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The Fleet Lead

The Fleet Lead

By: Endeavor Business Media
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The Fleet Lead podcast features journalists from EndeavorB2B's commercial vehicle brands, including FleetOwner, Fleet Maintenance, Bulk Transporter, and Trailer Body-Builders. It aims to help fleet managers, trucking professionals, and transportation industry leaders navigate the rapidly changing industry, covering topics like new technologies, efficiency, and regulatory shifts.

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

    This week in trucking: emissions rollback, non-domiciled oversight
    Feb 12 2026

    Here are the trucking industry's headlines this week, as of February 12:

    • EPA finalizes removal of trucks’ greenhouse gas regulations
    • FMCSA makes another attempt to tighten non-domiciled CDLs
    • TCA's next president will be Jim Mullen
    • In fuel, diesel prices rose by 1 cent
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    2 mins
  • Ford Pro's take on tech shortage, work truck TCO, and journey to zero downtime

    Ford Pro's take on tech shortage, work truck TCO, and journey to zero downtime
    Feb 9 2026

    Modern work trucks have become very advanced, and OEMs' strategies to manage those trucks even more advanced. Ford Pro's Eric Rice, general manager of U.S. fleet sales, details the industry's latest trends: driver assistance, predictive maintenance, the technician shortage, and more.

    Timestamps:

    • 02:23 - Total cost of ownership
    • 07:35 - Advanced safety tech
    • 11:35 - The technician shortage
    • 16:30 - Machine learning for actionable data
    • 18:30 - Race to zero downtime
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    25 mins
  • This week in trucking: Sysco loses retaliation suit, $200 million for truck parking

    This week in trucking: Sysco loses retaliation suit, $200 million for truck parking
    Feb 5 2026

    Here are the trucking industry's headlines this week, as of February 5:

    • The latest highway funding bill includes truck parking
    • Five employees won a $52 million verdict against food distributor Sysco
    • EPA is looking to further weaken DEF derates
    • Heavy-duty equipment demand in January was very strong
    • Spot rates made a record-high jump
    • Diesel prices increased 6 cents
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    3 mins
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