---
title: How to drive to save fuel
description: With rising fuel prices in South Africa, fleet managers need to optimise their fleets for maximum fuel efficiency. Here’s some driving tips on how to save fuel.
---

[Fleet Intuition ](https://blog.eqstra.co.za)

# [How to drive to save fuel](https://blog.eqstra.co.za/how-to-drive-to-save-fuel)

 Written by [Jean-Clay Van Heerden](https://blog.eqstra.co.za/author/jean-clay-van-heerden) | 2017/08/07 4:00 AM

***With rising fuel prices in South Africa, fleet managers need to optimise their fleets for maximum fuel efficiency. Here’s some driving tips on how to save fuel.***

With South Africa’s recent downgrade to (technical) junk status, and the dark cloud of rising fuel prices looming over our heads, fleet managers are feeling the pressure to stretch their limited budgets as far as possible. Fuel makes up  [40 to 50% of a fleet’s costs](https://blog.suzukiauto.co.za/blog/6-tricks-to-save-you-fuel-in-an-automatic) and so, naturally, this would be a good place to start when looking to decrease expenses.

Knowing how to save fuel will help your fleet minimise its losses due to wasted petrol from bad driving habits.

##### **Here’s a list of techniques drivers can use to maximise their fuel efficiency:**

Teaching your drivers to be mindful of their [fuel efficiency and driving habits](https://blog.eqstra.co.za/top-5-most-dangerous-driving-habits-and-how-to-avoid-them) will save your fleet a considerable amount in wasted petrol or diesel. These small changes to driver behaviour can really add up in the long run.

[View full post](https://blog.eqstra.co.za/how-to-drive-to-save-fuel)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Jean-Clay Van Heerden"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2017-08-07T05:15:05.249Z",
  "datePublished" : "2017-08-07T04:00:00Z",
  "headline" : "How to drive to save fuel",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 464,
    "url" : "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2490003/CAMPAIGN%20I%20Training%20I%20July%202017/drive%20to%20save%20fuel-306443-edited.jpg",
    "width" : 825
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.eqstra.co.za/how-to-drive-to-save-fuel",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "Fleet Intuition"
  }
}
```