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What does one penny of diesel cost a fleet?
A one-cent move in diesel sounds trivial until you multiply it across a fleet. Set the fleet size and see the annual cost.
Results
Added annual fuel cost$15,385
Annual gallons1,538,462
Per truck$153.85
Per mile$0.002
How this is calculated
Gallons = trucks × miles ÷ MPG. Cost = gallons × price change.
Rates shown as defaults come from carrier publications or each carrier’s published table applied to the EIA price; see the methodology. Estimates and examples are labeled. Results are illustrative and do not represent any carrier’s reported financial results.
Questions
What does a 1 cent diesel increase cost?
For 100 trucks running 100,000 miles at 6.5 MPG, about $15,385 a year.
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