Next quarter's budget breaker is already signaling.
Public works and utilities fleets run older equipment on fixed appropriations. Tensor Planet works on the telematics you already have, and it is purchasable without an RFP.
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What a municipal fleet is up against
The appropriation does not flex mid-year
An unbudgeted engine rebuild in March comes out of something else. A South Florida government fleet budgeted 20% for unplanned work orders and got 42%. Knowing in January makes it a line item.
Vehicles stay in service longer than expected
Maintenance costs rise with vehicle age. Repair and maintenance runs about 2 cents a mile in a truck's first year and 16.5 cents by its sixth, eight times the spend.
A missed route is a resident complaint
Solid waste, snow, water main response. The availability standard for a public fleet is 95% and audited fleets run 90%, so the call goes to an elected official.
Understaffed shops with locked headcount
Hiring another technician is a budget process. Two-thirds of maintenance shops are understaffed, roughly one in five posts vacant. Using the ones you have well is not.
What we watch across a mixed public fleet
Refuse packers, dump trucks, utility bodies and heavy-duty pickups all report through the same telematics feed. We read aftertreatment and engine systems on all of them.
- DPF soot load and inlet-pressure decay
- DEF dosing faults
- EGR degradation
- NOx sensor drift
- Engine coolant behavior
- Battery and cranking voltage, especially on seasonal equipment
- ...and many other systems
Ten weeks on an Iowa city refuse fleet with 50 vehicles
in repairs and downtime avoided
route disruptions avoided per week
vehicle comebacks
Source: City solid waste fleet, Iowa
You can buy us through Sourcewell, no RFP required.
Tensor Planet is available through the RTA contract number 102924-RTA, a Sourcewell cooperative contract. Buying through it means pre-approved pricing and no separate RFP process.
One week, your own data, no buy commitment.
We read your telematics and six months of work orders, then hand back the vehicles at risk and what they would cost you. Your team does nothing while it runs.
The questions on your mind.
Do you support municipal, city, and county fleets?
Yes. Our product works across public-sector fleets, and we contract through partners with cooperative purchasing contracts such as Sourcewell and state-level programs.
Does Tensor Planet work for older or leased fleets?
Tensor Planet works with any fleet that has active telematics data. The strongest value comes from vehicles where the fleet controls maintenance decisions and has repair history available.
We’re stretched thin. Is setup and integration complicated?
No. We connect directly to your existing telematics and maintenance software. Setup is fast, fully remote, and requires no hardware installs or shop downtime.