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 to data-centric fleets that understand their drivers as well as their vehicles.
Key Moments:
0:00 Data Opportunity in Fleet Chaos
1:00 From Finance to Fleet Leadership
2:40 Tariffs, AI, and Electrification
4:40 Leading Teams Through Uncertainty
6:10 Replacement Discipline and the Supply Chain Hangover
8:30 Leasing vs. Owning: The Five-Year Electricity Question
10:40 The Realities of Electrification
13:30 Tariffs, Politics, and the Next Market Cycle
16:20 AI, Analytics, and the 50 Percent Driver Factor
20:00 Safety Doesn’t Happen by Accident
25:20 Autonomy and the Road Ahead
33:20 Partnerships, AI Tools, and Accelerate Intelligence
42:00 Benchmarking and the Art of Possible
44:40 The Next Frontier of Fleet Efficiency