{"id":2525,"date":"2011-10-28T05:10:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T05:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=2525"},"modified":"2011-10-27T06:29:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T06:29:14","slug":"cut-fuel-costs-with-route-planning-and-driver-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/2525","title":{"rendered":"Cut Fuel Costs With Route Planning and Driver Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2050\" title=\"Volkswagen Crafter van\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/vw-new-crafter-1-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Volkswagen Crafter van\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/>Just 18% of fleet van drivers have had any training to help them drive more fuel efficiently, while less than 35% of fleet operators have considered the effect their van drivers&#8217; habits might have on fuel consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Only 23% of drivers have their routes planned for them and 23% of van drives feel that their routes are inefficient in terms of fuel consumption, as they often make multiple trips on the same route in one day.<\/p>\n<p>The findings are the result of new research by Volkswagen to mark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/2049\">the launch of its new Crafter<\/a> van. The message for fleet operators is clear &#8211; more active management of driver routing and better driver training can achieve significant savings in fuel efficiency and reduced mileage.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/\">van rental<\/a> customers, route planning and good driving techniques are just as important (and profitable). Here are our tips for reducing van fuel consumption:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid repeated trips with a half-filled van &#8211; don&#8217;t hire a bigger van than necessary<\/li>\n<li>Drive steadily, avoid harsh acceleration and lift off the accelerator before braking when approaching a junction<\/li>\n<li>Plan your route to avoid heavily congested areas if possible<\/li>\n<li>If making multiple deliveries, try to plan a route that avoids too much &#8216;back and forth&#8217; over the same roads<\/li>\n<li>Keep your speed down on motorways &#8211; 60mph uses less fuel than 70mph<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london\">London<\/a>-based Volkswagen customer Charlie Mullin, who operates a fleet of vans as part of his Pimlico Plumbers business, &#8220;there are ways to improve fuel efficiency and these can be as simple as taking the shortest routes and placing speed restrictions on vans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Companies operating unmarked van fleets might also want to consider a livery or logo for their vans; of the 60% of van drivers surveyed who had a company logo on their vans, 58% said that they thought this made them drive more carefully than they might otherwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cutting the fuel bill for your van fleet is surprisingly achievable &#8211; better route planning, driver training and even company logos can all make a significant difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[408,1192,1193,1191,18,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2526,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525\/revisions\/2526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}