Use this calculator to estimate your acquisition price, yearly operational savings, cost of ownership, payback period, and internal rate of return for your new APU. To ensure accurate results, please fill out each field of the calculator.
| Idle Free System* | Electric APU Competitor | Diesel APU | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purchase Price | |||
| Engine Heat | |||
| Cab Electrification | |||
| Other:Batteries, Shore Power | |||
| CARB Compliant | |||
| Installation Fee | |||
| Total Acquisition Price | |||
| Price of diesel per gallon | |||
| Weekly idling hours**** | |||
| Annual idling hours | |||
| Annual APU Fuel Costs | ** | ||
| Number of serviceable years | |||
| Total fuel costs | |||
| Annual APU Maintenance Costs | |||
| Total Maintenance Costs | |||
| Battery replacement | |||
| Total cost of ownership | |||
| Annual Tractor Fuel Savings | |||
| Annual Tractor Maintenance savings | |||
| Total Savings | |||
| Payback Period (in months) | |||
| Internal Rate of Return (IRR)*** | % | % | % |
*Standard Model
**One gallon every 4 hours
***Includes cost of battery replacement for electric systems every 4th year, if number of serviceable years is 4 or more
****For the Series 5000, please deduct the hours attributed to idling for the Automatic Start-Stop from the Weekly idling hours. For example, if you normally idle 48 hours a week, but will idle 8 hours due to Start-Stop, fill in 40 hours to the Weekly Idling Hours cell.