White Paper: A Guide To Reducing Fuel Consumption With Vehicle Telematics: How To Select The Right Solution

A vehicle telematics solution combines wireless GPS tracking with remote vehicle diagnostics and routing/driver productivity tools to give fleet managers a complete, accurate, and timely picture of their fleet's activities. Telematics solutions can help fleet managers optimize workforce productivity, improve maintenance scheduling, and most importantly, monitor driver behavior to decrease costs.

Among the wide variety of technologies available with a telematics solution three main components that can significantly help lower a fleet's fuel consumption include: idling monitoring, speed monitoring, and automatic vehicle location.

As long as fleet vehicles rely on fuel, reducing fuel consumption will be a priority for fleet managers. Using vehicle telematics technology, managers can monitor idling, instances of excessive speed, and unauthorized use of their fleet vehicles. Armed with this information, they can address wasteful driver behaviors to significantly reduce the amount of fuel consumed by their fleet and save their company money.