Mainz, 2005-11-10
Successful Co-operation on Training to Save Fuel
Volkswagen and NABU are also continuing their joint campaign days on economical driving in the coming year.
Following the last training session on saving fuel for 2005 in Mainz, Volkswagen and the German Nature Conservancy Association (NABU) are planning to continue the free training sessions next year too. There have been a total of six of these fuel-saving training sessions this year.
In addition to Mainz, the fuel-saving tour by Volkswagen and NABU also stopped in Cologne, Göttingen, Hanover, Hamburg and Regensburg. More than 300 car drivers were able to use Volkswagen vehicles to learn literally how to reduce fuel consumption by up to 25 percent and protect both their wallets and the climate. Volkswagen professionals, specially trained for the purpose worked alongside the participants and helped with valuable tips and tricks during the training runs. “We use vehicles in our training sessions which are equipped with special measuring instruments to show the participants the difference between their previous and new fuel saving style of driving. In this way, 95 percent of the participants in the training sessions achieved clear reductions in consumption. In individual cases this was up to 40 percent,” emphasised Dietmar Oeliger, transport consultant of NABU.
An accompanying exhibition on the subject “Transport and Climate” provides information during the action days on new types of drive system, pioneering fuels and other innovative contributions to the protection of the environment. The fuel-saving training sessions are an element and a result of a co-operation agreement reached between Volkswagen AG and NABU. The purpose of this co-operation is to produce actual contributions to sustainable development in Germany in joint projects. In addition to the fuel-saving training sessions, these include support for the “Welcome Wolf” campaign and the provision of vehicles on permanent loan to NABU. Volkswagen and NABU also work closely together on the publicity work. Workshops and discussion forums on topics from the transport sector are intended to provide stimuli for socio-political debate.
In addition to Mainz, the fuel-saving tour by Volkswagen and NABU also stopped in Cologne, Göttingen, Hanover, Hamburg and Regensburg. More than 300 car drivers were able to use Volkswagen vehicles to learn literally how to reduce fuel consumption by up to 25 percent and protect both their wallets and the climate. Volkswagen professionals, specially trained for the purpose worked alongside the participants and helped with valuable tips and tricks during the training runs. “We use vehicles in our training sessions which are equipped with special measuring instruments to show the participants the difference between their previous and new fuel saving style of driving. In this way, 95 percent of the participants in the training sessions achieved clear reductions in consumption. In individual cases this was up to 40 percent,” emphasised Dietmar Oeliger, transport consultant of NABU.
An accompanying exhibition on the subject “Transport and Climate” provides information during the action days on new types of drive system, pioneering fuels and other innovative contributions to the protection of the environment. The fuel-saving training sessions are an element and a result of a co-operation agreement reached between Volkswagen AG and NABU. The purpose of this co-operation is to produce actual contributions to sustainable development in Germany in joint projects. In addition to the fuel-saving training sessions, these include support for the “Welcome Wolf” campaign and the provision of vehicles on permanent loan to NABU. Volkswagen and NABU also work closely together on the publicity work. Workshops and discussion forums on topics from the transport sector are intended to provide stimuli for socio-political debate.