Idle Smart

Idle Smart stops trucks from idling. Its system watches cabin temperature, battery voltage, and engine coolant, and starts the engine only when one of them actually requires it, rather than leaving it running all night. A Class 8 truck can burn through thousands of dollars of fuel a year going nowhere, and put out more than twenty tons of CO2 while stationary.

Drivers idle for real reasons: to stay warm, to keep the batteries up, to make sure the truck starts in the morning. Telling them to stop doesn't work and shouldn't. Automating the decision means the engine runs for the minutes those needs require instead of the hours, which cuts the fuel and, by keeping the batteries charged and the engine warm, cuts the breakdowns too. This is emissions from an engine that is powering nothing, moving no one, in the dark, at a truck stop, all night, every night.