All fleet managers pass along fuel price
increases to their customers as fuel surcharges. If you can reduce actual fuel
consumption, though, you can pocket all or part of those surcharges.
Or lower your rates.
Either option is good for business.
The consistent performance of Fuel Charger Power Cells is well-documented in over 200 customer field
tests. However, you'll surely want to see results for yourself before you buy.
An accurate Six Cell Test lets you predict fuel savings across an entire fleet.
Install Power Cells in six trucks whose MPGs are known. Run each
truck for about 25,000 miles. Compare baseline MPG to Power Cell
MPG. Apply the percentage improvement to your entire fleet.
A Free Six Cell Test Can Save You $5,000 Immediately.
Power Cells Can Save You Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Down The Road.
This page will require ten minutes of your time to read and digest. You'll review the logic of a comparative MPG test and scan several
sample charts (screenshots from an Excel Workbook we also supply free).
Let's start at the end of the test. Six trucks have run for about 25,000 miles with Power Cells installed.
How do you use the data you've gathered?
Here's a simple report that compares Six-Truck baseline MPG to Power Cell test results, then applies the percentage improvement to a 25-Truck
Fleet.
Six trucks improved MPG by 5.7% (from 6.10 MPG to 6.45 MPG). Your
25-truck fleet average MPG is 6.14. Add 5.7%. Your expected fleet
MPG rises to 6.49.
Over 3.1 million miles expected annual gallons drop from 510,180 to 482,670. At $3.85 per gallon, you
expect to save $106,000 a year. You will not hit that expected
savings exactly. Not all trucks or drivers are the same. But
you'll come close.
Read on.
Why Six Trucks? Which Six Trucks??
In 90 days or about 150,000 total miles, a sample of six average trucks will predict
the likely long term performance of up to 50 similar trucks. Test
Fuel Charger Power Cells on six trucks whose known MPGs are close to your fleet average.
You might choose three with above average MPG, and three below.
To
compare apples to apples, run a written 30-day 10,000-mile baseline MPG test on each
truck before you install the Power Cells.
Odometers, diesel fuel pumps, and arithmetic are more accurate than
on-board computers! Divide odometer miles by fuel receipt gallons for
baseline MPG.
Choose trucks that will be driven by the same drivers and carry
the same loads on the same roads for about 25,000 miles. Minimize
the variables! Don't test trucks that are
scheduled for major maintenance soon or that will likely haul different
loads on different roads. Choose steady drivers rather than speed demons.
How Do You Predict Annual Fuel Savings for Just One Truck?
Run a baseline test: Top off. Record
START Odometer. Log all gallons for about 10,000 miles. Top off.
Record END Odometer. Miles/gallons = baseline MPG.
Then install a Fuel Charger Power Cell.
Follow the same procedure for about 25,000 miles.
Do the arithmetic. Compare
MPG. Apply the improvement to annual fuel consumption.
In the example below, you run a baseline MPG test for a
Cat 3176 and peg MPG at 6.05. Then you install a Power Cell
and log actual gallons used over 25,711 miles.
At 6.05 MPG you expect to burn 4,249.8 gallons. You
actually burn only 4,063.9 gallons.
MPG improves 4.57% from 6.05 to 6.33.
If that Cat normally logs 125,000 miles a year, you'd expect to save about 900 gallons a year at 6.33 MPG. At $3.85 per
gallon, that's almost $3,500 a year.
In practice, you only have to top off
the tanks, record START Odometer, log actual gallons, and END Odometer
as shown in the Green Boxes. Then do the arithmetic shown on the bottom line. The
interim miles, gallons, dollars and spot savings are optional but they
give you early and continuing numerical proof of how well Power Cells
work.
How Do Six Trucks Predict Savings for an Entire Fleet?
Six trucks with different engines & drivers will all run
at different baseline MPG.
Each truck will each show different improvements in MPG over
25,000 total miles or so. You can apply the average percentage increase
in six-truck MPG to your entire fleet more reliably than if you test on only one truck.
In the example below, six trucks average 6.10 baseline MPG
before you install the Free Power Cells. Over the next 150,000 miles, their MPG
improves 5.70% to 6.45.
Let's say your [25-truck] fleet now averages 6.14 MPG. You'd
expect the fleet MPG to improve 5.70% to 6.49.
Next year, you expect the fleet to log [3,125,000] miles. With Power Cells installed on all 25 trucks you expect to
save about 27,000 gallons and $100,000.
You won't hit predicted fleet MPG exactly. Drivers, trucks, loads,
and roads
always change. Your oldest and lowest MPG trucks will improve more than your newer trucks with higher MPG. Some drivers may use the extra HP to
drive a little faster on the same fuel.
But you'll surely save enough money each year on fuel
to drop a significant portion of those fuel surcharges to your own bottom line.
What Will This "Free" Test Cost? How Much Will You Save in 90 Days?
You will
spend 20 minutes and $30 per truck to install
the Power Cells ($180), plus about $120 UPS shipping & handling. (If
you're based in Atlanta Metro, personal delivery is free, too.)
Total out of pocket: about $300. You should save 1,000 to 1,500 gallons over 150,000 miles. At
$3.85 per gallon, that's about $5,000. Free.
When you're satisfied with the results, pay for the six Power Cells.
Then buy more.
Call (407) 895-3092 to get started.
What do Power Cells Cost?
The D6 is for pick-up truck engines
(Cummins, Dodge, etc.) of 150-400 cubic inches. $116.00 plus $12.95 S&H.
The D-10 is for long-hauler engines of 400-500 cubic inches. $159.00 plus $19.95 S&H.
The D-12 is for earth-movers, bulldozers, truck engines larger than 500 cubic
inches, or for trucks that commonly haul very heavy loads up and down hills. $187.00 plus $19.95 S&H.
We offer a 25% discount on purchases of ten or more units.
Twenty five D10 Power Cells list for $3,125 plus S&H. The
discount price is $2,343.75 plus S&H and installation.
Power Cells are sold with a 90 Day Money Back Guarantee.
Each cell should be cleaned out with benzene every million miles or so, then
reinstalled. If you sell your trucks, keep your Power Cells.
