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A national post fleet cut diesel 18.9% — on its own data, with us not in the room.

Croatian Post (Hrvatska Pošta) ran its own independent trial of the aeBooster across two vehicle classes on live delivery routes. The manufacturer was not present. The numbers below are theirs.

// Independent operator trial · 1–26 November 2022 · documented in a signed letter from Croatian Post's logistics department
−18.9%
Renault Master · 2,322 km trial
−9.92%
Iveco S-Way ×2 · paired test
~80L
Diesel saved · single 2,322 km cycle
0
Manufacturer staff present · independent
The operator

Croatia's national postal carrier.

Hrvatska Pošta (Croatian Post) is the national postal operator of Croatia, running daily parcel and mail delivery across the country with a mixed fleet of light delivery vans and heavy commercial trucks. Like any logistics operation, diesel is one of its largest controllable line items — and one of the hardest to move without disrupting routes, drivers, or schedules.

In November 2022, Croatian Post's vehicle department decided to test whether the aeBooster could reduce that cost on its own equipment, under its own routes, measured against its own baseline — without taking the manufacturer's word for anything.

The challenge

A worst-case route, not a lab.

The flagship test vehicle ran the Zagreb–Split–Zagreb "fast line" — one of the most demanding corridors in the network. The route is extremely busy, the vehicle is constantly full of cargo, and delivery deadlines are short (roughly four hours), so the truck is effectively under full engine load for the entire run to make the schedule.

Those are punishing conditions for a fuel-efficiency claim. A device that only performs on a gentle test cycle would have nowhere to hide here. That made it the right place to measure.

The test

Two vehicle classes. Two methods. One independent operator.

Across November 2022, Croatian Post tested vehicles with and without the device installed — independently, without the manufacturer or its representatives present.

TEST 01

Paired heavy units — Iveco S-Way

Two Iveco S-Way trucks were run side by side: one with the aeBooster installed, one without. The device-equipped unit returned a 9.92% fuel saving.

TEST 02

Before/after — Renault Master (2018)

A single 2018 Renault Master ran the Zagreb–Split fast line without the device from 1–14 November, then with the device installed on 15 November through 26 November — a clean before/after on the same vehicle and route.

DATA

Measured on their own records

Fuel consumption was tracked across 2,322 kilometres of real delivery driving. No lab cycle, no manufacturer instrumentation — the operator's own numbers.

On the vehicle

A passive inline install — under three hours, no ECU.

The aeBooster fits between the fuel filter and the engine: a passive device with no moving parts, no calibration change, and no driver retraining. The vehicle goes back on its normal rotation the same day.

The result

Fuel consumption fell from 18.27 to 14.81 L/100km.

On the Renault Master, over 2,322 km of fast-line delivery, fuel consumption dropped by 3.46 litres per 100 km — an 18.9% reduction. Across that single cycle, that is roughly 80 litres of diesel saved on one vehicle. The two Iveco S-Way heavy units recorded a 9.92% reduction, and drivers reported the vehicles ran better after the device was fitted.

Renault Master · 2018
−18.9%
18.27 → 14.81 L/100km over 2,322 km on the Zagreb–Split fast line, full load. ≈ 80 L diesel saved in one cycle.
Iveco S-Way ×2
−9.92%
Paired comparison of two heavy units — one with the device, one without — under constant full load. Drivers reported improved throttle response.
"On a total of 2,322 kilometers driven, fuel consumption decreased from the initial 18.27 to 14.81 liters/km… In a conversation with several drivers who drive this line, we learn that their subjective feeling is that the vehicle runs better after installing the device."
Pero Mustapić — COO, Logistics Department, Croatian Post (Hrvatska Pošta) · from the signed testing letter
Why this one matters

Independent, named, and on the record.

The most common objection in the diesel-efficiency market is that results come from the vendor's own test, on the vendor's own bench. This trial is the opposite: a national operator, testing on its own fleet and routes, measuring against its own baseline, with the manufacturer absent — and putting its name to the result in a signed letter from its logistics leadership.

// This is exactly how an Aether pilot works on your fleet: we re-establish the result on your own telematics, on your own routes, before any fleet-wide commitment. The Croatian Post figures reflect their specific vehicles and duty cycle; your verified result is established on your own data. The signed letter is held on file and available to qualified operators on request.
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