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7 Tips To Improve Fuel Efficiency

DON'T BE FUELISH! THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO LOWERING FLEET FUEL COSTS 7 TIPS TO IMPROVE FUEL EFFICENCY READ OUR TIPS AND TRICKS THAT FLEETS CAN IMPLEMENT TO IMPROVE FUEL EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE FUEL-RELATED COSTS. HERE ARE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU CAN MAKE TO YOUR FLEET TO STOP WASTING FUEL AND START SAVING MONEY 1. STOP IDLING TRUCK DRIVERS IDLE ENGINES TO KEEP THE ENGINE BLOCK WARM, HEAT AND COOL THE CABIN AND OPERATE IN-CAB APPLIANCES. BUT, DID YOU KNOW THAT... 1.1 BILLION GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL ARE ANY MORE THAN IDLING CONSUMES FOR A TRUCK THAT ALMOST A GALLON OF DIESEL CONSUMES $70,000 OF DIESEL FUEL IN A YEAR, $5,600 IS 10 SECONDS OF IDLING USES MORE CONSUMED BY FUEL THAN FUEL/HOUR AND IDLING IN THE UNITED RESTARTING THE CONSTITUES STATES EACH YEAR'. SPENT ON IDLING. ENGINE'. NEARLY 8% OF TOTAL FUEL USE?. 2. USE ANTI-IDLE DEVICES DIRECT FIRE HEATERS AND AUXILIARY POWER UNITS (APUS) ARE INSTALLED IN AROUND 36% OF SLEEPER CABS TODAY AND HELP REDUCE IDLING-RELATED FUEL CONSUMPTION“. APU: GENERATOR THAT REPLACES THE NEED FOR CABIN HEATING AND COOLING DIRECT FIRE HEATER: WARMS THE ENGINE BLOCK AND PROVIDES HEAT TO AND POWERS CABIN APPLIANCES. POWERED BY EITHER DIESEL FUEL OR THE CABIN REDUCING THE FUEL USED FOR IDLING BY 75%. BATTERIES. A BATTERY-POWERED APU EFFECTIVELY REMOVES ALL NEED FOR DIESEL FUEL CONSUMPTION WHEN THE TRUCK IS STOPPEDS. 3. STOP HARD BRAKING AND SPEEDING USE YOUR MOMENTUM TO MAXIMIZE FUEL EFFICIENCY. USE GAINED MOMENTUM TO CLIMB RIDING THE BRAKES WASTES DOES YOUR TRUCK HAVE HILLS MORE EFFICIENTLY. IN SOME MOMENTUM. KEEP AN EYE AN EXHAUST BRAKE? INSTANCES, YOU CAN USE ON UPCOMING TRAFFIC USING IT CAN HELP YOU MOMENTUM TO SLOWLY ROLL TO A CONDITIONS AND RED SAVE FUEL, GET MORE TRAFFIC LIGHT STOP. LIGHTS TO CONSERVE MILEAGE OUT OF YOUR ROLLING MOMENTUM AND BRAKES AND COME TO A AVOID BRAKING HEAVILY. SMOOTHER STOP. RULE OF THUMB: EVERY TIME YOU CHANGE UP A GEAR YOU IMPROVE FUEL EFFICIENCY BY BETWEEN 10% AND 30%". 4. MAINTAIN OPTIMAL SPEED EFFICIENCY FUEL ECONOMY DECREASES BY 0.5 MPG FOR EVERY 5 MPHA TRUCK DRIVES OVER 55 MPH. 55 60 65 70 75 80 MPH AS TRUCKS MOVE FASTER, AERODYNAMIC DRAG INCREASES BY A POWER OF THREE, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING SPEED AND FUEL EFFICIENCY. TRUCKS ACHIEVE THE GREATEST FUEL EFFICIENCY WHEN TRAVELING AT AROUND 55 MPH, THOUGH THIS SPEED IS TOO SLOW FOR SAFE TRAVEL ON MANY HIGHWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES. 65MPG $$ TO BALANCE SPEED BY MODESTLY THE MOST EFFICIENT EFFICIENCY AND SAFE TRAVEL WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, 65 MPH IS RECOGNIZED AS THE IDEAL SPEED FOR DECREASING SPEED TO DRIVERS CAN GET 65 MPH, THE AVERAGE VEHICLE CAN ACHIEVE A APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT BETTER MPG THAN THE LEAST FUEL SAVING OF $7,200 ANNUALLY. HIGHWAY TRUCK TRAVEL. EFFICIENT DRIVERS. 5. USE ADAPTIVE AND PREDICTIVE CRUISE CONTROL ADAPTIVE AND PREDICTIVE CRUISE CONTROL CAN IMPROVE FUEL EFFICIENCY AND SAFTEY FOR ANY FLEET®. ACCELERATES OR BRAKES REDUCES COLLISIONS BY ALLOWING PROVIDES LANE AS NEEDED IN A SMOOTH TRUCKS TO MAINTAIN A SAFE CRUISING DEPARTURE OFILE (RAPID DISTANCE FROM THE VEHICLES AHEAD IGS AND ACCELERATION REQUIRES OF THEM AND ENSURING ADEQUATE BLIND SPOT MORE POWER AND MORE BRAKING DISTANCE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. MONITORING. FUEL). 6. MAP OUT ROUTES GETTING STUCK IN UNNECESSARY TRAFFIC OR TAKING A WRONG TURN CAN END UP COSTING A LOT IN FUEL. AVOID SOME OF THESE GAS-GUZZLING SITUATIONS BY MAPPING OUT YOUR BEST ROUTE AHEAD OF TIME'. SOME INTERSECTIONS AND TURNS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY UNSAFE. RESEARCHING AND COMPILING INFORMATION ON THE LOCATIONS OF CRASHES CAN HIGHLIGHT WHICH ROUTES SHOULD BE AVOIDED WHEN DESIGNING ROUTES. TRUCK-APPROVED NAVIGATION SYSTEMS HELP PLAN ROUTES THAT AVOID ONE-WAY A STREETS, LOW BRIDGES, UNNECESSARY TURNS AND TRAFFIC AND HELP FIND APPROVED FUELING LOCATIONS. TO PLAN THE MOST APPROPRIATE TRIP, INPUT THE FOLLOWING INFO TO YOUR GPS: I VEHICLE LENGTH, WIDTH AND HEIGHT I AXLE WEIGHTS I HAZARDOUS MATERIALS YOU MAY BE TRANSPORTING 7. USE GPS TRACKING GPS TRACKING AND MOBILE FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CAN PROVIDE DRASTIC IMPROVEMENTS IN FUEL EFFICIENCY AND PROFITABILITY. THE FOLLOWING IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE WHEN GPS TRACKING WAS IMPLEMENTED INA SAMPLE SET OF 97 TRUCKS10: AVERAGE OF 117 SPEEDING VIOLATIONS SLOW DOWN PER WEEK DOWN TO AN AVERAGE OF 3 $124,000 ANNUAL SAVINGS SPEEDING EVENTS PER WEEK. THE IDLE TIMES WENT FROM AN AVERAGE OF 468 HOURS PER WEEK $74,500 ANNUAL SAVINGS TO AN AVERAGE OF 72 HOURS A WEEK. TOTAL ANNUAL SAVINGS = $200,000 %3D SOURCES 1. http://www.edf.org/transportation/reports/idling 2. http://www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/TA/373.pdf 3. http://www.epa.gov/reg3artd/diesel/truck_idling_fs.pdf 4. http://www.atri-online.org/research/results/ldle%20Reduction%20Technology%20Fleet%2 OPreferences%20Survey.pdf 5. http://www.carbonwarroom.com/sites/default/files/reports/Unlocking%20Fuel%20Saving% 20 Technologies%20in%20Trucking%20and%20Fleets%20(Carbon%20War%20Room).pdf 6. http://www.ecodrive.org/en/what_is_ecodriving-/the_golden_rules_of_ecodriving/ 7. http://cumminsengines.com/uploads/docs/cummins_secrets_of_better_fuel_economy.pdf 8. http://www.ecomove-project.eu/assets/Documents/Presentations/ITS-Dublin-2013/ITSDU blin-paper54Themann-energyefficient.pdf 9. http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/about/outreach/education/GPS_Visor_Card_508.pdf 10. http://www.lucidlogistics.com/tag/fleet-monitoring/ Omnitracs MPG

7 Tips To Improve Fuel Efficiency

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Omnitracs' "7 Tips to Improve Fuel Efficiency" infographic outlines seven useful tips and tricks that fleets can implement to improve fuel efficiency and reduce their fuel-related costs.

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