The war in Ukraine has caused fuel prices to skyrocket, and Waze – a free mobile road navigation application – has updated maps and operational features to help drivers spend less, and find the cheapest gas station along the way even more easily. the selected route.
In the last month, the Waze platform also recorded a + 17.6% of searches aimed at selecting the cheapest fuel. The figure concerns the Italian market where the figure is significantly higher than that of other countries (+ 10% in the United Kingdom, + 7.5% in Brazil and + 5.5% in France and the United States) analyzed by the digital application. Net of numerical divergences, the above statistics certify how road users are increasingly attentive to refueling costs and as happens in connected multimedia systems in the latest generation cars, the Waze App updates fuel prices daily, based on data. released by the Italian government.
In addition to real-time information to help drivers identify the most advantageous fuel price at each distributor in Italy, Waze maps add the ability to compare different refueling costs and thus locate the closest and most convenient petrol station. By customizing the application – already in itself one of the most used by transporters, drivers and taxi drivers thanks to the immediate and accurate information on traffic and alternative routes – Waze also allows you to choose which fuel (diesel, petrol, LPG, methane) to put highlighted on the map, as well as the type of vehicle divided into private car, taxi, motorcycle and Ev. In summary, the various innovations of the Waze application (available for both iOS and Android) make a series of important practical and logistical information potentially universal and easily accessible for all road users. Knowing the prices of diesel and petrol in real time is a concrete help that in optimizing the stops of the journey, makes the itinerary as economical as possible because knowing exactly the destination of arrival or refueling, minimizes empty laps translating into savings in money, time and emissions.