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Lightfoot technology saves UK
fleets more than £100 million in
just five years
Lightfoot’s driver improvement and efficiency technology has saved more than £100 million in fuel for
customers in five years, the firm has announced.
The landmark 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. Showing the
major impact the introduction
of Lightfoot’s in-vehicle driver
coaching technology has had
over the period, the figures
revealed:
• £102,189,084 in fuel savings
• 68.5 million litres of fuel saved
• An average fuel economy
improvement of 9%
• 180 million kg of CO2 saved
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Paul Hollick, Managing Director at
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:
before using Lightfoot, a large diesel
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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.”
And the improvement is continuing.
Figures so far for 2024 show
Lightfoot to be on course for a
record-breaking year in terms of
fuel saving and CO2 reduction, with
£20.4 million in savings already made
in the first six months, and more
than 35 million 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,
Lightfoot continues to be a proven
gamechanger when it comes to
slashing costs and emissions.”
