The Fleet Success Show

Episode 253: Department of One: Building a Centralized Fleet From Scratch

What happens when one fleet director is asked to unite four divisions that have never worked together? Live from Connect 2026, Marc Canton talks with Luke Conway, Fleet D

Episode 252: The Gray Fleet Nobody Manages: Getting Personally Owned Vehicles Right

Almost every organization runs a personally owned vehicle (POV) program, even the ones that say they don’t. Someone drives to a conference. An inspector drives to a job s

Episode 251: Are Alternative Fuel Mandates Failing Public Fleets?

Bob explains how the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) impacts state fleets, why hybrid vehicles receive different compliance treatment than certain alternative fuel vehicles, an

Episode 250: What Makes a Great Fleet? Inside the Fleet Success Awards

Marc, Nathan, and Scott explore why fleet metrics need context, how something as seemingly straightforward as PM compliance can tell different stories depending on how it

Episode 249 - AI, Change & the New Fleet Manager: How to Lead What’s Next

The role of the fleet manager is changing fast. Today’s fleet leaders aren’t just expected to understand vehicles and maintenance—they’re being asked to lead people, anal

Episode 248: Fingerprints, Retinas, and Remote Kill Switches: What’s Really Coming to Your Next Vehicle

Vehicles are getting smarter, but what does that mean for the people driving and managing them? In Episode 248 of **The Fleet Success Show**, Marc Canton and Tony Yankov

Fleet Management 101: Where Fleet Belongs in Your Organization

In this episode of The Fleet Success Show, Marc, RTA’s VP of Fleet Strategy, puts Nathan’s 25 years of fleet experience to the test with a provocative question: Should o

Episode 246: The Utilization Debate: Should You Move Vehicles Between Drivers?

The answer can have significant implications for vehicle replacement planning, residual value, total cost of ownership, warranty coverage, fleet availability, and long-te

Episode 245: Your Fleet Is Losing Money Without a Chargeback System

In this episode of The Fleet Success Show, RTA Fleet’s Marc Canton and Marc Knight break down fleet cost allocation, chargebacks, and billing, and explain why these finan

Episode 244: From Commodore 64 to Ask Ron360: Marc Knight on 35 Years of Building Fleet Software

What happens when a guy who wanted to be a city planner ends up running a food distributor's delivery trucks, gets mentored by two of the most influential minds in fleet

Episode 243: Every Work Order Should End With an Inspection

Should every fleet maintenance work order end with an inspection? Yes—but that doesn’t mean every vehicle needs a full preventive maintenance inspection every time it ent

Episode 242: Rethinking the Modern Motor Pool

Every motor pool eventually hits the same wall: you either buy enough vehicles to cover your busiest day, or you accept that some days you'll come up short. On this episo

Episode 241: How Utah Built the Most Centralized Fleet in America

Fleet may be a small world, but Utah shows just how powerful that network can become. In this episode of The Fleet Success Show, Marc Canton is joined by Steve Saltzgive

Episode 240: Is AI Replacing a Decades-Old Profession?

Is AI really coming for fleet technicians? Or is it about to make them more valuable than ever? Recorded live from the Government Fleet Expo (GFX) in Long Beach, Califor

Episode 239: I Was Wrong About EVs: A Fleet Vet’s Shocking AI & EV Turnaround

What happens when a longtime fleet leader admits they were completely wrong about electric vehicles? In Episode 239 of The Fleet Success Show, Facundo Tassara sits down

Episode 238: Managing a Prison Fleet with Inmate Mechanics

What does it take to manage one of the most unique fleet operations in government? In this episode of the Fleet Success Show, host Marc Canton sits down with Jeffrey Dic

Episode 237: 40 Years in Fleet Management: Hurricanes, Hostile Takeovers, & Becoming #1

After more than 40 years in fleet management, Patti Earley has seen just about everything: from managing a statewide fleet consolidation to leading fleet fuel operations

Episode 236: Will Robots Fix the Fleet Technician Shortage?

Artificial intelligence is changing fleet management faster than most organizations realize. But can AI—and eventually humanoid robots—actually solve the fleet technician

Episode 235: "JARVIS" For Fleet Managers? How Next-Gen AI is Eliminating Complex Reporting

Artificial intelligence is changing fleet management faster than almost any technology in recent memory. From answering questions about preventive maintenance compliance

Episode 234: AI for Fleet Leaders: Stop Waiting, Start Moving

The episode covers the arms race happening between major AI companies, the difference between using AI as a search engine versus a true work partner, and why fleet manage