NACFE Releases 8th Annual Fleet Fuel Study

Report includes the results of a deep-dive investigation into the adoption of various products and practices for improving freight efficiency among 21 major North American fleets

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) has released its eighth annual Fleet Fuel Study. The report includes the results of a deep-dive investigation into the adoption of various products and practices for improving freight efficiency among 21 major North American fleets.

Fleets providing data for this 2019 study include: Bison Transport, C&S, Cardinal Logistics, CFI, CR England, Crete, Frito-Lay, Hirschbach, Maverick, Mesilla Valley Transportation, NFI Industries, Nussbaum, Paper Transport, Prime, Schneider, United Parcel Service, and Werner.

Report findings include:

• The 21 fleets are increasing their adoption rate of 85 fuel-saving technologies and practices. In 2003 the adoption rate was 17%; in 2018 it is 45%.
•  The average fleet-wide fuel economy of the trucks in this study was 7.27 mpg in 2018.
• For the 16 years of this study, the average rate of improvement in MPG is 2.0%.
•  The fleets in the study are saving $9,912 over the national average of 5.98 MPG. If fuel costs had been at the four-year average of $3.89 per gallon, the savings would have been $7,941 and $12,124, respectively.
• The 21 fleets operating 73,844 trucks saved $895,318,953 in 2018 compared to the average trucks on the road.

Study conclusion include:

• Multiple factors are influencing fleet adoption.
•  Fleets continue to adopt fuel-saving technologies.
•  Manufacturers accelerated delivery of technologies.
•  A significant gap to best-of-the-best still exists.

The complete report can be found here.

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