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International Transport Forum

"Transport and Energy: The Challenge of Climate Change" is the topic around which Ministers and key transport sector actors will gather for debate and discussion at the International Transport Forum, to be held 28-30 May 2008 in Leipzig, Germany. Angela Merkel, German Federal Chancellor, will participate in the Forum (see the announcement in the attached press release).

 

Press release
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Ecodriving on PC

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Ecodriving Workshop Paris

The Workshop on Ecodriving, held in Paris 22-23 November 2007, provided a valuable opportunity to review current experience around the world in implementing and promoting ecodriving. The Workshop brought together around 100 ecodriving experts, policy makers, researchers and stakeholders to discuss recent developments in the field.

 

See all presentations!

 

Campaign started!

Several countries have already started their Eco-Driving campaign. For further information have a look at the Country specific campaigns.

Austria

Finals of the national ecodriving competition, 28 September 2007, Vienna.

 

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Belgium

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Czech Republic

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Finland

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Greece

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The Netherlands

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Poland

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Ecodrive.org

With support of the European Commission from the „Intelligent Energy Europe“ Programme a European-wide campaign for improving driving behaviour, energy-efficiency and traffic safety among drivers of passenger cars, delivery vans, lorries and buses organised during 2006 and 2008.

 

The campaign is initiated and co-ordinated under the project umbrella named ECODRIVEN and will be running in a total of 9 EU-countries. The campaign will take a bottom-up approach initiating and interconnecting new as well as existing various European-wide local and regional collaborations and initiatives to achieve the campaign goals.

 

The campaign is trying to build on and make use of experience of other initiatives related to ecodriving, mainly TREATISE and ECO-DRIVING Europe projects which have been organised during the last years.

 

Welcome to the official site of the campaign!

 

The sole responsibility for the content of this webpage lies with the authors. It does not represent the opinion of the European Communities. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

Golden Rules of ecodriving

  1. Shift up as soon as possible
    Shift up between 2.000 and 2.500 revolutions.
  2. Maintain a steady speed
    Use the highest gear possible and drive with low engine RPM
  3. Anticipate traffic flow
    Look ahead as far as possible and anticipate to surrounding traffic
  4. Decelerate Smoothly
    When you have to slow down or to stop, decelerate smoothly by releasing the accelerator in time, leaving the car in gear
  5. Check the tyre pressure frequently
    25% too low tyre pressure increases rolling resistance by 10% and your fuel consumption by 2%.