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The Fleet Lead — 71 episodes

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The 11th hour: Vanishing truck slots and the return of the driver shortage

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This week in trucking: Freightliner safety tech, Clearinghouse security

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How Volvo raised the VNL's fuel efficiency

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The FleetGap Initiative: get experienced help for your fleet at zero financial risk

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How Daimler engineers boost the Cascadia's fuel efficiency

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This week in trucking: DataQ upgrade, new autonomous drayage truck

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What fuel efficiency techniques are fleets using?

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This week in trucking: Paper medical certs extended, chameleon carriers exposed

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Van interior upfits that boost residual value?

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BeyondTrucks on trucking's bend toward AI

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This week in trucking: Idaho speed limits, more Iran chaos

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What you missed at Q1's fleet trade shows

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This week in trucking: ELD tampering out-of-service extension, Indiana's 1,790 non-dom CDLs

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Volvo Trucks' Peter Voorhoeve on tariffs, market timing, the all-new VNR, and North American manufacturing

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Is broker liability about to change? Supreme Court case on Montgomery could decide

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This week in trucking: New wheel-end sensor, diesel prices

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This week in trucking: Rear impact guard milestone, truck tech lawsuits

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Autonomous spotlight: PlusAI's software-first approach to trucking

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Looming trade dispute ruling could reshape the U.S. trailer industry

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This week in trucking: 13,000 CDLs gone, diesel price hikes

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Autonomous spotlight: Torc Robotics driving Freightliners

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Autonomous spotlight: Bot Auto narrowing cost per mile

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Autonomous spotlight: Kodiak's focus on AI

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This week in trucking: New vocational trucks, legal decisions

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Trucking's "Law and Order" Era: Incoming TCA President Jim Mullen on FMCSA crackdowns, freight recessions, and emissions course corrections

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This week in trucking: Tariff reruns, FMCSA wants more English proficiency

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Daimler Truck's next diesel engine and the urgency of fleet renewal

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Is manufacturing coming back to U.S.? Reshoring Institute talks tariffs, China, nearshoring

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This week in trucking: emissions rollback, non-domiciled oversight

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Ford Pro's take on tech shortage, work truck TCO, and journey to zero downtime

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This week in trucking: Sysco loses retaliation suit, $200 million for truck parking

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An AV vs. EV horse race: ACT Expo 2026

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This week in trucking: Werner acquired FirstFleet, autonomous milestones

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2026's regulatory rodeo with David Heller, Truckload Carriers Association

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This week in trucking: Spot rates down, California enforces English

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2026 Outlook: Rise of AI, dwindling EV focus, and brain-reading trucks

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This week in trucking: Appalachian CDLs, STG Logistics bankruptcy

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This week in trucking: California loses funding, USPS cuts non-dom CDLs

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What to expect from PC-12 engine oils with Shell's Karin Haumann

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Nuclear verdicts cost the entire U.S. economy

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This week in trucking: Colorado CDL scrutiny, LTL closure

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This week in trucking: Rail merger targets trucking, 17k CDLs on pause

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This week in trucking: Prime's nuclear verdict, non-domiciled CDL disputes

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New ATA chairman on drivers, tankers, regs, and trucking's future

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This week in trucking: Fleets downsizing, autonomous expands

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Dean Croke's' connection to Wreaths Across America, U.S. truck drivers

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Trucking's year in review: Uncertainty

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This week in trucking: CDL crackdown, truck orders plummet

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Podcast: Ryder recruiter Suzanne Varghese on veteran hiring best practices

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Hendrickson's 'Beyond Suspensions' strategy

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This week in trucking: Freight recession symptoms, Bollinger quits

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Volvo Trucks on the freight recession, fleet survival, and the bottom line

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This week in trucking: NOx rule stays, Schneider ready for acquisitions

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How Peterbilt is juggling new vehicle platforms, waiting on the freight recession

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Volvo's autonomous roadmap

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Veteran's Day Special: Talking veterans with Nick Smith, a U.S. Marine turned International sensation

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Navigating uncertainty with Fleet Advantage's Brian Antonellis

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Jade Transport driver talks his trailer, dashcams, and more

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ATRI, A&M Transport talk top fleet concerns

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Leadership means focusing on the outcome

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Calling plays for mobile maintenance

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Great Dane’s secret to 125 years is focusing “on the right thing”

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Trucking today: trailer manufacturing, English requirements, emissions regs

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How smaller fleets can use AI to survive the freight recession

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The future of electric truck adoption is dimmer

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Tank trucks explained

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Trailer/Body Builders Buyer's Guide: 65 years and counting

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How to launch an electric truck company during the Trump era

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For-hire’s overcapacity problem

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Tanker segment to outpace GDP through 2029

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