Excessive idling increases hidden fuel costs and emissions across your fleet. Motive’s Idling Events report helps monitor idle time, reduce waste, and support sustainability goals.
Overview
The Idling Events report helps fleet managers understand fuel waste and driver behavior, enabling more effective management and decision-making. Key features include:
- Fuel cost savings: Identify and reduce unnecessary fuel consumption caused by idling, helping lower overall fuel expenses.
- Emissions reduction: Minimize your fleet’s carbon footprint by tracking and reducing idle times, contributing to environmental sustainability.
- Actionable insights: Access detailed data to pinpoint drivers and vehicles with the highest idle times, helping prioritize areas for improvement.
- Improved driver coaching: Leverage real-time data to coach drivers on fuel-efficient habits and reduce idle time, leading to better performance and cost savings.
- Location and temperature context: View the geofences associated with each idling event, along with the ambient temperature at the time of the event, to understand whether idling conditions were necessary.
Monitoring fuel waste from idling
To view and analyze idling events:
- In the Fleet Dashboard, go to Fuel > Idling Events.
- Review idle time by driver or vehicle to spot trends or outliers.
- Each event has associated details such as duration, location, associated geofence, ambient temperature, estimated fuel cost, and time of day.
- Use filtering options to narrow events by temperature range, geofence, or idling duration.
If temperature data is unavailable for an event, it is displayed as NA.
Go to Reports > Browse > Idling Events Report, and review and export the report to share with others or for deeper analysis.
Use this data to identify fuel waste patterns and guide coaching efforts.
Using idling data for coaching
Support performance improvement by using report insights during driver coaching:
Highlight specific idling events and estimate fuel costs to make the impact clear.
Use temperature and location context to distinguish necessary idling from avoidable idling.
Set expectations for acceptable idle times and monitor ongoing performance.
Recognize drivers with consistently low idle times and share their strategies with the team.
Implementing idle time policies
You can use the Idling Events report to inform and enforce idle-reduction policies:
- Establish clear, measurable idling limits based on report trends.
- Communicate policies to drivers along with the environmental and financial benefits.
- Track compliance over time and adjust coaching or policies as needed.
- Use temperature and geofence context to set more accurate and fair policy criteria.
FAQs
How much fuel does idling waste?
A typical truck can use nearly one gallon of fuel per hour while idling. This adds up across an entire fleet.
Can I view idling data for a specific time period?
Yes. Filter the report by date to view daily, weekly, or monthly trends.
How do I identify excessive idling?
The report shows which drivers and vehicles have the highest idle time, making it easy to spot outliers.
What should I do after identifying high-idle drivers?
Use the data to provide targeted coaching and set performance goals.
Does reducing idle time help with maintenance?
Yes. Less idling reduces engine wear and lowers long-term maintenance costs.
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