Samsara launches fuel management tool for commercial fleets
Samsara (NYSE: IOT) launched its Fuel Command Center, a centralized dashboard that consolidates fuel usage data, driver behavior metrics, routing tools, and fuel card controls for fleet operations and finance teams.
The product combines visibility into total and recoverable fuel spend with fuel-stop recommendations through its Commercial Navigation feature and card controls via an integration with Coast, a fuel card provider. The tool identifies losses from idling, fueling location choices, driver inefficiency, and card fraud, then surfaces recommended actions from a single dashboard.
According to Samsara's internal data, U.S. customers had roughly $2 billion in potential fuel-spend savings in the first half of 2026. The company's Fuel Spend Index shows diesel prices moved by more than $0.20 per gallon in a single week seven times since late February. Diesel reached $5.23 per gallon by the end of July, up 16% from the start of that month, while gasoline rose from $3.93 to $4.25 over the same period.
In a 90-day analysis of more than 2,000 Samsara customers, organizations that fueled at preferred vendors recorded a median 4% reduction in fuel spend through the Commercial Navigation feature. A separate Samsara analysis found that detected fuel card fraud incidents increase roughly 9% for every $0.10 increase in diesel prices.
The Coast integration connects card authorization to vehicle location, blocking transactions when the assigned vehicle is not present. Kyle Stewart, CFO at Trades Holding, said his company saw fuel expenses drop by nearly $15,000 a month after implementing Coast through Samsara.
"Fuel is one of the biggest costs a fleet carries — 30% to 40% of total marginal operating costs," said Ryan Yu, VP of Product at Samsara. "Customers told us pump-price visibility isn't enough. They need fraud, driver behavior, and vendor choices in one view, so they can cut costs before they add up."
