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Results of the 2015 Work Truck Electrification and Idle Management Study showed the daily idle time for work truck fleets. Daily idle times by industry show that the truck fleets in the utility/telecommunications industry had the longest idle times. Thirty-nine percent of respondents indicated that their fleets idled three to four hours per day while another 14% of fleets idled more than 4 hours per day. More than half of all fleets, regardless of the industry, exceeded one hour of idling per day. A weighted average across the industries indicates that only 34% of respondents’ fleets idled less than one hour per day.
Daily Idle Time by Industry, 2015
Note: The 2015 Work Truck Electrification and Idle Management Study was conducted by the National Truck Equipment Association. The study involved fleets operating throughout the United States ranging in size from less than 10 vehicles to fleets with more than 5,000 vehicles.
Supporting Information
| Daily Idle Time | Percent of Respondents | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | Delivery/ Cartage | Government/ Municipal | Utility/Telecom | Weighted Average | Other | |
| <1 hour | 30% | 38% | 41% | 11% | 49% | 34% |
| 1-2 hours | 40% | 33% | 35% | 36% | 20% | 33% |
| 3-4 hours | 20% | 19% | 22% | 39% | 20% | 25% |
| >4 hours | 10% | 10% | 2% | 14% | 11% | 8% |
| Share of Survey Respondents in Each Industry | ||||||
| 9% | 10% | 39% | 25% | 17% | ||
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