How to Use Driver Data to Turn Fleet Chaos Into Analytics Opportunity — with Steve Jastrow

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 me to explain how mobility chaos is an opportunity. We 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.

Chapters:

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

Guest: Steve Jastrow, SVP of Client Advisory and Analytics, Element Fleet Management — LinkedIn