Telemetry: Fuel Consumption

The Fuel Consumption report calculates and reports the fuel consumption of a range of vehicles over a period of time. Users must provide fuel capacities and costs and this report is best used over a range of vehicles with similar fuel capacity.

Fuel consumed and the cost shown is calculated using a value returned for the percentage of fuel remaining in the tank. Several factors can affect the accuracy of this including terrain, ambient temperature and pressure. For fleets with a variety of vehicle models (i.e. different fuel tank sizes and typical fuel economy), it is recommended that similar vehicles be grouped before using this report for multiple vehicle comparisons.

Limitation: Some vehicles may have faulty Fuel Sensors impacting the quality of the results. The movement of the vehicle (braking or driving) will show invalid fuel data as the fuel increases and decreases while the vehicle is moving.

In order for the report to calculate accurate fuel up amounts, the tank size of a gateway must be set on the gateway before running the report. See Configuring the Fuel Tank Size for Fuel Related Reports for more information for more information.

Notes:

• Black text: normal
• Orange text: below average
• Red text: considerably below average
• Green text: best result
• Grey text: very low run time

Basic Configuration Fields

• Gateway(s)^*: by default this is set to the gateway(s) selected in the gateway tree. Enter the name(s) manually to modify this field. Click on Filter to open the subfilter options.
• Report time range^*: use the drop-down menu to select from Previous Months, Previous Weeks, Previous Days or Range. Enter the numeric value in the field. When Range is selected, use the calendar pop-up to select the dates. Alternatively, enter the date and time manually (yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm).
• Default Tank size^*: enter the size of the fuel tank (gallons).
• Minimum fill size^*: enter the minimum percentage of the tank size that qualifies as a fillup. Default is 15 (%).
• Allowed Idle Time: the time (in seconds) within which idling is not counted as part of the idling time. The default is 120 seconds.
• Output Format: select HTML to generate the report in the browser window. Select Excel to display the generated report in Microsoft Excel. Note that the Excel option only works for reports which produce data in a table format.
• Save for later or schedule a run time: enable to create reports that can be saved for future use. See Saving and Scheduling a Report for a Later Run Time for more information.

This report displays the cumulative time each vehicle was in use including time spent idling and fuel used. The report also shows the distance travelled, fuel usage (including a per hour average) and the calculated fuel efficiency across the distance traveled.

Advanced Configuration Fields

• Fuel cost*: enter the cost of fuel (per gallon).
• Average readings over: uses the average fuel levels over the specified period (in seconds) instead of the last known fuel level.

^*denotes a required field