Automation can save a trucking fleet 13% on rising fuel costs

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Written By Jennifer Joslyn

Everyone is looking for a way to save a buck at the gas pump, including trucking fleets. The growing cost of fuel has eaten away into any pre-pandemic margin trucking companies had - so what can they do besides raising every price tag on their services?

Motive, an automated operations company, has released results from a study showing that companies that utilize data insights and AI-powered automation are able to perform better maintenance on their vehicles and therefore, get much more fuel efficiency out of them during this inflationary period.

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