SHAH ALAM: The eighth annual Volvo Trucks Malaysia’s annual Fuelwatch Challenge is back!
This year, seven lucky Malaysian truck drivers who scored the highest in the nationwide preliminary rounds will be given the opportunity to compete against each another in a fuel efficiency test during the Fuelwatch Challenge Malaysia Finals.
The winning champion will then participate in the Drivers Fuel Challenge – World Final in Sweden that judges and more importantly teaches skill, concentration, knowledge, and discipline.
The competition, which first started in Europe as a concept for achieving maximum efficiency, is modeled based on local market demands and industry landscape, where for Malaysia it will mainly concentrate on three key areas of driver development, fuel maintenance and dynafleet or telematics.
“The Volvo Trucks Fuelwatch Challenge is more than just a truck driving competition. It’s not about speed, but all about efficiency and safety. Our key objective with Fuelwatch Challenge is to create better understanding and awareness on fuel efficiency, safety, maintenance, vehicle optimisation and driver behaviour,” said Volvo Malaysia managing director Mats Nilsson.
“Going beyond that, Fuelwatch Challenge also condones proper management and maintenance of the truck prior to usage. Not only will it contribute significantly to fuel efficiency on the road, it would also reduce the risk of a breakdown and more importantly, the safety of the trucker and those around it,” added Mats.
This year’s competition has kicked-off with preliminary rounds already held in Johor Baru on July 25, and Kuantan and Kuching on July 27.
The other five locations include Ipoh (Aug 1), Bintulu (Aug 2), Prai (Aug 3), Port Klang (Aug 5) and Kota Kinabalu (Aug 6).
The competition is open to all drivers of Volvo trucks.
“Fuelwatch Challenge has been a highly successful event for us, given the very positive response from our customers. In 2015, we had 1,040 participants and in 2016, there were 1,410.
The company will make this year’s competition more interesting with the addition of:
- an oral communication assessment
- live demonstration of the Driver Coaching feature using Volvo Trucks’ proprietary telematics system, Dynafleet.
- the use of the flagship Volvo FH long-haul truck for the final round of the competition.
All participants in the preliminary rounds will need to undergo a briefing and a written test to prepare and qualify for the final stage of the competition, where only seven will qualify for the final round to be held in Shah Alam on Aug 25 and 26.
Prior to that, these seven finalists will have to undergo a training session before the actual day of the final competition.
The local champion will represent Malaysia at the global championship in Sweden from Sept 18 to 22.
Companies who are interested to enrol their drivers can do so online at http://bit.ly/2rULuzV or contact Volvo Trucks Malaysia’s Customer Care Service at +6012-373 1030 or +6019-240 1030.
For more information, log on to www.volvotrucks.com.my or www.facebook.com/VolvoTrucksMalaysia.
