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Shell unveiled a package of innovations, dubbed "Smarter Mobility", aimed at speeding up the global shift to cleaner, more energy-efficient road transport. Shell launched the concept at Michelin’s Challenge Bibendum sustainable mobility conference.
Shell’s Downstream Director, Mark Williams said: “A big part of Shell’s business is about providing the fuels, lubricants and even road surfaces that make it possible for people and goods to move around in motor vehicles. So customers faced with energy, climate and economic challenges can turn to us for ways to save fuel and emit less CO2.”
Williams went on to say: “While electric vehicles, hydrogen and advanced biofuels all have huge potential, there will not be enough of them to make a real difference for another decade or more. That’s too long, so we’re acting now to make today’s transport system cleaner and more efficient. We’re calling it ‘Smarter Mobility.’”
Through “Smarter Mobility”, Shell is helping its customers today in three main ways:
Smarter products
With smarter use of new additives, today’s petrol and diesel can yield big savings. Today Shell Fuel Economy formula products are available in over 21 countries. In 2009, Shell launched its most advanced Fuel Economy formula fuel to date, Shell FuelSave, which helps customers save up to one liter per tank with every fill.*
In addition to smarter fuels, smarter products include more efficient lubricants, and even innovative plastics that allow carmakers to create lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Smarter use
Smarter products deliver even better results when used in smarter ways. So, for example, Shell is offering fleet operators a service called FuelSave Partner that electronically tracks fuel use and recommends different speeds, routes and driving styles to optimize economy. FuelSave Partner can cut fleet fuel use by as much as 10%.
Shell also offers fuel economy driving advice to motorists, runs competitions to promote more efficient driving, and has deployed celebrity FuelSave “ambassadors” around the world to encourage smarter use of fuel.
Smarter infrastructure
Shell is helping to develop a more energy efficient global road transport infrastructure. An example is a process designed to produce and lay asphalt at lower temperatures – the Shell WAM Foam Process, which reduces overall energy consumption by between 25% and 35% compared to conventional asphalt.
A simple, economic, lower carbon road surface, Shell Instapave, is being rolled out in Latin America and India to replace fragile, dusty and unsafe dirt roads and it can be ready for use in as little as 30 minutes after it is laid.
For further information about Shell’s “Smarter Mobility”, visit www.shell.com/smartermobility
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