The Energy Saving Trust’s Smarter Driving programme has been expanded to include commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes.
“Over the last year we’ve had a lot of enquiries from fleet managers about training in vans, but up until now we’ve had to turn people away,” said programme manager Bob Saynor.
The first 10,000 motorists to do the training achieved an average 14.8% cut in fuel consumption between their ‘before’ and ‘after’ driving.
Training costs £15 per person, based on training nine drivers per day, and the Energy Saving Trust provides the van, fuel and insurance as well as an instructor, although it is possible for organisations to use their own vehicles instead.