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Fuel-stop comparison

Compare avoidable fuel-stop time and vehicle costs with the extra price of an alternative fuel arrangement.

Your assumptions

Hypothetical starting values

Results update as you edit. All dollar amounts are CAD.

trucks
stops
weeks
minutes
Count only time eliminated; subtract refuelling time that still remains.
C$/h
Fully loaded labour cost, used to value time. Not automatically cash saved.
L
¢/L
Alternative price minus current price. This model accepts a non-negative premium.
C$/week
C$/stop
Only genuinely avoided detour fuel or vehicle costs. Exclude driver labour already entered above.
%
Keep at 0% if payroll stays the same. Count only paid wages or overtime actually avoided.
Use one tax basis for every cost input
Saved time is not automatically saved cash. A negative cash result means modeled cash costs increase. Freed capacity is not counted as revenue.

How the math works

Annual stops = trucks × weekly stops × operating weeks Avoidable hours = annual stops × minutes / 60 Time value = avoidable hours × hourly driver cost Vehicle savings = annual stops × avoidable vehicle cost / stop Extra fuel = annual stops × litres / stop × premium in cents / 100 Annual fees = weekly fleet fees × weeks Net time-and-cost value = time value + vehicle savings − extra fuel − annual fees Net cash effect = time value × cash-realization % / 100 + vehicle savings − extra fuel − annual fees Time-value break-even (¢/L) = (time value + vehicle savings − annual fees) / annual litres × 100 Cash-only break-even (¢/L) = (realized time value + vehicle savings − annual fees) / annual litres × 100

Keep in mind

  • Capital costs, storage, financing, delivery reliability and operational or regulatory constraints are excluded.
  • No extra capacity revenue or profit forecast. Fees are whole-fleet amounts; avoidable vehicle costs exclude driver wages.
  • Use the same tax basis for current and alternative quotes and every cost input.

Precision is retained during calculation. Displayed numbers are rounded. Export for the full calculated values.

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