Protection for the whole fleet.
Misfuelling protection for company and pool vehicles.
Every day, hundreds of drivers in Germany reach for the wrong nozzle. With company cars and changing drivers, the mistake is especially easy to make: the familiar private car takes a different fuel, or the vehicle is new and unfamiliar. Then there are mixed fleets of diesel and petrol vehicles. From the moment of misfuelling, driver and vehicle are no longer mobile.
Customer appointments fall through, delivery times are missed, and fleet management is left with the effort of arranging a replacement vehicle and handling the claim. The Tankfreund misfuelling protection prevents this cheaply and effectively: it hangs above the fuel cap, has to be lifted to refuel and shows the right fuel.
The maths
A single pump-out costs as much as Tankfreund tags for 100 vehicles. Insurance you will hopefully never need.
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How the Tankfreund helps in the fleet
Save costs
A single case of engine damage caused by misfuelling quickly costs €5,000 to €10,000. For that sum you can equip several thousand vehicles with the Tankfreund.
Stay mobile
You increase the operational readiness of your fleet and reduce the risk of driver and vehicle being out of action because of misfuelling.
Relieve your employees
When things get hectic, anyone can misfuel. Spare your employees the hassle and possible recourse claims after engine damage.
Clearly marked
Who pays if a company car is misfuelled? With a clearly visible fuel marking on every vehicle, you are prepared.
What fleets say
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The whole fleet protected
“With the Tankfreund, a small investment let us protect the whole fleet. We have not had a single misfuelling since.”
All pool vehicles equipped nationwide
“Misfuelling means high costs for the users and a lot of effort and loss of warranty for the employer. This is where the Tankfreund helps; we have equipped all our pool vehicles with it nationwide. Small effort, big benefit.”
Equipped right at procurement
“After a fuel damage incident at our company, we bought the Tankfreund to prevent misfuelling in future. All vehicles are now equipped with the Tankfreund right at procurement, and our business customers also receive the branded Tankfreund as a promotional gift.”
Petrol at home, diesel at work
“If you drive a petrol car privately, it is easy to misfuel the company car.”
Fleet questions
Further answers on product, fitting and ordering can be found in the FAQ.
All questionsCompany car misfuelled: who pays?
That depends on how serious the mistake is, and the rules differ from country to country. In Germany, for example, employee liability is graded: for a minor slip the employer bears the damage, for medium negligence it is shared, and for gross negligence the driver generally bears the full amount (Heuking, 2024). German courts have repeatedly treated misfuelling a company vehicle as grossly negligent, most recently the Federal Administrative Court in 2017 in the case of a police officer who had put petrol in a diesel vehicle. In many European countries, motor insurance often doesn't cover misfuelling damage, or only part of it, for example in the UK, France, the Netherlands and Germany.
It hardly ever happens to us.
The Tankfreund works like an insurance policy: a single pump-out costs about as much as Tankfreund tags for 100 vehicles.
We already have stickers.
Stickers are easily overlooked. The Tankfreund has to be lifted to refuel; Cambio CarSharing found it “considerably more effective than the usual stickers”.
Purchasing is handled centrally at our company.
No problem: test samples, quote to procurement, delivery to head office or to individual sites.
Does it fit all vehicles?
Yes, in all common cars and vans. It is not made for trucks and buses.
Test first,
then decide.
We will send you a few Tankfreund tags free of charge to try out.
- Free of charge
- In the fuel you need
- No obligation