Posts Tagged ‘Gas Stations’

Colombia Wazers Can Now Navigate to Cheap Gas

Sunday, January 27th, 2013

Wazers in Colombia can now find the cheapest, closest gas stations on or along their route, thanks to the launch of Waze’s real-time gas price feature in the South American nation.

The launch makes Colombia the 24th country where the real-time gas feature is available, and the third in South America, after Panama and Brazil.

For the feature to work effectively, Colombia Wazers (and all drivers with the gas price feature) need update the prices they see at a gas station for the community. The better crowdsourcing gas price data YOU contribute, the more drivers who will get to save $$$ on gas! Do your part — so that no one has to fill up at one station when a better price is just down the street!

The Colombia launch is credited to the work of the map editing community there, which mapped out 1,200 of their countries’ gas stations in the Waze map editor.

In order for us to enable our real-time gas price feature in more countries, the map editing community needs to add up to 70% of a country’s total gas stations to the Waze map.

To update gas prices — just click on the Report button and choose Gas Prices whenever you’re at or near a gas station.

UPDATE: Real-Time Gas Prices in 8 More Countries

Monday, November 12th, 2012

UPDATE: The real-time gas price feature is also available for Wazers in France, Slovakia and Sweden.

Great news for Wazers across Europe and New Zealand!

Drivers in 8 more countries can now navigate to cheaper gas prices. The gas station feature, which enables drivers to navigate to cheap gas prices, is now available in Hungary, Germany Lithuania, Russia, Finland, New Zealand, Estonia and Cyprus.

With this feature, drivers in these countries will now be able to update each other on the latest gas prices at various stations on or along their route. When the whole community gets involved, drivers should be able to quickly locate the most inexpensive gas stations and save a bit of money to offset the rising cost of fuel.

We know that high gas prices affect many of you each day — and hopefully the addition of this feature should help.

Countries that have already launched the gas station feature include Italy, the United KingdomSpainLatviaBrazil, the United States, Belgium and the Netherlands.

The launch of this feature has been entirely dependent on crowdsourced information by the map editing community. Currently, more than 130,000 gas stations have been added to the Waze map by map editors, making the release of the feature available in more and more countries worldwide.

Remember — to keep prices updated while on the road, all you need to do is hit “report” and then “gas prices” each time you enter a gas station to verify that prices are accurate. Do your part and help the community beat the high costs of gas.

Are high gas prices a problem in your region?

User-Generated Gas Prices Come to Netherlands and Belgium

Monday, October 29th, 2012

Drivers in two new countries can now enjoy the money-saving benefits of crowdsourcing today, with the release of our gas price feature in the Netherlands and Belgium.

We were able to launch the feature in these countries once the majority of its gas stations were mapped out by the map editing community. The countries’ launched with 1,100 gas stations in Belgium and 2,000 gas stations in the Netherlands, respectively.

It’s no secret that drivers worldwide are struggling with the rising cost of gas. With this launch, drivers in these countries will now be able to see real-time gas prices on or along their route.

Countries to have the fuel price feature launched include Italy, the United KingdomSpainLatviaBrazil and the United States.

We hope to launch real-time gas prices features next in Sweden, France, Germany, Slovakia, Finland, Lithuania, Hungary, New Zealand, Cyprus and Russia.

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?

Waze Comes to Scoble’s Rescue

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

Tech blogger extraordinaire Robert Scoble showed us some love this week on his Google+ and Twitter pages.

It appears Waze saved Scoble from an unpleasant traffic jam (image below) during a trip to Disneyland, navigating him past the mess and straight to the theme-park fun.

Scoble, on his Google+ page , shared:

“Why I love +Waze. On the way to Disneyland it routed me around traffic, showed me where cops were, and was more accurate than Google or Toyota maps as to arrival time. Get it now, for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone.”

This isn’t the first time Scoble has showered us with some much-appreciated attention. Just last month, our own Di-ann Eisnor showed him our new cheap gas station locator.

Has Waze saved you from any horrendous traffic jams lately? Tell us about it in the comments below!

Nearly 10,000 Gas Stations Added Within Days (and counting) . . .

Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

The momentum is rising! More than 1,300 gas stations have been added to our maps in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of user-generated gas stations to nearly 10,000. The number of gas stations added has actually more-than-doubled since we released our stats last week.

Adding gas stations in our map editor has gotten even easier, with the availability of gas station brands in several countries added to the editor yesterday.

The more gas stations editors add, the faster the feature will be made available in each country. So keep adding gas stations, and if you have brand lists or other relevant data – send them on over!

Check out some impressive user stats below:
 
Top Countries + Number of Gas Stations Added

Italy – 1,449

Germany – 503

Sweden – 465

France – 429

United Kingdom – 401
 

Top Users + Number of Gas Stations Added

Italy

linus71 – 212

zabb – 109

asterix06 – 66
 

Germany

Error79 – 34

trunkenbold – 32

drazhar – 21
 

Sweden

pnylin - 195

ulfhe – 35

MartinMossfeldt – 30
 

France

mgcarre – 30

Coilans – 22

NitroFuel – 21
 

United Kingdom

ditchi56 – 27

CTCNetwork – 20

Dave2084 – 20
 

Top 5 Gas Station Contributors

Borden_y (China)  – 238

linus71 (Italy)  – 212

pnylin (Sweden) – 195

zabb (Italy)  – 109

asterix06 (Italy) – 66

3000 Gas Stations Added Within Days

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

In the first days following our announcement, more than 3,000 gas stations were added by the map editors community.

The leading countries to see a rise in the number of gas stations are Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Sweden.

As soon as we’ll reach a significant enough number of stations in a country, we’ll enable gas price updates by users and search by price will be enabled. That can happen pretty quickly for the leading countries below…

Check out the top contributors, by country, below:

Italy – 331 Gas Stations

ferdinando288GTO – 49 Gas Stations

frfabi – 45 Gas Stations

m4rc072 – 35 Gas Stations
   

France – 240 Gas Stations

mgcarre – 30 Gas Stations

Coilans – 20 Gas Stations

Mycrophage – 13 Gas Stations
   

Germany – 217 Gas Stations

trunkenbold – 23 Gas Stations

Drazhar – 20 Gas Stations

Haegar – 10 Gas Stations
   

United Kingdom – 213 Gas Stations

Timbones – 18 Gas Stations

smstext – 17 Gas Stations

CTCNetwork – 12 Gas Stations
   

Sweden – 210 Gas Stations

ulfhe – 35 Gas Stations

MartinMossfeldt – 29 Gas Stations

hurja – 15 Gas Stations
 
 
So, what are you waiting for? Why not start adding gas stations to your country today?