Lightfoot ‘saves fleets £100m in five years’

Driver training technology from Lightfoot has saved its fleet customers more than £100 million in fuel over the past five years.

The figure was achieved by hundreds of customers in the UK covering in excess of four billion miles over the five-year period, operating a variety of vehicles ranging from cars to LCVs.

Lightfoot says its in-vehicle driver coaching technology resulted in £102,189,084 in fuel savings – some 68.5 million litres of fuel.

There was an average fuel economy improvement of 9%, which resulted in 180 million kg of CO2 also being saved.

Paul Hollick, managing director of Lightfoot, said: “The scale of these savings is immense and just goes to show that getting drivers to buy into our unique offering pays dividends, both financially and environmentally.

“Our approach of in-vehicle coaching and reward creates safer drivers and more efficient fleet operations, as well as helping companies meet their environmental targets by significantly reducing carbon emissions.

“The data from the past five years shows the substantial impact Lightfoot has made, and we expect this trend to continue as we expand further into Europe.”

To put these figures into context, Hollick explained that before using Lightfoot, a large diesel panel van covering 20,000 miles at an average of 150p per litre and 25mpg would cost nearly £5,500 in fuel.

With Lightfoot fitted, the fuel bill would be just over £5,000 for the same mileage, reflecting a 9% improvement in fuel economy.

Year-to-date figures show Lightfoot to be on course for a record-breaking year in terms of fuel saving and CO2 reduction, with £20.4m in savings already made in the first six months, and more than 35m kg of CO2 emissions saved.

“It’s clear that fleets are heavily invested in the decarbonisation journey,” said Hollick. “On the one hand they are looking at electric alternatives for the future, but they’re also not ignoring the improvements that can be made to internal combustion engine efficiency right now – and as these remarkable figures over the past five years show.”