EcoDriving overview
Toyota Australia wants to ensure that our customers get to enjoy the best and most efficient motoring experience in their Toyota vehicles while also minimising their impact on the environment.
There are many reasons to reduce our fuel consumption when driving including:
- Increasing pressures on the household budget due to rising oil and petrol prices, and
- the need to address climate change by reducing our emissions of greenhouse gases.
Toyota continues to provide technical solutions to these issues, through advances in fuel efficiency like the introduction of Camry Hybrid, which can reduce fuel consumption by 30% when compared to a conventional Camry.
However with 80% of the lifetime carbon emissions of a car coming from its ongoing use, we know that our customers can also contribute to reducing the costs and impacts of driving a vehicle, regardless of which Toyota they choose, by adopting EcoDriving.
Download the EcoDriving Guide (PDF: 124KB - opens in new window)
EcoDriving benefits
EcoDriving has been tested by many organisations in recent years and has shown reductions in fuel consumption.
A Toyota study undertaken in Japan amongst Toyota employees found that fuel savings of up to 20% were achieved by most participants in the study#.
Similarly, EcoDriving trials with commercial companies in Europe found that a company wide long term fuel reduction of up to 6% was possible through voluntary adoption of EcoDriving.
Extra benefits
These studies also showed reduced maintenance costs as well as a reduced accident rate of up to 25% because EcoDriving involves^:
- An anticipating driving style.
- Maintaining a steady speed.
- Less speeding.
- Less overtaking
- Less stress / aggressiveness
EcoDriving flowchart
EcoDriving and keeping alert of the traffic environment will save you fuel and is safer.
