What proportion of fuel consumption is attributable to the tyres?
Fuel consumption is influenced by a variety of factors. In principle, there are 4 types of driving resistance
that affect consumption:

	Rolling resistance (tyre inflation/axle load, tread pattern, rubber compound)	_______________
	Climbing and acceleration resistance (geographical conditions, driving style)
	Air resistance (contact surface for wind)
_____________________	Idle resistance (mechanical resistance, e.g. of the drive, when idling; can be ignored for predominant driving use)

Between 35% and 60% of fuel consumption is caused by rolling resistance. This value varies
depending on the use and the number of tyres. This is clearly an important starting point if you want to
save money on increasingly expensive diesel.

Rolling resistance and axle position
The proportion of rolling resistance per axle position corresponds to the proportion of load weight per
axle position (steer, drive and trailer):

As a result, the trailer tyres on a tractor-trailer offer the greatest savings potential.

What is rolling resistance?
Rolling resistance is the force that the rolling motion of the tyre exerts on the road when travelling under
load (deformation energy on tires and roads).

What can you do to minimize fuel consumption?
There are several ways of saving diesel: driving style, air conditioning and the correct engine calibration
are just a few ideas.

To save fuel with your tyres, the most important measures are to:

• Use low rolling resistance tyres, like those which Continental engineers have been developing for years.
• Avoid underinflation (low tyre inflation = high rolling resistance), e.g. through regular fleet checks, which
  Continental offers to all its customers.
  
• Stay within the axle geometry parameters so that the tyres only roll and do not "slide" through skewing.
• Speed disproportionately increases rolling resistance. Make sure that you do not drive too fast for no
  reason. Rolling resistance, and consequently fuel consumption, is higher at higher average speeds
  because the tyres rotate more frequently in a given time, i.e. the tyres are more frequently deformed.