SAUDI EXPATRIATES

The National Energy Consumption campaign through its official Twitter handle listed some behaviors that should be avoided in order to save the fuel consumption when using a car or vehicle, and they are

1. Warming up the car for 30 seconds.

2. Stop in sunny places. See Also : Sudden use of brake without necessity is a traffic violation in Saudi Arabia and this is its fine

3. Not maintaining the car regularly.

4. Leaving the engine running while stopping for a long time.

5. Leave the engine running while filling up the fuel.

6. Turning on the AC, while the windows are open.

7. Frequent acceleration and deceleration.

8. Loading the vehicle with unnecessary weights.

9. Do not use map applications. Recommend : 14 Traffic violations for which the fine is between 3000 to 6000 riyals

In its infographic, The Taqa campaign also stated, How much difference, while choosing the most economical car. In its sample, it took a family car with a fuel type of Gasoline 91 and explained that 14.4 km per liter is excellent, than 9.1 km per liter. As it saves depreciation cost per year.

- The difference will be 37% savings, as it costs 3,785 riyals than 5,989 riyals per year, saving 2,204 riyals on running the average distance of 25,000 km, at a fuel cost of 2.18 riyals per liter on Gasoline 91.

- Similarly, it took a big sedan car, with a fuel type of Gasoline 95 and explained that 17.8 km per liter is excellent, than 10.7 km per liter, as it save the depreciation cost per year with 40% savings, as it costs 3,272 riyals than 5,444 riyals, saving 2,171 riyals on running the average distance of 25,000 km, at a fuel cost of 2.33 per liter on Gasoline 95. See Also : Tips for buying new car and turning off engine while stopping saves oil consumption