A new calculator released today by Goodyear Dunlop will help fleets understand which fuel savings investments will deliver maximum return on investment (ROI). The Fuel Efficiency Calculator, modeled to the real-life conditions of Europe’s road haulers, will allow fleet buyers to see their potential savings in terms of CO2, fuel and cost savings. The Fuel Efficiency Calculator can be accessed at: www.fleet-calculator.eu
As part of Goodyear Dunlop’s campaign to help fleets improve their fuel efficiency, the calculator is launching against a backdrop of rising fuel costs and carbon taxes likely to affect road haulers in the coming years. Fleets, while already doing what they can to improve fuel economy, are under cost and regulatory pressure to do even more. According to a report released recently by Goodyear Dunlop, a quarter of fleets said a procurement tool to predict ROI would help them to achieve greater fuel savings.
The calculator’s functionality will allow fleets, through a central location and user friendly graphical tools, to predict the effect tyre choice, investments in driver training, and various aerodynamic retrofit solutions will have on driving down fuel bills and increasing environmental credentials. Noticeably, the tool is ready to handle the Rolling Resistance labels in the format that tyre buyers will see them in the near future, as a result of the new EU labeling regulations. See tutorial on EU tyre labeling regulation at http://www.goodyear.eu/home_en/tire-advice/future-eu-tire-label/
Michel Rzonzef, Vice President, Goodyear Dunlop Commercial tyre business EMEA, said: “We work with fleet customers every day to find new ways to increase efficiency, and particularly for smaller fleets or single owner/operators, there is currently nothing on the market to help them accurately, and consistently understand what and when they can expect to see a return on the initial investment.”
The calculator was developed alongside Panteia/NEA which provided detailed market information from across Europe to ensure the model’s accuracy.
The calculator is available free of charge to any European fleet operator and any interested person, and will provide them with the following estimates:
- Fuel consumption reduction in litres/100 km
- Annual fuel savings in litres
- Annual CO2 savings in tonnes
- Net cost savings per year
Fleets are encouraged to enter specific details about their trucks, to ensure the resulting data reflects the nature of their business.
Francoise van den Broek, director at Panteia/NEA, commented: “Solutions that support the fleet fuel efficiency are becoming more and more important nowadays. The tool we have developed is transparent, objective and based on decades of experience in yearly cost monitoring and benchmarking within the road transport sector. The tool therefore gives a fleet manager a real understanding of the ROI and the total savings of the life time investment based on his own business situation. Furthermore, it is also a commercial tool for tire dealers with which they can support their business.”
“The road freight sector is facing huge change, and fleets need to be able to plan for a sustainable future,” said Rzonzef. “This calculator will put an end to customer confusion over the multiple and competing manufacturer claims of the fuel savings their products promise to deliver. We are confident that our customers, particularly in small and medium size operations, will see clear commercial benefits from visiting our fuel efficiency web portal and trialing the calculator.”
The use the fuel calculator, please visit www.fleet-calculator.eu
