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 off the road.
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 effectively and at low cost: 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 your fleet
Cut 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.
Protect your staff
When things get hectic, anyone can misfuel. Spare your employees the hassle and possible recourse claims after engine damage.
Clearly labelled
Who pays if a company car is misfuelled? A clearly visible fuel label on every vehicle means you have taken precautions.
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 case of misfuelling damage at our company, we bought the Tankfreund to prevent it happening again. 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.”
2,000 Tankfreund tags in our own design
“In 2023 we fitted our vehicles with around 2,000 Tankfreund tags in our own design. With so many vehicles and drivers, the eye-catching tab above the fuel cap is a simple safeguard against misfuelling.”
Fleet questions
You'll find more answers on the product, fitting and ordering 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 ordinary 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: you test the samples, the quote goes to procurement, and we deliver to head office or to individual sites.
Does it fit all vehicles?
Yes, it fits all common cars and vans. It is not designed for trucks or 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