Tag Archives: Fleet Management

Company Pays Less For Fuel Now Than One Year Ago

With the rise of fuel costs and a sluggish economy, companies throughout the country are continually seeking for ways to reduce their operating costs. One way to reduce costs dramatically is through the use of a GPS fleet tracking system. These systems have long been known to save companies thousands of dollars in fuel each [...]

How your fleet can flourish using eco-friendly vehicles

With the cost of fuel still being unpredictable, it has become more and more critical to come up with alternatives to mitigate this continued risk. Additionally,  petroleum consumption has now been shown to be very dangerous for the Ozone layer, and so, eco-friendly cars must be one of the ways to go to solve that problem [...]

Smarter Truck Driving Saves Fuel Over the Long Haul

Nearly 35 years ago 33 truckers competed for three days in a fuel saving contest called  “Double Nickel Challenge.”  Truckers from all over the United States gathered in East Liberty, Ohio, to watch as drivers navigated laps around a track—first at 55 mph, and then at any speed of their choosing. The results were that [...]

Why you should invest in fleet technologies

In order to increase the productivity of your fleet while also ensuring that all the vehicles are properly maintained and utilized, businesses involved in fleets need to examine the implementation of an effective fleet management program that will create the needed efficiencies. Fleet tracking systems should include the following core areas in order to be considered [...]

A Safe Driver is a Cost Effective Driver

With rising fuel prices combined with the current economic climate, it has become even more important to address the cost related issues of fleet management. Reducing operational costs is at the top of the managers’ agenda. One can accomplish this through more efficient fuel monitoring, maintenance management, and driver behavior by implementing fleet tracking systems. 2013 [...]

Fleet Telematics: Balancing Comercial and Environmental Concerns

Clean Cities, a Department of Energy initiative that started 20 years ago, is made up of a number of regional coalitions that work with public and private fleets to help ease the transition to alternative fuels. Clean Cities also helps fleets that aren’t ready to make the switch to alternative fuels by offering information on emerging [...]

Carriers Continue to be Conservative in Replacing Fleet Equipment

According to the 4th Quarter 2012 Business Expectations Survey, carriers will continue to be very conservative in replacing their fleet equipment over the next year. There is an increase in carriers planning to acquire 11% to 25% of their tractor fleets, 60% of the smaller carriers and 45% of larger carriers indicated they were going [...]

Environmentally Friendly Double-deckers Hit Streets of Preston

Hybrid double-decker buses will hit the streets of Preston, UK in January 2013. Bob Dunn, managing director of operator Preston Bus, said the new acquisitions were the 11th hybrid vehicles to join its fleet. Mr. Dunn acknowledged that they were able to reduce their fuel bill by 25%, which more than justified doing it. Last September Mr Dunn [...]

McDonald’s Trucks Go Green With Recycled Frier Oil

As of December 2012, McDonald’s delivery trucks in United Arab Emirates have reached a significant milestone; they have driven 800,000 miles on recycled cooking oil! 100 percent of the used oil from the UAE’s McDonalds restaurants is turned back into biofuel, through biodiesel producer Neutral Fuels. The UAE, however, is not the only country McDonalds [...]

Green GPS Systems Makes Safer Drivers

In 2010, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) started implementing a Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 (CSA 2010) program. CSA 2010 replaced the SAFESTAT system that was used for many years to help track commercial driver and commercial carrier safety performance. CSA 2010 gathers information nationwide from crash sites and roadside vehicle inspections. This data [...]