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Idless. A service to help you save fuel, emissions and maintenance cost.
Excessive idling leads to unnecessary fuel consumption and engine wear, increasing costs over time. The Idless service will help you keep track, find the anomalies and take the actions needed to reduce the drawbacks caused by unnecessary idling.
Idling – more than you think
Did you know that approximately 30% of the engine-on time is spent on idling. Some of the idling can’t be avoided, but to a large extent it is just costly and unproductive. The Idless service will help you take control and reduce your fuel and engine wear costs.
Less idling means less fuel. And more uptime.
Using Idless will help you reduce fuel consumption, emissions and engine wear, thus cutting operational cost. It will also help comply with local regulations on idling in city centers and other areas sensitive to pollution from exhaust emissions.
Find the hidden costs
Idling is a telling example of a hidden operational cost. The main savings are on fuel, but the reduced engine wear will reduce maintenance cost and extend the vehicle’s service lifetime. The following figures are based on data from more than 10,000 connected vehicles.
~30% of engine-on is spent idling
~2000 liters per vehicle per year
Extending vehicle lifetime
~7% of the total amount of fuel is consumed idling
The Idless features
Idless is a Volvo Connect service accessed on the Volvo Connect main page. To use Idless, the Reports and Events services must be activated, as Idless relies on data from them.
The Idless dashboard
The dashboard gives an immediate overview of idling-related data, for the selected period and the selected vehicles. The filtering function will dynamically change the information shown.
The heatmap. Where does idling happen?
In the map tool, we display idle areas based on idling events. You can choose to view the number of events, idling time, fuel consumption or a heat map, color-coded to show the frequency of the events. Zooming in on the map, you’ll be able to find information about which vehicles the events belong to.
Idling times overview. The macro perspective.
In this view, you can see when idling has occurred, including the time and day of the week. The information is related to the area shown on the map, and will dynamically show data for the vehicles on the map only. If you zoom in or out, the figures will change accordingly.
Getting better? The trendline will tell.
In this window, you can see the fuel consumption trend of the past five weeks. The green bars represent fuel consumption, and you can also find the percentage of fuel spent on idling. The yellow line shows the kilometers traveled in that week, providing a way to crosscheck the relation with idling.
Which vehicles idle the most?
Here, you'll have a list of all the filtered vehicles, sorted by the highest idling fuel consumption. This makes it easy to identify the ones that need more attention. Is it driving style or is it a vehicle issue? For analysis, you can save the list as an Excel file.
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