Volvo Trucks’ Fuelwatch Challenge is back again folks! 2018 continues Volvo's ougoing effort in promoting maximum fuel efficiency and proper driving skills among truck drivers here in Malaysian and worldwide. For the Malaysian leg, the competition is open to drivers across Malaysia this time around with two separate categories, the closed category and the open category. It looks like its something different this year by the looks of it!
Two categories. The closed category is the new twist to this year's Fuelwatch Challenge. The selected customers from Peninsular Malaysia have been invited to pick their 2 best drivers who will then compete in the Closed preliminary round. Here, Volvo Trucks will hand pick the 5 best drivers who meet the selected criteria and qualifications to proceed to the Finals where they will go up against drivers from the Open category.
Prifaria Sdn Bhd, Multimodal Freight Sdn Bhd, Taipanco Sdn Bhd, Tanjong Express and Benua Haulage Sdn Bhd have been chosen among others and from these companies. So far, three finalists from the closed category have already been identified.
Merzuki bin Jusoh – Prifaria Sdn Bhd
Mohd Sufian bin Sahari – Multimodal Freight Sdn Bhd
Mohd Zamry bin Mohd Nasir – Syarikat Jasa Selamat
The finalists mentioned above have gone through an extensive driving skills test using their own Volvo truck accompanied by accredited Volvo Driver Trainers. They are not only tested on fuel efficiency, but on overall driving skills, performance and driving behaviors. They could be the best that Malaysia has to offer in terms of competitors right now and the drivers who start in the open category would have to challenge these drivers.
The Open Category is for all drivers who are interested in competing in the Fuelwatch Challenge. They will go on the the Malaysian finals and then go head to head with other finalists from the open category and the closed category for an interesting finale to the Malaysian leg.
Interested participants can start registering for the open category and the registrations will close on the 14 th June 2018. However, drivers can also walk in to participate in the preliminary rounds on the day itself at their chosen locations.
The following are the competition dates and locations:
DATE LOCATION (Volvo Trucks Dealership)
26 June 2018 Prai (Penang)
27 June 2018 Ipoh (Perak) and Bintulu (East Malaysia)
29 June 2018 Kuching (East Malaysia)
07 July 2018 Port Klang (Selangor)
08 July 2018 Kota Kinabalu (East Malaysia)
11 July 2018 Johor Bahru (Johor)
24 July 2018 Kuantan (Pahang)
The Malaysia finals will be conducted in August 2018, where a total of 9 finalists from the both categories will compete to be crowned the champion. The Malaysia winner of Volvo Trucks Fuelwatch Challenge 2018 will be flown over to Gothenburg, Sweden for the World Finals on the 13 th - 14 th September, where they will face up against other world-class drivers for the World Champion title.
To date. the Volvo Trucks Fuelwatch competition has been very successful in Malaysia with increasing numbers of participants each year. In 2017, more than 1,600 participants nationwide joined the challenge (photo above from the 2017 competition). This year, Volvo Trucks is anticipating approximately 2,000 drivers from across Malaysia and over 12,000 drivers in 44 markets worldwide to participate.
Managing Director of Volvo Trucks Malaysia, Mats Nilsson said “Through the Fuelwatch Challenge, we want to acknowledge and highlight drivers who view efficient and safe driving as an art form. That is the idea behind the competition, to give these amazing drivers the appreciation they deserve. This is in line with Volvo’s core values that promote safe and efficient driving as a way to care for the environment.”
The Fuelwatch Challenge was designed to be a fun way to educate drivers on the importance of training and how a trained driver is more likely to get each assignment done safely and more efficiently while also taking better care of the truck.
This long running competition has also been conducted for quite a while already and this time around, the folks at Volvo Trucks Malaysia have added a slightly different twist to it. Good that they are trying to keep things fresh.
For more information on the Fuelwatch Challenge, please head over to the Volvo Trucks website and if you are interested, register as a participant there.
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