Reduced fuel consumption means less pollution. It’s better for the environment – green for the planet and green in your wallet!
Our “Top 8 Green Driving Tips” when combined with Azuga™ vehicle tracking, help modify fleet driving habits that will increase fuel efficiency, use less gas, bring costs down, and help you reduce your carbon footprint:
Green Driving Tip # 1. Enforce better driving behavior and eliminate fuel-wasting habits like idling. Vehicle monitoring helps fleets reduce idling as much as 50% on the road and 80% in the yard.
Utilizing fuel saving tips like these and by partnering with Azuga, you can implement best practices more quickly, monitor progress, measure performance to goals, and start reducing your carbon footprint today!
Green Driving Tip # 2. Limit speeding, accelerating and hard braking that can deplete fuel efficiency by as much as 33%. The EPA says that most vehicles run at maximum efficiency at 60 miles per hour, and every 5 mph over 60 decreases efficiency by 6%. With Azuga SpeedSafe, you can monitor driver speed with respect to the posted speed limit. Reports are provided on the Azuga Web Application to ensure a higher level of fleet safety.
Green Driving Tips #3. Improve maintenance by analyzing vehicle data. Let managers deploy more efficient preventive maintenance, which reduces maintenance costs while optimizing fuel efficiency.
Green Driving Tips #4. 24/7 vehicle monitoring and tracking can quickly reduce unauthorized vehicle use. And, you can quickly locate and recover stolen vehicles, which in turn, reduces insurance costs.
Green Driving Tip # 5. Encourage drivers to download free apps on their smart phones to provide accurate, turn-by-turn driving directions. Reducing fuel consumption means less pollution. Drivers staying on route can save an average of 4 hours per month and 15% of miles driven — also avoiding unnecessary stop-and-go traffic which burns even more fuel.
Green Driving Tip # 6. If you’re really serious about driving greener, begin converting your fleet vehicles to more fuel-efficient hybrids, increasing fuel efficiency by as much as 50%.
Green Driving Tip # 7. Proper tire maintenance is an often overlooked way to increase fuel economy. Properly inflating your tires can increase fuel efficiency by 3%.
Green Driving Tip #8. The EPA estimates that for every extra 100 pounds a vehicles carries, it loses 2% in fuel economy. So just by cleaning out unnecessary equipment, parts or supplies, eliminating that weight can help increase your vehicles’ fuel efficiency.