Data from a new Samsara study shows that its customers in the first year saw a 47% reduction in crashes, 47% decrease in idling, and 20%+ improvement in vehicle utilization.
The prognosis in most areas of sound fleet management is specious at best - batten down the hatches and prepare for the ride.
Known as the Citizens Air Complaint Program, New York City citizens can make money by reporting commercial vehicles that are left idling for more than three minutes without a driver.
Engine hours aren't always what they seem and fleet managers, drivers, and teams need to fully understand how to operate their vehicles — including the true cost of too much idling.
Vehicle idling wastes billions of gallons of fuel annually and sullies the air with pollutants. An eLearning program aims to change fleet drivers’ vehicle idling habits with an emotionally engaging curriculum.
The difference between the most and least efficient drivers is a 30% difference in fuel consumption. Fuel is a fleet’s No. 1 operating expense and the best way to control this expenditure is to modify driving behavior, which is the major variability influencing fuel consumption.
This video analyzes fleet sales and acquisition trends month over month; flat PM costs as some fleets base oil drain intervals solely on mileage; replacement tire expenses remain flat but increased interest in retreads as a result of cash conservation initiatives; and an uptick in unnecessary idling due to field workers using vehicles for social distancing.
GoGreen Communications Inc., which specializes in idle reduction training, certification and branding of corporate fleets of vehicles is gathering decades of collective fleet management expertise to expose the costs of driver idling behavior in an experts webinar Sept. 17, 2020.
Automotive Fleet views itself as a facilitator to provide different voices from the industry to discuss today’s challenges. This regular column is designed to provide a platform for fleet managers to let their voices be heard to their peers and other fleet professionals.
Truck fleet managers need to be diligent in tracking and documenting all PM work that comply with OEM recommended guidelines to ensure there is no PM variability.
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