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Dutch driver cuts his fuel use by 24% using the DriveGain App

May 15th 2012, London, UK – DriveGain, an iPhone application that helps you save fuel as you drive, is saving one Dutch user £560 a year in fuel. Ed de Tollenaer started using the DriveGain app in April 2012 and since then has seen is fuel consumption fall by 24%.

“Before I started using DriveGain I was getting around 370 miles from each tank of fuel,” said Ed de Tollenaer, “but after using the application I am getting 490 miles from each tank”.

“To get these savings I just followed the audio feedback and the visual displays the app gave me”, he added. “Changing your driving style requires breaking some old driving habits so having the app constantly giving me encouraging feedback helps a lot”.

At US fuel prices Ed would save $540 a year. In Europe the savings would be around €640 a year.

DriveGain uses the iPhone’s GPS to calculate how efficiently the vehicle is being driven. Combining information about the rates of acceleration, driving smoothness, and overall speed with the exact specifications of your car, DriveGain gives the driver feedback on how they can reduce the amount of fuel they are using.

The basic version of the app is available for free, offering a MPG reading and a Journey Score out of 100 for each trip. Additional displays like the Cost Meter and Fuel Savings Meter can be purchased as add-ons. For example the Fuel Savings Meter this driver was using cost just £1.49.

“The £560 a year savings that Ed has been able to get by using the DriveGain application show that the money that can be saved by changing your driving style can be significant,” said Simon East, CEO of DriveGain.

“Over the last 20 years the cost of fuel has tripled*. In the current recession DriveGain is an important money saving tool for motorists who want to reduce the cost of driving.”

DriveGain can be downloaded from Apple’s App store here: http://itunes.com/apps/drivegain

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Ewen Rankin

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