Why fuel savings aren’t enough: how to protect your fleet's margins in 2026

Samsara’s new Cost-Saving Toolkit shares practical stories of how UK fleets are beating back inflation by finding their blind spots.  

So far, 2026 has not been easy for fleet operators. Fuel prices are up. Insurance premiums are climbing. Parts and labour costs are rising. All the while, fleets are losing working hours to menial admin that could be automated. 

None of these pressures moves in isolation, and none of them has one catch-all fix. That’s why you need a connected approach, based on real data from your operations, to bring them all under control. 

Our new report, The 2026 Cost-Saving Toolkit: How UK Fleets Are Crushing Inflation with Connected Operations^®, tells the stories of six fleets, each tackling a different dimension of their cost challenges. 

Six stories, six cost-saving tactics    

• Fuel efficiency: how Lanes Group fused psychology with telematics to save £155K a year

• Fuel theft and fraud: how Egertons Recovery used connected data to catch thieves and protect their margins

• Insurance: how Renew Holdings worked with their broker and insurer to build a predictive data loop, reducing large claims costs by 63%

• Maintenance: how Collard Group cut vehicle downtime by 30% by catching faults before they became breakdowns

• EV transition: how Speedy Hire used operational data to cut engineers’ charging dwell time by more than half, and built a repeatable model for every new wave of EV adoption

• Compliance: how Mulgrew Haulage cut a full day of monthly admin down to a two-minute dashboard check, and reduced driver infringement rates by 20%

These six stories all share one thread. Each operator was losing money to problems they either didn’t know about, or didn’t know they could solve. Once they could see the issues, they could fix them. The guide also includes a practical self-assessment checklist covering all six cost categories, so you can identify your highest-priority savings opportunities and replicate these wins. 

Whether you're focused on fuel costs, keeping insurance premiums down, planning your EV transition, or trying to claw back time lost to compliance admin, this guide will give you a playbook you can start using right away.