By changing a few driving habits, you simultaneously save money and act environmentally friendly

A few new, simple habits benefit not only your wallet, but also reduces CO2 emissions. If you change your driving behaviour, your fuel consumption is reduced and the driving range of your vehicle extended, which means that you do not have to refuel as often.

As a transport and logistics company, we have a significant responsibility to help reduce CO2 emissions. All our trucks are equipped with an Eco-Driving system, which measures driving behaviour factors contributing to more environmentally friendly and economical driving. And we want to share what we have learnt with you.

Overall, you should focus on these 6 parameters when driving

✅ Anticipate traffic

✅ Idling your vehicle

✅ High speeds

✅ Braking and abrupt braking

✅ A steady speed

✅ Coasting

4) Maintain a steady speed

The smoother you drive – the less energy your car consumes. Try to maintain a steady speed, avoiding too much acceleration or deceleration. In this way, you make the best possible use of energy.

5) Braking and abrupt braking

It is, of course, not possible to avoid braking altogether – braking is necessary no matter what. There may be, however, incidents where you brake unnecessarily while driving. A change of habit can save emissions and money at the same time.

As mentioned, it is all about constantly trying to anticipate traffic, making the best use of energy. The better you are at anticipating traffic, the less you will need to brake unnecessarily.

Braking when driving generates wasted energy. Your car has used energy/fuel to get up to speed – but it also uses energy/fuel when you brake to slow down. Therefore, you can benefit from keeping a safe distance to the cars in front, so you are not forced to use your brake unnecessarily or adapt your fellow drivers’ driving behaviour.

Instead, you can:

🚗 Release the accelerator pedal well in advance when approaching a red traffic light

🚗 Avoid hard braking by being foresighted

🚗 Coast as much as you can to reduce speed

6) Coasting

This factor is perhaps the easiest of all we have mentioned. Coasting is when you release the accelerator as often as possible. In that way, you save fuel.

Release the accelerator when:

• You drive downhill
• When you need to slow down

We hope you enjoyed our guide. If you are interested in learning more about how to adapt environmentally friendly driving habits, you can read our case on how tires affect the environment.