{"id":599,"date":"2012-04-12T10:28:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T09:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/?p=599"},"modified":"2025-04-10T16:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:27:13","slug":"top-tips-for-fuel-efficient-couriering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/top-tips-for-fuel-efficient-couriering","title":{"rendered":"Top tips for fuel-efficient couriering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong>Fuel is a huge overhead cost for all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/transport\/\">transport companies<\/a>, but by learning some easy fuel-efficiency techniques, you can reduce the amount of money you spend on petrol and help the environment at the same time. As well as reducing our CO2&nbsp;emissions, the way we drive can cut annual fuel consumption by 10%, which translates to savings of around \u00a3120 for a typical car. The larger your vehicle, the bigger the saving.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Top fuel-efficiency tips<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Avoid idling your vehicle.<\/strong> Couriers spend a lot of time idling in driveways and lay-bys, getting nowhere and wasting fuel. Unless you are in traffic, turn off your engine if you are going to be stopped for more than 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose the correct gear.<\/strong> Driving in a gear lower than you need wastes fuel; as does leaving the vehicle in top gear on corners and hills. Change up through the gears and into top gear as soon as possible without accelerating harder than necessary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get your vehicle serviced regularly.<\/strong> Couriers with heavy workloads sometimes leave too much time between services. Cleaner oil and a new air filter means more efficient driving, and a poorly tuned engine can use up to 50% more fuel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep your tyres inflated to the correct pressures.<\/strong> Under-inflated tyres can increase fuel consumption by as much as 6%. Consult the vehicle&#8217;s manual to determine the correct tyre inflation, and check the pressure at least once a month. Always use your own tyre gauge for consistent results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cut down your use of air conditioning.<\/strong> When driving in the city, using the air conditioning can increase fuel consumption by as much as 10%. Unless it&#8217;s very hot, use the flow-through ventilation instead. Couriers driving newer vehicles need not be as concerned about this, as air conditioning units have become far more fuel-efficient in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Remember these tips and have a fuel-efficient journey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuel is a huge overhead cost for all transport companies, but by learning some easy fuel-efficiency techniques, you can reduce the amount of money you spend on petrol and help the environment at the same time. As well as reducing our CO2&nbsp;emissions, the way we drive can cut annual fuel consumption by 10%, which translates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[80,44,55,82,93],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6465,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions\/6465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}