IN Brief:
- Geotab says connected EVs in its network travelled more than 870 million miles in 2025 as fleets used telematics to manage cost, safety, and electrification.
- Customer case studies point to lower idling, improved fuel economy, tighter charging schedules, and lower collision risk across logistics and distribution operations.
- The report positions fleet data less as a reporting layer and more as an operating tool for route planning, asset mix, and driver behaviour management.
Geotab has used its latest Sustainability and Impact Report to underline a broader shift in transport operations: for fleet operators dealing with volatile fuel prices and rising energy costs, connected vehicle data is becoming part of everyday cost control.
The company said Geotab-connected electric vehicles travelled more than 870 million miles in 2025, while customer examples in the report showed how telematics is being used to tackle waste in conventional and mixed fleets. In the UK, Tarmac cut idling by 30% within three months, improved fuel economy by 25%, and halved speeding violations. In Belgium, bpost SA used EV data to right-size a 10,000-van fleet and optimise charging schedules, saving €1.6 million in fuel costs, equivalent to 1 million litres of diesel.
That combination of operational and financial detail moves the discussion beyond broad sustainability commitments and into dispatch, driver behaviour, vehicle selection, and charging windows. Autolinee Federico in Italy cut fuel use by 20% and reduced violations and fines by about 40%, while Richards Building Supply in the United States projected more than $195,000 in annual savings from a 90-day pilot linked to safer driving and lower collision risk.
Neil Cawse, founder and CEO of Geotab, said: “Fuel volatility is a reminder that sustainability is a business strategy.” In logistics terms, the same data layer that supports emissions reporting can also reveal underused assets, poor route discipline, inefficient charging routines, and avoidable wear on vehicles.
Geotab also used the report to set out its own progress, including a 42.5% year-on-year reduction in location-based Scope 2 emissions and a 14% reduction in Scope 3 emissions. But the more useful signal for operators sits in the fleet case studies. As margins tighten, telematics is being pushed closer to the centre of network planning, especially in fleets balancing diesel reduction, charging availability, driver safety, and the economics of replacement cycles.
