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How to run a fleet in 2026.

Operator how-tos, industry benchmarks, and the occasional compliance rant. Written by people who've turned wrenches — or at least sat next to them.

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Industry insight

From Reactive to Proactive: How AI Is Quietly Rewriting Fleet Safety Culture in 2026

AI-enabled dash cams are finally cheap, reliable, and fast enough to flip fleet safety from reactive to proactive. Here's what the shift looks like — and what to consider before you buy.

Apr 20, 2026·4 min
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Industry insight

Past the Hype Cycle: Four Quiet Shifts That Will Decide Who Wins in Fleet Operations in 2026

Tune out the AI marketing noise. Underneath it, four real shifts are quietly reshaping how fleets operate — and which operators come out of 2026 in better shape than they went in.

Apr 17, 2026·5 min
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Industry insight

The Three Goals on Every Fleet Manager's Whiteboard This Year — and the Tech That Actually Moves Them

Roughly 900 fleet professionals say the same three things dominate their 2026 priorities. Here's where the technology has finally caught up with the goals.

Apr 15, 2026·4 min
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How-to

How to set up preventive maintenance that actually gets done

A 40-minute setup guide for operators who want PMs to feel automatic — not like another spreadsheet to babysit.

Apr 14, 2026·9 min
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Industry insight

2026 fleet downtime benchmarks: where does yours stand?

We pulled anonymized data from 1,800 fleets to see what 'good' downtime actually looks like in 2026 — by industry, size, and asset class.

Apr 02, 2026·12 min
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Compliance

The 11-point DOT audit checklist every fleet manager should run quarterly

Don't wait for the FMCSA to tell you what's missing. Here's the quarterly self-audit we recommend to every Pro and Enterprise customer.

Mar 25, 2026·8 min
A fleet driver hands off a tablet showing a completed DVIR to a shop technician in a brightly lit service bay, the defect already routed as a work order
How-to

Closing the loop: from DVIR defect to resolved work order in one day

The single workflow change that took one customer from 12-day defect resolution down to under 24 hours.

Mar 18, 2026·6 min
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How-to

Fuel card reconciliation is a tax on your ops team. Here's how to eliminate it.

If you're still exporting CSVs from your fuel card provider every Monday morning, read this.

Mar 07, 2026·7 min
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Industry insight

Cost-per-mile crept up 4.2% last year. What's driving it?

A breakdown of what's actually pushing CPM up across the industry — parts, labor, fuel, or something subtler.

Feb 22, 2026·10 min

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