How Much is Jobsite Idling Costing Your Fleet?

As the world continues to increase its focus on vehicle electrification solutions, finding ways to reduce or eliminate emissions has become a priority for both individuals and companies alike. In the last two decades, many states and counties have identified reducing unnecessarily idling as an effective way to reduce emissions.

Consumer vehicles alone generate around 30 million tons of carbon dioxide annually just by idling. To combat this, many states have passed laws that limit idling between three and five minutes. Even more states have passed regulations for vehicles such as school busses and vehicles over 10,001 pounds—including bucket trucks and digger derricks.

Not only does idling release unnecessary emissions into the environment, but it also creates unnecessary wear and tear on a vehicle. For large fleets, the cost of idling can add up quickly—both environmentally and in dollars and cents spent on maintenance and fuel.

Reduce emissions and save money with JEMS

For more than 10 years, Altec’s Jobsite Energy Management Systems (JEMS) has been helping customers save money and reduce their emissions by preventing unnecessary idling at the job site. JEMS is an integrated plug-in system that uses stored energy from a lithium-ion battery to eliminate idling at the jobsite and deliver power to jobsite tools such as a truck’s hydraulics, jobsite tools and cab comfort.

JEMS delivers power for your daily jobsite requirements, depending on jobsite application, and can be conveniently charged using plug-in charging (Level 1 and 2), jobsite charging, and mobile charging. When JEMS is activated, a vehicle produces zero jobsite emissions with zero reduction in performance.

Since its inception, JEMS has saved customers:

•  More than 2 million gallons of fuel
• More than $10 million in fuel savings based on today’s cost of fuel
• More than 75 million idling miles
• More than 50 million pounds of CO2

Calculate your fleet’s cost of idling

To calculate how much idling is costing across your fleet, fill out the form here to utilize Altec’s jobsite idling calculator. By entering the average number of hours a truck in your fleet idles daily, as well as how many trucks are in your fleet, the cost of idling calculator will project fuel costs, maintenance costs and the total cost of idling. The calculator also projects your fleets annual CO2 emissions.

If you are ready to take the next step in reducing your cost of idling and electrifying your fleet, visit Altec’s Green Fleet website, or contact Altec at 800-958-2555.