Patent ID: 7877198
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying fuel savings opportunity in a fleet of vehicles, comprising: identifying a plurality of modifiable use conditions that represent an opportunity for fuel savings; determining fuel consumption attributable to each of a plurality of modifiable use conditions for a plurality of fleet vehicles; determining, for each of the plurality of modifiable use conditions, a user-defined statistical metric relating to the fuel consumption for a plurality of vehicles within the fleet that is attributable to each modifiable use condition; and determining which vehicles within a fleet represent a fuel savings opportunity by comparing, for each of the vehicles within the fleet, the fuel consumption attributable to each vehicle for each of the plurality of modifiable use conditions with at least one statistical metric relating to the fuel consumption of a plurality of vehicles within the fleet that is attributable to each modifiable use condition.