Successfully adopting the Idle Smart system is a strategic investment, but the journey doesn’t end with installation. The best results come from ensuring your team is engaged, informed, and confident in using the system every day. This driver coaching guide provides a comprehensive framework for fleet leaders to navigate driver concerns, promote consistent adoption, and turn driver feedback into a competitive advantage.

You will get:

• Key Coaching Points: Strategies for coaching drivers to use Idle Smart.
• Addressing Common Questions: A clear script to help managers address driver concerns about the system.
• Reinforce Best Practices: Proven methods for rewarding good habits with Idle Smart.
• Troubleshooting Guidelines: A quick-reference chart for addressing common driver issues with Idle Smart.
• Escalation Protocol: Guidance for when to handle issues in-house and when to escalate to Idle Smart’s support team for expert assistance.

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This strategic 3-Step Winter Preparedness Framework is designed to help fleet executives transform seasonal challenges into a resilient competitive advantage. By adopting a proactive strategy, you control what you can to ensure your fleet is ready to weather whatever comes next.

In this Guide, You’ll Learn To:

• Slash maintenance costs by eliminating the most common and expensive cold-weather failures.
• Reduce driver turnover by implementing solutions that minimize on-road safety risks and stress.
• Prevent costly breakdowns by leveraging vehicle data for proactive measures that minimize emergency repairs.

PLUS, Get These Ready-to-Use Assets:

• Winter Maintenance Checklist: A simple, actionable reference guide for the shop.
• Winter Driving Tips for CDL Drivers: A shareable winter-driving reference guide to share with your drivers.

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If you’re responsible for fleet performance, uptime, or emissions compliance, making smart idle policy decisions is critical. But with so much outdated and misunderstood information, it’s hard to know how idling truly impacts your aftertreatment systems.

This piece explains how DPF systems work, what they need to stay healthy, and why unmanaged idle, not idle, is often the real problem. Along the way, we’ll break down how APUs, factory auto-start systems, and Idle Smart each impact regeneration and downtime risk.

You’ll get: 

• A clear understanding of how aftertreatment systems function 
• The cost implications of different idle strategies 
• What happens when engines don’t get warm enough to trigger passive regen 
• Where factory auto-start systems fall short, and how smarter idle controls can close the gap 

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Summer heat is a killer for heavy-duty fleets. Overheating engines, tire blowouts, and driver fatigue can lead to costly downtime and safety risks.
Is your fleet ready to handle the heat?
In this essential guide, you’ll learn:

• Proactive maintenance strategies to prevent heat-related breakdowns
• Tips for optimizing cooling systems and tire health
• Best practices for ensuring driver safety and comfort in extreme temperatures
• How to maximize uptime and protect your bottom line all summer long

Don’t wait until it’s too late. Download your FREE guide now and keep your fleet running strong all season!

The trucking industry, pivotal to the global supply chain, is dealing with significant shifts – and with those shifts come high driver turnover and operational inefficiencies.

Through this lens, technologies like Idle Smart are focused on optimizing truck operations by reducing idle times and enhancing vehicle readiness.

Check out the 2,000 fleets that have moved on from the massive weight, price tag, and maintenance issues of APUs to Idle Smart’s automated idle reduction system.