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Idealease revolutionizes fleet operations with ELEVATE®, our proprietary Driver Performance System that improves driver safety and saves fleets millions of dollars in annual operating costs.

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If you have a question or a topic you would like covered in a future ELEVATE Question/Tip of the Week, email ELEVATE@Idealease.com.

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Q:

How much fuel is being burned during an idle hour?

A:

Industry estimates suggest that an hour of idle burns 0.75 gallons of fuel. If you have a large fleet, this can add up to thousands of gallons of unproductive fuel burn each week.

If a driver is utilizing the cruise pad to override the Idle Shutdown Timer, this process raises the RPMs the vehicle is idling at. This leads to an estimated 1 gallon per hour of unproductive fuel burn and will show up on the scorecard as PTO Hours.