- Herschel Evans, Safety Trainer and Driver for Yellow Corporation. Herschel was recently awarded Lytx’s 2021 Coach of the Year and was the first-place winner in the For-hire Trucking category. Among countless impressive accomplishments, he has maintained a flawless driving record with over 3 million accident-free miles.Today, Herschel explains how he got his start as a trucker 33 years ago, why

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00:31:50

Labor Unions, Labor Shortages, and Thriving in...

The Fleet ·

2021/06/09

Today’s guest is Jerry Glass, the President and founder of F&H Solutions Group, a consulting firm that advises companies on a range of labor issues. As a company, Jerry and his team have negotiated more than 800 collective bargaining agreements, and, as he puts it, over the 15 years since he founded the company, “they’ve seen everything.”Jerry offers a valuable look into labor unions, labor shortages, and how today’s economy is affecting transportation companies. He discusses the necessity for

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00:42:21

Electric Vehicles: What Fleet Managers Need to Know

The Fleet ·

2021/06/02

Electric vehicles. It’s an inevitable transition most fleets will be making -- maybe you already have EVs in your fleet, or have a plan to phase them in in the not-so-distant future.But as we get ever closer to widespread adoption of EVs in fleets, what do you need to know to be ready?Joining us today is Giovanni Bertolino, the Head of e-Mobility USA & Canada for Enel X. Giovanni leads Enel’s team focused on growing the company’s residential and commercial smart charging business. Before joining

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00:33:01

Creating a Positive Culture of Safety with the...

The Fleet ·

2021/05/26

We are back with more episodes of The Fleet! Kicking it off is our interview with Kristin Danner. Kristin is the Corporate Safety Manager for the City of Kansas City, Mo. Over the last two decades, she’s helped develop the city’s safety program from the ground floor into the successful 1900 vehicle program it is today.On this episode, Kristin shares her experiences managing fleets and safety in the public sector, including how she creates buy-in with drivers, encourages behavior changes in a

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00:43:06

Understanding Commercial Insurance Prices – And How...

The Fleet ·

2021/01/20

You’ve heard it time and time again - insurance costs for commercial vehicles are skyrocketing. It's a tale of woe for fleet managers everywhere, but our guest today is here to tell you not to give up all hope just yet; there are strategies you can take to get your insurance costs under control - and possibly even lower them.Joining The Fleet is Dave Michelson, President of DWM Consulting and former longtime CEO of National Interstate Corporation. Dave is a veteran in the trucking industry and has

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00:46:26

A (Not-So) Crash Course in Compliance

The Fleet ·

2021/01/13

DOT Compliance. It's a topic that has caused nightmares for CEOs and fleet managers everywhere.Compliance is an unsung, yet vital, component of running a safe (and legal) business. Every business that operates a fleet has to be in compliance - whether your business is in fleets or if having a fleet is just one aspect of your operations. So what exactly does it mean to be compliant and what are some of the top issues that companies struggle with in regards to compliance? Joining us to answer these

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