The Yutong 2nd Fuel-saving Contest of Taiwan market kicked off at the operation station of Shin-Shin Bus Company, Ltd. in Taipei on July 22, 2013.

Based on the experience of last contest and combined with the ideas of Shin-Shin Bus Company, the contest aims to make the drivers realize the importance of the standardized operation and personally experience the fuel-saving effect, so that they are willing to follow the rules in the future. Meanwhile, the promotional program during the contest also enhanced the effect of service marketing and improved the customer experience.

The vice GM and the chief engineer of Shin-Shin Bus Company, service manager of Yutong’s dealer in Taiwan and Yutong’s vice regional manager and service manager of Asian Division attended the opening ceremony.

The contest lasted one week. There were totally 55 participants and ten participants were involved every day. One daily champion was chosen according to the contest results of the day. In order to support the event, the Shin-Shin Bus Company specifically designated a bus for the contest and arranged the vice GM and the chief engineer to be involved during the whole process of the contest. They shot video for the contest and would make it into a training disk later. The winning participants would be chosen as the seed trainers and conduct training for the drivers of the whole company.

In order to make the drivers fully understand the impact of their driving habits on the fuel consumption, at beginning of the contest, the drivers just drove the bus with their usual driving style and Yutong technical people were responsible for collecting the data and calculating the fuel consumption. After that, they have conducted training on fuel-saving tips for the drivers. Then the drivers were required to drive the bus once again and Yutong people stood beside them to correct their driving behavior and record the relevant data for analysis, so as to make them drive buses with the optimal driving method.

After the training, the fuel-efficiency of every driver has been improved to different degree, the fuel economy ratios have increased by 7%~36% than before. After the contest, the drivers exchanged fuel-saving experiences with each other. Through the actual operation and data comparison before and after the training, every driver has been fully aware of the impact of driving habits on fuel-consumption. They all expressed that they would apply the knowledge learned during the contest to the daily driving work.

In the following contest, Yutong will further make efforts to help customers impart the fuel-saving driving method to every user, thus achieving the goal of creating the greatest value for customers.