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WANT TO SAVE SOME CASH?
LAUNCHED WITH LITTLE FANFARE MAN’S VERSION OF PREDICTIVE CRUISE CONTROL – EFFICIENTCRUISE – WAS SAID TO SAVE OPERATORS UP TO 9% ON FUEL. KEVIN SWALLOW ASKED THE MANUFACTURER TO PUT ITS MONEY WHERE ITS MOUTH IS.
Road test
Rarely does a single product deliver big fuel savings on its own. Often, it’s a team effort that involves removing the sun-visor, redesigning the front corner, tweaking the
engine, and revamping the transmission 16 CVDriver September 2018
software package and you might just save 2%, if you’re willing to stump up several grand for it. The step up to Euro 6 has changed all that. These trucks might be more environmentally friendly but they’re also more expensive. Operators want something tangible to offset the cost. They
want fuel savings.
To achieve these savings, manufacturers
have had to literally think ahead. The collective answer from the OEMs is predictive cruise control (PCC). Combining automated transmissions, cruise control and global positioning system (GPS)