Managing the behavior of fleet drivers and the protocol that should be followed when using fleet vehicles is an extremely important job. When dealing with fleets that consist of hundreds, possibly even thousands of vehicles, relatively small changes can have mammoth impacts on the fleet as a whole. It's important to realize that fleet-wide decisions are compounded by how many vehicles are in your fleet. So, how can you use this in order to help your fleet use less fuel? Gas and diesel prices continue to rise and not making the needed changes in your fleet can result in increased expenses. So what can you do to lower fleet fuel costs?
Modify Driver Behavior
Taking Time to Keep Calm
Set Rules and Guidelines
Knowing When It's Time to Unplug
Certain driving conditions will expose you to more anxiety than others. If you know what conditions these are, you should avoid them at all costs. Your ability to find the right conditions you can drive under will determine the experience that you will have when you're on the road. There's something to be said about drivers who make the extra effort to practice their technique in the hopes that they will reduce the possibilities that they will run into any problems. After you have spent a number of years on the road, you might feel like you have no room for improvement. On the contrary, you could do certain things to make your driving experience that much easier.
Replacing your entire fleet with new vehicles is usually not an option, but it can often be a good idea to begin switching out older vehicles with hybrids. While the exact amount of savings should be calculated to ensure that this switch will save you money in the long run, it is a well-known fact that hybrid vehicles use less fuel. Although it might take a while to fully implement, it is worth checking out.
Cutting fuel costs while maintaining a fully-functioning fleet of vehicles can be a challenge, but using these tips can help you do both.
Modify Driver Behavior
Taking Time to Keep Calm
Set Rules and Guidelines
Knowing When It's Time to Unplug
Certain driving conditions will expose you to more anxiety than others. If you know what conditions these are, you should avoid them at all costs. Your ability to find the right conditions you can drive under will determine the experience that you will have when you're on the road. There's something to be said about drivers who make the extra effort to practice their technique in the hopes that they will reduce the possibilities that they will run into any problems. After you have spent a number of years on the road, you might feel like you have no room for improvement. On the contrary, you could do certain things to make your driving experience that much easier.
Replacing your entire fleet with new vehicles is usually not an option, but it can often be a good idea to begin switching out older vehicles with hybrids. While the exact amount of savings should be calculated to ensure that this switch will save you money in the long run, it is a well-known fact that hybrid vehicles use less fuel. Although it might take a while to fully implement, it is worth checking out.
Cutting fuel costs while maintaining a fully-functioning fleet of vehicles can be a challenge, but using these tips can help you do both.
About the Author:
When the California Air Resource Board's diesel emissions regulations first came out, Michael Schwartz, now President of FleetServ, started getting calls from panicked Fleet Managers looking for straight-forward information and compliance assistance. While FleetServ (formerly known as ACT Compliance) was first formed to meet this need, over time it has evolved into much more.