Fiat scoops award for eco:Drive fuel-saving software
Author: MotorTorque Team
Published: 20 May 2009
Fiat has scooped an industry award for its eco:Drive in-car fuel-saving system.
The eco:Drive took the Fleet Environmental Award in the 2009 Fleet World Honours, the winner of which is decided by the Department of Transport’s Energy Saving Trust.
eco:Drive is a free-of-charge tool that helps drivers understand the impact of their driving style on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
“The winner of this award was nominated by the Energy Saving Trust, an organisation with an extensive overview of all environmental initiatives on the market,” says Fleet World editor Ken Rogers, one of the judges.
“As such, Fiat can be justifiably proud of its achievement. The Fiat range is especially attractive to younger drivers and the eco:Drive programme will ensure that they form environmentally sound driving habits from an early age.”
Using a USB stick plugged into the car’s dashboard, eco:Drive records detailed information about the vehicle and how it is driven, which can be uploaded on to a computer.
It then gives an analysis of the driver’s performance, along with suggestions on how to improve efficiency even further by changing driving style.
“Today real CO2 emissions are hard to measure – and things that are hard to measure are difficult to reduce," said Luis Cilimingras, Head of eco:Drive Project.
"We are now working on a specific version of eco:Drive for B2B, which can monitor the CO2 emissions of a whole fleet and track progress on reduction, so we can give a tool to fleet managers and those responsible for CSR to make their job easier.”
Fiat says more than 40,000 users have downloaded eco:Drive.
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