Green fleets are focused on reducing fuel consumption, mileage and exhaust emissions, and on driving more safely and efficiently. If your fleet is not managed effectively, you can generate not only unnecessary emissions, but also excess costs to negatively impact your bottom-line. The FleetMind solution provides tools to support leaner and greener fleets as follows:
Improved fuel consumption management
Fuel costs account for a major portion of the total fleet operating cost and will vary according to vehicle type, driving style and mileage, so managing your fuel consumption is a critical part of green fleet management. FleetMind can help reduce fuel consumption - and your carbon footprint - as follows:
- FleetMind’s onboard Driver Direction lets you optimize each truck’s routes to reduce time spent on the road and the number of engine hours per day.
- FleetMind lets you reduce the amount of fuel burned by the engine as it is being used by using alarms to monitor and reduce idling, identifying aggressive driving patterns through alarms , identifying vehicle maintenance problems, and collecting the ECM codes so that engines can be repaired before problems escalate.
Reduced overall mileage
FleetMind’s Driver Direction capabilities automatically provide driving directions to the truck’s next stop based on run sheet data - no driver input is required. It further provides a graphical view of the calls to the driver, and will automatically re-calculate the route when a driver selects an out-of-sequence manual stop. This ensures that each route is optimized for time and distance, thereby reducing overall mileage.
Driver monitoring and education
Driver behavior is fundamental to ensuring high levels of fleet efficiency. Your drivers must be made aware of efficient driving techniques, either by increasing awareness or with ongoing driver training. Even the most fuel-efficient vehicles will perform poorly with an inefficient driver behind the wheel. Real-time monitoring of driver behavior and driving patterns allows fleet managers to influence and educate drivers on more fuel and emissions-friendly driving approaches.
FleetMap delivers a real-time map view of individual vehicles’ positions relative to towns, cities, highways and streets. Managers can select from a number of layers which determine the level of detail and plot the vehicle’s position according to reported events. Using FleetMap, managers can further reconstruct the route taken by a driver on any given day, and view alarm criteria, such as exceeding a specified speed limit. Managers can also identify drivers that are deviating from assigned routes or making unscheduled side trips (meeting for lunch, taking the wrong route etc.) which can lead to unnecessary fuel consumption.
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