Why Fleet Safety Should Be a Top Priority in 2025
Boost fleet safety in 2025 with smart tech. Learn how automated idle management reduces fatigue, prevents breakdowns, and enhances driver focus for healthier operations.
Insights from ATRI’s Latest Report: How Fleets Are Fighting Back Against Rising Costs & Tight Margins
For heavy-duty trucking fleets, navigating the current economic climate feels like walking a tightrope. The latest American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) report on operational costs paints a clear picture: while fuel prices offered some relief in 2024, decreasing by 13.0%, the overall operational costs, excluding fuel, actually rose by a significant 3.6%. This isn’t just […]
Driver Comfort & Safety: Smart Tech for Your Fleet
Long-haul drivers navigate a complex reality: strict schedules, volatile weather, and the constant tightrope walk between driver comfort, fleet compliance, and peak vehicle performance. Even minor anxieties, like waking to a frigid cab or fearing a dead battery after an overnight stop, needlessly compound the stress of an already demanding job. Idle Smart directly tackles […]
More Time for What Matters: How Idle Smart Helps You Focus on the Road Ahead
In fleet operations, success hinges on minimizing disruptions and maximizing focus. For drivers, every unnecessary engine cycle or battery failure isn’t just a maintenance headache; it’s a direct threat to their concentration, a potential delay, and a contributor to fatigue. Idle Smart was designed to fundamentally change this equation, empowering your drivers to focus on […]
Fueling Efficiency: How Idle Smart Translates Smart Driving into Real Rewards
In the world of fleet operations, the old saying still holds true: “If your wheels aren’t turning, you ain’t earning.” For drivers and fleets alike, downtime isn’t just inconvenient, it’s expensive. Every minute a truck is stranded due to battery failure, engine issues, or an inefficient idle cycle is time a driver isn’t getting paid […]
Strategic Idle Management: A COO’s Guide to Reducing Operational Complexity
Reduce fleet complexity with strategic idle management. Get a quick guide highlighting how idle management lowers costs and meets ESG goals.
Downtime is Costing You More Than Just Revenue – Here’s Where (and How) It’s Hitting Your Team Hardest
Downtime isn’t just a cost; it’s a relentless assault on your operation’s core. It’s the constant pressure of missed deliveries, the chaos of unexpected repairs, and the slow bleed of lost revenue. For Maintenance and Operations fleet leaders, avoiding downtime isn’t just about keeping trucks rolling. It means protecting your entire operation: people, partnerships, performance, […]
Cutting Emissions, Cutting Costs: How Idle Smart Aligns with Sustainability and Savings for Auto Haulers
In auto transport, every idle minute carries real cost. Auto haulers face a unique operational challenge. Long stretches of downtime between VIN scans, gate releases, and offloads are common. So is idle run time while adjusting ramps, running hydraulics, or staging units on the head rack and belly. Add in extreme temperatures and limited APU […]
Idle Smart’s SmartInsights: Predictive Maintenance for Heavy-Duty Fleets
Heavy-duty trucking fleets are drowning in data but starving for clarity. Idle Smart’s SmartInsights solution delivers AI-powered predictive maintenance, pinpointing potential issues days to weeks in advance. “SmartInsights gives maintenance teams the power to act before problems escalate,” said Jeff Lynch, CEO of Idle Smart. “We help fleets anticipate failures before they result in costly […]
CVSA Roadcheck 2025: How to Prepare for the DOT’s Biggest Truck Inspection Blitz
The CVSA Roadcheck 2025 is right around the corner, running from May 13-15 across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. During this 72-hour inspection blitz, thousands of commercial vehicles will be stopped for compliance checks. This year’s focus areas are tire violations and hours-of-service (HOS) records — two of the most common causes of trucks being […]