FleetBoss Report

May 2006

Top 3 Ways To Achieve Huge Fuel Savings!

Experts agree that higher gas prices are here to stay, but your company doesn't have to suffer under the profit-draining burden of skyrocketing fuel costs.

FleetBoss has been saving businesses like yours tens of thousands of dollars in fuel costs for nearly a decade. Today, our GPS solutions are needed more than ever. We can keep your fuel costs low even in the face of soaring gas prices.

The following fuel saving tips show you how your drivers can improve their gas mileage significantly once you measure, monitor and reinforce smart driving habits using the right GPS system from FleetBoss.

Driver Habits For Big Fuel Savings

Resulting Fuel Savings %*

FleetBoss Solutions

1. Aggressive vs. Moderate Driving
Monitoring and moderating aggressive driving habits can lead to massive fuel economy savings. GPS data from a fleet management system helps encourage drivers:

not to mash the gas at start up,
slow 0-to-60-mph acceleration time down from 10 seconds to 15 seconds
moderate hard breaking in traffic, at stop signs, etc.

Moderate driving leads to an average fuel savings of 31 percent.

Series 6000:

Uses bread crumb tracking to monitor acceleration and hard breaking.

2. Lower Speeds Equals Lower Fuel
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, fuel consumption increases nearly 2% for each mile per hour above 50. Consider the cost to your business in fleet fuel costs when your drivers average more than 60 mph on the road:

60 mph = 14% in increased fuel costs
70 mph = 23% in increased fuel costs
80 mph = 34% in increased fuel costs

Lower speeds provide an average fuel savings of 12 percent around town and 14 percent on longer trips.

All FleetBoss Systems:

Track drivers speeds and provide speed alerts for improved safety and responsible driving.

3. Excessive Idling
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, running a vehicle at idle speed dramatically reduces engine life.

Just 60 minutes of idling time is equivalent to 80 to 120 minutes of driving time.

Excessive idling can waste up to 800 gallons of fuel annually for the average service truck or vehicle.

Reduced idling offers an average fuel savings of 19 percent.

All FleetBoss Systems:

Track drivers' idling times.

During this rising fuel crisis, the good news for your business is that you can dramatically improve your gas mileage and fuel savings with the right FleetBoss GPS fleet management solution. Although FleetBoss solutions typically pay for themselves in 3 to 6 months from fuel savings alone, our systems offer equally impressive benefits. These benefits include: increased service calls, reduced overtime, cost-saving preventive maintenance, improved employee safety and reduced company liability.

Contact FleetBoss to learn more.

*SOURCE: Edmunds.com.