YiWei Qi

Fuel prices often get blamed for rising fleet costs, but in reality, idle time is one of the biggest and most overlooked cost drivers in fleet operations today. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, a single heavy-duty truck can burn up to 0.8 gallons of fuel per hour while idling , adding up to thousands of dollars per vehicle each year. Yet many fleets still treat idling as “normal behavior” rather than a measurable, preventable inefficiency. Why Idle Time Costs More Than Just Fuel...

Fleet management in 2026 is less about “tracking dots on a map” and more about running a data-driven operating system for safety, uptime, cost control, and compliance. Telematics is maturing, AI is moving from dashboards to decisions, and electrification is forcing fleets to manage energy the way they manage fuel. Here are the biggest next-gen trends defining fleet management in 2026. 1) AI moves from reporting to real-time decisioning In 2026, AI isn’t just summarizing what happened last...

Idling Kills Fuel Budgets This may seem obvious, but the sheer magnitude of the waste is often underestimated. Did you know that idling for just one hour can burn up to a gallon of fuel (or even more for larger vehicles)? Consider this: Driver waiting at a loading dock: 15 minutes of idling. Quick stop for coffee: Another 10 minutes. Brief meeting with a client: 20 minutes. Suddenly, those "quick minutes" add up to almost an hour of wasted fuel every single day for every vehicle in your...