Tips for efficient driving

Gasoline and gas oil do not stop rising, the cost is close to € 1.5 per liters and this makes efficient driving is practically an obligation. With some simple practical applications and these tips for efficient driving, we can save up to 25% on our fuel bill, in addition to promoting a safer driving and a reduction in the emission of polluting gases, especially CO2, which is essential for protect our environment . Efficient driving means taking into account several aspects, related to driving the vehicle, its maintenance and a series of good practices. Here we explain what they are:

Saving in driving: Advice for maintenance

• Checking the tire pressure and condition of the vehicle is important not only for your safety but also to save energy . Pneumatics in good condition and at the precise pressure allow to save up to 10% of fuel. Remember that the correct pressure is set by the manufacturer in each case.
• The good maintenance of the tires saves fuel and prevents the emission into the atmosphere of carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons.
• Do not neglect cleaning the car's air filter . The dirty air filter can increase gas consumption up to 30%.
• Choose the right type of oil for your car. An incorrect choice can increase consumption around 3%.
• Make sure that your car's engine is well regulated, otherwise you can increase your consumption by up to 9%.
• Monitor the maintenance of your vehicle . Poor maintenance can increase your fuel consumption by up to 30%.

Saving in driving: Tips for efficient driving

• It is advisable to start the vehicle running smoothly for the first few minutes and keep the speed constant during the journey whenever possible.
• Avoid abrupt driving, braking, acceleration and high-speed travel. At high speeds, the consumption increases according to the speed squared.
• Increasing the car's speed from 100 km / h to 120 km / h means increasing fuel consumption by 35%.
• Accelerating the engine before shutting it down or immediately after the ignition causes excessive wear on the cylinder walls and contamination of the oil with gasoline.
• The car consumes less in the long gears and at low revs. For petrol cars, shift to gears when the tachometer is between 2000 rpm and 2500 rpm. For diesel engines, change gears between 1500 rpm and 2000 rpm.

Save fuel: On the move

• It is not essential to use the car to make all our trips. On small journeys we can go on foot.
• Use public transport instead of the private car whenever you can. Public transport requires 50 times less space per passenger transported and consumes 15 times less energy.
• If you can not use public transport to go to your workplace, share the car with more people. On average, for each person who shares their car to work, they save more than 1, 000 liters of fuel per year.
• To circulate with the windows open, without using the system of ventilation of the car, supposes to increase the consumption of fuel until 5%.
• Using the car's air conditioner irregularly, implies increases in fuel consumption of between 10% to 20%, compared to 3% if it is used on a regular basis.

• Remember that every 100 kg of extra weight in the car leads to an increase in consumption of 5%.
• If we do not dismantle the roof when we do not use it and carry it without a load, we are increasing, unnecessarily, the consumption of our car around 16%.
• Cars can consume twice as much fuel in small urban routes than on roads.
• The violent conductions or excessive speeds suppose greater consumptions of fuel and contaminate more the environment without it is obtained necessarily an effective reduction in the duration of the trips.