Volvo Trucks newly introduced Fuel Advice service

Fantastic news from Volvo Trucks has just been released in regards to their newly introduced Fuel Advice service. Fuel costs can represent between 25% and 35 % of total haulage firm costs. At the same time, the hauliers' profit margins are often very small, which means that every saving makes an important difference.

Volvo Trucks' Fuel Advice service can help haulage firms reduce their fuel costs by appointing a fuel advisor to assist them with planning and follow-up of their fuel consumption. The aim is to help hauliers cut their fuel costs whilst at the same time maintaining these improvements and in the long-term perspective, the results can mean a savings as high as 5%.

"In order to succeed in cutting the haulage firm's overall fuel consumption, the part played by the drivers is vital. Our driver training courses in eco-driving have proven themselves to be effective, but without professional follow-up the results are often short-term," says Mikael Lidhage, Fuel Management Director at Volvo Trucks. "An engaged and focused customer who has open channels of communication with his drivers, with the company's own fuel economy specialist and with Volvo's fuel advisor, can fairly easily cut fuel consumption by between three and five per cent. With Fuel Advice even smaller haulage firms have the chance of benefiting from personal supervision and their own fuel advisor," summarises Mikael Lidhage.

Fuel Advice is available with the recently-launched new FH Series. For previous models, equipped with Dynafleet, it will become available as of the start of next year. The new service is currently only available in Europe.

The infographic below, supplied by Volvo Trucks in their recent press release, gives more information on the new service.

 

 

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