Posts Tagged ‘cheap fuel’

70% of Italian Drivers Struggle Daily With High Gas Prices

Monday, October 22nd, 2012

70% of Italian commuters in Milan, Rome and Naples have adjusted their daily driving habits to cope with increasing fuel costs, according to a survey conducted by Waze.


The sharp rise in fuel costs has led many drivers to cut back on non-mandatory trips (35.4%) or opt for public transportation alternatives (23.4%).

68% of drivers in Italian metros are incensed by gas costs every time they drive.

The good news is that Wazers in Italy can now work together to solve a problem that is deeply affecting their community with the launch of Waze’s cheap fuel price locator.

The feature was launched in Italy this week, thanks to the hard work of the Italian map editing community, which mapped out the majority of the country’s 18,000 gas stations.

Drivers in Italy will now be able to update real-time fuel prices at local stations and navigate to the cheapest petrol station along their route using Waze.

Countries to have the fuel price feature launched include the United Kingdom, Spain, Latvia, Brazil and the United States.

What have you done to cope with the rise in gas prices?

Crowdsourced Fuel Price Feature Launches in UK

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

We are happy to announce that Waze’s cheap fuel price locator is now officially available in the United Kingdom!

The feature, which enables drivers to find the cheapest petrol stations along or near their route, can now be accessed on any smartphone within the United Kingdom.

The feature allows drivers to update real-time fuel prices at local stations and navigate to the cheapest petrol station along their route. Users searching for fuel can view nearby stations color-coded by cost (see below). In fact, users in the UK have already contributed more than 4,000 fuel price updates at petrol stations across the country.

Our UK map-editing community, including Darren McConachie (aka dmcconachie) and Tim Rigden (aka Timbones), provided us with a detailed list of more than 7,000 of the 8,700 country’s petrol stations, expediting the release of the feature there.

The petrol station feature is entirely dependent on crowdsourced information. The more petrol stations our editors add, the faster the feature will be made available in each country.

What are your thoughts on Waze’s real time fuel prices?