Samsara launches Sustainable Fleet Management solution

San Francisco-based Samsara Inc., which develops data-driven insights for organizations across numerous industries, has introduced a Sustainable Fleet Management solution it says is an evolution of its existing fuel efficiency and electric vehicle (EV) offerings.

The new program is designed to provide customers with additional data-driven insights so they can reduce emissions, jumpstart electrification and meet their sustainability goals.

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According to the company, policymakers around the world are launching zero-emission vehicle programs and setting emissions reduction targets that directly impact commercial fleets across a number of industries. Additionally, fuel costs and growing social and investor demands for more sustainable operations are influencing leaders to better track and report on their progress toward these milestones and, in some cases, accelerate fleet electrification. Samsara says this complex transition will require long-term planning, foresight and data-driven solutions for organizations that have their own unique challenges, depending on their size and business objectives.

“Electric vehicles have the potential to significantly reduce environmental impact knowing that transportation is a leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions across the globe,” says Tim Campbell, managing director and commercial vehicle decarbonization consultant at U.K.-based Campbells Consultancy. “With the right technology infrastructure, it is possible in various operations to do this without compromising your supply chain. Commercial fleet electrification has yet to reach an inflection point, but with increased regulatory incentives and reporting requirements, preparedness for this operational shift remains critical.”

Samsara’s Sustainable Fleet Management solution is designed to support customers along every step of their journey toward more sustainable operations. New and enhanced features recently announced include:

• Fuel & Energy Hub, which acts as a one-stop shop for mixed-fuel fleets—including internal combustion engine (ICE), EV and hybrid vehicles—to ensure their drivers and assets perform optimally to support sustainability goals. With this new dashboard, operations leaders can visualize an entire fleet’s performance while gathering actionable insights into fuel economy, cost and consumption to direct change with confidence and precision. Fuel & Energy Hub is now available in open beta.
• Sustainability Report, which allows customers to visualize their fleet emissions and monitor output across sites and vehicles to pinpoint improvement areas. This report also provides insight into current and predicted fleet emissions over time, so customers can set more accurate targets and track progress against their sustainability goals. Sustainability Report is now available in open beta.
• Charge Control, which combats driver range anxiety by managing real-time EV charging at scale and easily identifies charging issues. Now, customers can create custom charging profiles by groups or by individual vehicles and receive notifications for irregularities. Charge Control will be available in open beta this summer.
• EV Suitability Report, which provides customers with a tailored list of ICE vehicles within their fleet that are most suitable for EV transition. As an evolution of Samsara’s existing Fleet Electrification Report, this new report now includes an assessment for all vehicle types and allows customers to configure electrification criteria for advanced recommendations. EV Suitability Report is now generally available.

Samsara says its customers across North America and Europe can now leverage these features alongside the platform’s existing Fuel & Energy Report, Driver Efficiency Report, Idling Events Report, Fleet Benchmarks Report and more.

“To provide an accurate assessment of their ESG momentum, organizations need a simple way to analyze data points across their entire operations,” Samsara Chief Product Officer Jeff Hausman says. “We’re hearing this more often from our customers as they look for technology partners to track and report progress toward these goals. With this new solution, we’re able to provide our customers with fuel economy, vehicle utilization and emissions insights that will help them better understand their opportunity for improvement and take action.”

Industries Samsara serves include transportation, wholesale and retail trade, construction, field services, logistics, utilities and energy, government, healthcare and education, manufacturing and food and beverage.