Yokohama Tire Corp. has updated its Fuel Savings Calculator for truck fleets and owner-operators.
The interactive, web-based tool has “received an update, making it even more beneficial to the trucking industry,” said Rick Phillips, Yokohama director of commercial sales.
“We want to show fleets how they can save money with Yokohama fuel-efficient products and the new features we’ve added to the Yokohama Fuel Savings Calculator will do just that,” Phillips said.
Updates to the Yokohama Fuel Savings Calculator – yokohamatire.com/fuel_calculator – “include more data points on Yokohama tires, as well as our competitor tires to allow users expanded comparisons of our fuel-efficient tires against others,” said Phillips. “Plus, we’ve added a print functionality that fleet owners have asked for.”
The savings are shown in three ways: Annual Fuel Savings per Truck, Annual Fuel Savings for Fleet and Annual Gallons of Fuel Saved. According to Phillips, the Fuel Savings Calculator not only saves truckers money, but also has a “green” benefit because it shows the total carbon footprint reduction of Yokohama tires compared to its competitors.
“It’s important for fleets to see how the right choice of tires can dramatically reduce the carbon impact on the environment,” Phillips said. “For example, one of our tires saved more than 2,000 pounds of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere. It’s another example of our commitment to produce environmentally-sound products.”
