New app from Volvo Trucks helps truck drivers save fuel. The new app for truck drivers is part of Dynafleet, Volvo Trucks´ fleet management system. Information that was previously only available to the transport company is now also available to the driver. ´With the new app, drivers can see for themselves how efficiently they drive, compare their performance with that of their colleagues and improve their driving techniques still further,´ says Jarkko Aine, Communications & Competence Manager within Transport Solutions at Volvo Trucks. Main features One of the app´s main functions fuel efficiency score rates the driver´s performance in four areas that in various ways impact the truck´s fuel consumption: anticipation and braking, engine and gearbox utilisation, speed adaption and standstill. The results are then collated to produce an overall score. ´The idea is to provide an incentive for a well-planned and safe driving style. One that gives low fuel consumption and low emissions and subjects the vehicle to less wear,´ says Aine. Fuel represents between 25 and 35 per cent of the total transport company costs, and driving behaviour really makes a difference. By adopting an economical style, drivers can cut a transport company´s fuel costs by up to 7 per cent. Dynafleet Earlier this year, Volvo Trucks introduced a corresponding app for transport companies with Dynafleet, directed not at drivers but at fleet managers. This app has already had 12,000 downloads. ´Fleet managers have seen the immense benefit of having immediate access to the company´s fuel consumption data, thereby gaining one more tool for achieving improved fuel efficiency,´ says Aine. The Dynafleet app will be available for iPhones and iPads in a number of European markets from October 2013. Use of the app requires a Dynafleet subscription. Dynafleet is a fleet-management system that helps drivers and transport companies utilise their fleets more efficiently. Dynafleet is currently available throughout Europe, Brazil and Australia. At the time of writing Dynafleet has 46,000 subscribers. (Communication by the management of the company)