Spritmonitor

Spritmonitor is a German website that collects and delivers information about the fuel consumption of vehicles under real-life conditions. The data base is provided by the users of the website themselves (crowdsourcing) who log the fuel-ups of their vehicles in the system.

Spritmonitor
Available inGerman, English, French, Spanish
OwnerFisch und Fischl GmbH
URLwww.spritmonitor.de
RegistrationOptional
Users600,000
LaunchedJanuary 2001

History

The website was created by Thomas Fischl and Dominik Fisch as a side project to their study of computer science at the University of Passau, Germany in 2001.[1] Initially, the project was known under the name „Consumption Tables“ and was renamed to „Spritmonitor“ after a testing phase („Sprit“ is in Germany colloquial speech for fuel). The website is operated and owned by the Fisch und Fischl GmbH company which was founded in 2008.

Functions

Spritmonitor offers two main functions:

First, it is possible for a car owner to log and track fuel up data and all vehicle-based expenses in the system. Based on this data many different analyses can be performed (e.g., fuel consumption depending on season, kind of fuel, used tires, etc.).[2][3] Spritmonitor can be used on the road with the corresponding iPhone-, Android-, and Windows Phone-Apps as well as with the mobile version of the website.

Second, the data base entries of Spritmonitor users can be viewed and analysed by others. Thereby, future car owners do not only have to rely on the fuel consumption published by car manufacturers but they can also get information about the-to-be-expected real-life fuel consumption of a vehicle before buying it.

Use in scientific studies and tests

The Spritmonitor data base has reached such a significance in size and quality that it can be used in scientific studies. The ICCT uses the data set in its annual report “From Laboratory To Road” [4][5][6][7][8][9] as well as Transport and Environment in its studies “Mind The Gap”[10][11] and “How clean are electric cars?”.[12] Also the Deutsche Umwelthilfe refers to Spritmonitor in its publication “Verbrauchsabweichungen in Deutschland und den USA”.[13]

Besides those scientific studies, the Spritmonitor data is also used in vehicles tests of different media.[14][15][16][17] The German consumer organisation Stiftung Warentest also references Spritmonitor in their guide to buying used cars.[18]

Figures

The Spritmonitor data base contains over 880,000 vehicles of 600,000 users. All the users together logged over 35 million fuel-ups which correspond to a driven distance of 17 billion kilometres.[19]

References
  1. Der wahre Spritverbrauch auf Spritmonitor.de University of Passau. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  2. Funktionen von Spritmonitor Spritmonitor. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  3. Autoverbrauch: Website sammelt Daten Aachener Zeitung. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  4. From Laboratory To Road 2014 ICCT. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  5. From Laboratory To Road 2015 ICCT. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  6. From Laboratory To Road 2016 ICCT. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  7. From Laboratory To Road 2017 ICCT. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  8. From Laboratory To Road 2018 ICCT. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  9. On the way to real-world CO2 values ICCT. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  10. Mind The Gap 2015 Transport and Environment. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  11. Mind The Gap 2016 Transport and Environment. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  12. How clean are electric cars? Transport and Environment. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  13. Verbrauchsabweichungen in Deutschland und den USA Deutsche Umwelthilfe. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  14. Renault Zoe mit 41 kWh-Batterie heise Autos. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  15. Mini Cooper Zeit Online. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  16. Ford Focus Zeit Online. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  17. Ökobilanz von Elektroautos Focus Online. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  18. So gehen Sie klug vor beim Gebrauchtwagenkauf Stiftung Warentest. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  19. Spritmonitor Spritmonitor. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
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