Measures to adopt to reduce fuel costs for your vehicle fleet

Fuel is the second highest expense for fleets and accounts for up to 25% of the total vehicle operating cost. It's no wonder, then, that fleet owners are looking for ways to control and optimize their vehicles' fuel consumption. By using a fleet management solution, you can take advantage of it to effectively and regularly track fuel consumption.

Main features for managing fuel consumption

A number of factors influence fuel consumption, from driver behavior to vehicle condition to route selection and more. We share with you some proven features allowing rational and optimal fuel management:

Integration with fuel cards

Such integration is probably the best way to track and manage fuel consumption. It allows consumption data to flow directly to the cloud-based fleet management software upon fuel purchase, without the need for manual data entry.

Calculation of fuel consumption

This feature provides the ability to automatically calculate these fuel economy metrics for each vehicle using fuel card data, as well as create custom reports.

Monitoring driver behavior and speeding

By staying under a set speed limit, drivers not only stay safe, but also save fuel. Speed ​​monitoring helps automatically deliver speed data into a fleet management solution, so fleet owners can identify drivers who habitually exceed set speed limits and have the opportunity to reduce fuel consumption by 5-10%.

Engine idle monitoring

Engine idle monitoring can alert fleet owners whenever a driver starts an engine before and after work or during breaks. And with engine idle monitoring, fleet owners can save significant amounts per vehicle per year.

 

 

 

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