Penske has launched a new version of its Catalyst AI tool, to help fleets make better decisions based on more than 100 billion data points.

The tool uses machine learning to help fleets take the right action at the right time from the right data, the company says.

Four enhancements include: Fantasy Fleet, offering a new comparison set made up of top-performing vehicles most similar to each vehicle in the user’s fleet; Vehicle-level Comparison, which allows users to compare vehicles’ performance; Hub-level Comparison, which enables users to assess operations by location and find opportunities for improvement at the local level; and Impacting Metrics, which allows users to focus on specific metrics that matter the most to their business, from fuel efficiency, maintenance, utilization, etc.

“The new release marks a next chapter for Catalyst AI—one that makes complex data more usable, more scalable, and more actionable,” said Art Vallely, president of Penske Truck Leasing. “We’ve enhanced the platform’s ability to surface trends, benchmark at the vehicle level, and identify meaningful outliers across fleets and facilities. Built in-house, the platform was designed to help our customers spend less time chasing data and more time improving performance.” 

Catalyst AI was first launched last year and is now used by thousands of customers, the company says.  

“Catalyst AI now analyzes over 100 billion data points annually,” said Tim Haynes, vice-president of digital and customer data at Penske. “We’ve engineered a system that runs more than 300 models in real time — delivering comparison logic, trend detection, and scoring that is both scalable and immediate. This release reflects the technical backbone required to help fleets benchmark smarter and respond faster.”