How Fleet Fuel Budget Planner Works?
The Fleet Fuel Budget Planner works by dividing total annual fleet miles by the average miles per gallon (MPG) rating and multiplying by a budgeted fuel price. The result is the annual fleet fuel budget.
Enter total annual fleet miles
Type miles across all vehicles for the year, for example 180,000 miles (289,682 km).
Enter average MPG
Type the fleet average MPG rating.
Enter a budgeted fuel price
Type a planning price per gallon. Many fleets budget $0.25 to $0.50 above current prices.
Read the annual budget
The tool returns the yearly fleet fuel budget.
Fleet Fuel Budget Planner Formula
The Fleet Fuel Budget Planner formula is Annual Budget = (Fleet Miles ÷ MPG) × Budgeted Fuel Price.
Annual Budget = (Fleet Miles ÷ MPG) × Budgeted PriceFormula variables
- Fleet Miles
- Total yearly miles across all vehicles.
- MPG
- Fleet average fuel economy.
- Budgeted Price
- Planning price per US gallon (3.785 L).
Worked example
- Total Annual Fleet Miles: 180,000 miles
- Average MPG Rating: 18 MPG
- Budgeted Fuel Price: $3.75/gal
- Gallons: 180,000 ÷ 18 = 10,000 gallons (37,854 L).
- Budget: 10,000 × $3.75 = $37,500.00.
Result: $37,500.00 ($ annual fleet budget)
Each $0.25 change in the budgeted price moves this budget by $2,500. Budgeting above the current price builds a cushion for price spikes.
Fleet Fuel Budget Planner Conversion Table
The Fleet Fuel Budget Planner conversion table shows annual budgets for 4 fleet mileages at 3 budgeted prices, with MPG fixed at 18.
Rows: Total Annual Fleet Miles (miles). Columns: Budgeted Fuel Price ($/gal). Cells: $ annual fleet budget.
| miles | $3.25/gal | $3.75/gal | $4.25/gal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100,000 miles | $18,055.56 | $20,833.33 | $23,611.11 |
| 180,000 miles | $32,500.00 | $37,500.00 | $42,500.00 |
| 300,000 miles | $54,166.67 | $62,500.00 | $70,833.33 |
| 500,000 miles | $90,277.78 | $104,166.67 | $118,055.56 |
Values held constant: Average MPG Rating = 18 MPG.
A fleet driving 500,000 miles (804,672 km) per year at 18 MPG needs $118,055.56 at $4.25 per gallon.
What is Fleet Fuel Budget Planner?
The Fleet Fuel Budget Planner is a tool that sets a yearly fuel budget for a fleet of vehicles. The tool supports annual financial planning.
Annual budgets lock in a planning price before the year starts. Choosing a price above today's market protects the budget from mid-year increases.
The planner works from total fleet miles, which come from last year's records or route plans.
What are the uses of Fleet Fuel Budget Planner?
There are 4 main uses of the Fleet Fuel Budget Planner: building annual operating budgets, preparing bids for contracts, testing price scenarios, and planning fuel hedges.
Building annual operating budgets
Finance teams set the yearly fuel line item.
Preparing bids for contracts
Businesses include fuel in multi-year service bids.
Testing price scenarios
Managers test budgets at $3.25, $3.75, and $4.25.
Planning fuel hedges
Large fleets size fixed-price fuel contracts.
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