Peugeot 308: Eco-driving

Eco-driving refers to a range of everyday practices that allow the motorist to optimise the vehicle's energy consumption (fuel and/or electricity) and CO2 emissions.

Optimise your use of the gearbox

With a manual gearbox, move off gently and change up promptly. While accelerating, change up early.

With an automatic gearbox, favour automatic mode. Do not depress the accelerator pedal heavily or suddenly.

The gear shift indicator prompts you to engage the most suitable gear. Whenever this indication is displayed on the instrument panel, follow it straight away.

With an automatic gearbox, this indicator appears only in manual mode.

Drive smoothly

Maintain a safe distance between vehicles, use engine braking rather than the brake pedal and press the accelerator gradually. These practices help to save on energy consumption, reduce CO2 emissions and decrease general traffic noise.

With a hybrid engine, engine braking is more efficient. Anticipate slowing down as much as you can and, if possible, favour deceleration with engine braking in order to charge the traction battery, to increase all-electric driving and to reduce fuel consumption.

With an EAT8 gearbox, with the gear selector in mode D, and except in Sport mode, favour "freewheeling" by gradually lifting your foot fully off the accelerator pedal in order to save fuel.

When the traffic is flowing smoothly, select the cruise control.

Control the use of electrical equipment

Before moving off, if the passenger compartment is too warm, ventilate it by opening the windows and air vents before using the air conditioning.

At speeds above 31 mph (50 km/h), close the windows and leave the air vents open.

Consider using equipment that can help keep the temperature in the passenger compartment down.

Unless automatically regulated, switch off the air conditioning as soon as the desired temperature has been reached.

Switch off the demisting and defrosting functions, if they are not managed automatically.

Switch off the heated seat and heated steering wheel as soon as possible.

Adapt your use of the headlamps and/or foglamps to the level of visibility, in accordance with current legislation in the country in which you are driving.

Avoid running the engine before moving off, particularly in winter (other than in severe wintry conditions: temperature below -23ºC). The vehicle will warm up much faster while driving.

As a passenger, avoid connecting your multimedia devices (e.g. film, music, video game) to help reduce the consumption of energy.

Disconnect all portable devices before leaving the vehicle.

Limit the causes of excess consumption

Spread loads throughout the vehicle. Place the heaviest items in the boot as close as possible to the rear seats.

Limit the loads carried in the vehicle and minimise wind resistance (e.g. roof bars, roof rack, bicycle carrier, trailer). Preferably, use a roof box.

Remove roof bars and roof racks after use.

At the end of winter, remove snow tyres and refit summer tyres.

Comply with the servicing instructions

Check tyre pressures regularly, with the tyres cold, referring to the label in the door aperture on the driver's side.

Carry out this check in particular:

• before a long journey.
• at each change of season.
• after a long period out of use.

Do not forget the spare wheel and, where applicable, the tyres on your trailer or caravan.

Have your vehicle serviced regularly (e.g. engine oil, oil filter, air filter, passenger compartment filter, etc.). Observe the schedule of operations in the manufacturer's service schedule.

With a BlueHDi Diesel engine, if the SCR system has a fault, your vehicle will emit pollution. Visit a PEUGEOT dealer or a qualified workshop as soon as possible to restore your vehicle's nitrogen oxide emissions to legal levels.

When filling the fuel tank, do not continue after the third cut-out of the nozzle, to avoid overflow.

You will only see the fuel consumption of your new vehicle settle down to a consistent average after the first 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometres).

Optimising the driving range of electrified vehicles

The vehicle's consumption of electrical energy greatly depends on the route profile, speed and driving style, as well as the use of the heating/air conditioning.

Favour the ECO and CHARGE zones of the power indicator by driving smoothly and at a steady speed.

Hybrid vehicles

Maximise the vehicle's inertia by releasing the accelerator pedal so that the vehicle slows down by itself (e.g. when driving downhill or approaching a traffic light).

When the accelerator pedal is released, provided that the slider on the power indicator in the instrument panel is still moving in the CHARGE zone, energy recovery is optimal.

Energy recovery makes it possible to make efficient use of the "passive" phases of driving (deceleration).

The recovered energy is used to recharge the traction battery and is then used for all-electric driving or further acceleration.

When the traction battery is almost full, the energy recovery is gradually reduced.

Rechargeable hybrid vehicles

Connect the vehicle as soon as possible.

Anticipate slowing down as much as possible and, if possible, favour decelerations with the regenerative braking function activated (power indicator in the CHARGE zone).

With the vehicle connected, carry out temperature pre-conditioning before setting off.

To optimise consumption during a journey:

• Program a destination into the vehicle's GPS navigation system.
• Select the Hybrid driving mode.
• Make sure that the battery charge level is close to maximum.
• Do not use the e-Save function while driving.
• Use the heating/air conditioning system wisely.

Electric vehicles

Program a destination into the vehicle's GPS navigation system to optimise consumption during a journey.

Anticipate the need to slow down, and brake smoothly, whenever possible using engine braking with the regenerative braking function, which will move the power indicator into the "CHARGE" zone.

Use the air conditioning rather than the heating to demist the passenger compartment.