What is Eco-driving?
Eco-driving is a set of good driving practices that keep vehicles from consuming excessive fuel. Driving at optimum speeds and avoiding other bad driving practices help achieve eco-driving in a fleet.
Benefits of Eco-driving
Here are some benefits you are sure to witness with eco-driving practices:
- – Reduced fuel consumption
- – Lower fleet carbon footprint
- – Accurate geofences
- – Increased vehicle and driver safety
- – Minimized vehicle wear and tear
- – Maximised fleet goodwill
Eco-Driving Practices
If drivers indulge in harsh driving practices, here are some activities they should be following instead to follow eco-driving norms:
- – Gentle acceleration
- – Steady speed maintenance
- – Driving at eco-driving speeds (usually marked green on vehicle’s speedometers)
- – Use momentum to your benefit
- – Turn engine off whenever required instead of idling
- – Properly use manual transmission
- – Use air conditioner only when required
Other Eco-friendly Fleet Practices
Other than driving properly, here are some other eco-friendly driving practices to improve fleet sustainability
- – Cover multiple stops in one trip through route management systems
- – Always keep track of your fleet’s fuel consumption with fuel monitoring tools
- – Conduct directed driver training through data collected with driver behavior monitoring