Pilot programme

The NanoEFX pilot programme

Run a controlled pilot on 5–10 trucks or buses, or 1–3 vessels, measured against your own baseline. Tell us about your fleet and we'll set up a 30-minute call — no commitment, and you only pay if it proves fuel savings.

Prove it on your own fleet — pay only if it saves fuel.

What the pilot involves

Run a controlled pilot on 5–10 trucks or buses, or 1–3 vessels.
Measured against your own baseline — you pay only if it proves savings.
No engine modifications — only the air filter is treated, or swapped for a pre-treated one. What this means for your warranty.
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How it works

1

Tell us about your fleet

Share your fleet type, size and where you operate — through the form above or a quick message.

2

A 30-minute call

We scope the pilot together — vehicles, baseline and how success is measured. No commitment.

3

Run the controlled pilot

Apply NanoEFX to the selected vehicles and measure against your own baseline over the agreed period.

4

Pay only if it saves

You pay only if the pilot proves fuel savings — no cure, no pay.

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After the pilot

From pilot to the whole fleet

A pilot answers one question: does NanoEFX save fuel on your vehicles, on your routes, against your own baseline? If it does, the rollout follows the maintenance you already carry out — vehicle group by vehicle group, at each vehicle’s next air-filter service.

1

Decide on your own numbers

Roll out to the vehicle groups the pilot represents — the same type, engine and duty. Results differ by duty cycle, so where part of the fleet runs a clearly different duty, a pilot on that group is the sound way to find out. Terms for the rollout are agreed after the pilot.

2

Treat at the next filter service

Your own team applies it when a vehicle’s air filter is next serviced: about 20–45 minutes per vehicle in your own depot, or a pre-treated filter is fitted. A large fleet can be brought in progressively along its service schedule rather than all at once.

3

Keep to the routine interval

Cars, trucks and buses are re-treated every ~5,000–12,000 km in service, by duty cycle — roughly every 5,000–7,000 km for petrol and every 6,000–10,000 km for diesel. Ships and generators are worked out from run-hours and engine size; for LPG we work the interval out with you.

4

Keep measuring

Keep recording fuel and distance per vehicle, as in the pilot. Where it is practical, leave a few comparable vehicles on the same routes untreated for a while: it is the only way to separate the treatment from the season, the weather and the traffic.

Instruction and supply

Instruction for your team

Tell us the type and dimensions of the air filters you use, the filter material, and your engines and their manufacturers. From that, we send written application leaflets for your industry and your filters. If your team applies the product itself, we provide training by video conference or, in some cases, on site.

Supply

Deliveries are ex works (EXW), from distribution warehouses in Germany for Europe, Japan for East Asia and, at present, North and South America, and Egypt for the Middle East and Africa. In some markets, supply and support run through our regional companies and distribution partners. For shipping companies, we usually make the product, or air-filter media already treated with it, available at a seaport.

Handling: store the product away from heat and direct sunlight. Its safety data sheets record transport as not regulated under the transport regimes they list, and are supplied on request — see the safety documentation.

Pilot programme — FAQ

What operators ask before and after a pilot

How many vehicles does a credible NanoEFX pilot need?

Five to ten trucks or buses, or one to three vessels. What matters is not the count but the comparison: enough vehicles of the same type and duty that the result can be measured against your own baseline rather than against someone else’s fleet. How a trial is set up, and what each method can and cannot show, is set out in our measurement methodology.

What do we pay if a NanoEFX pilot shows no saving?

You pay nothing — the pilot is measured against your own baseline, and payment depends on it proving fuel savings. Results do differ by duty cycle. On eleven telecom-tower generator sites at IHS Towers in Nigeria, running continuously at near-zero load, the median was +1.7% — too small to establish a clear effect for that duty cycle — and that trial is published in full alongside the stronger results.

Does a pilot affect my engine warranty?

Warranty terms are between you and your engine manufacturer, and we will not speak for them. Mechanically, no engine part is permanently removed, replaced or added: the existing air filter is treated and refitted, or a pre-treated filter is fitted in its place, and neither the engine’s hardware nor its software is altered. The full answer — including the engine that was opened and examined by the manufacturer’s own service agent after 1,875 operating hours — is on the product page.

How often is NanoEFX reapplied once the whole fleet is treated?

At the same routine interval as during the pilot — a rollout does not change it. Cars, trucks and buses are re-treated every ~5,000–12,000 km in service, depending on duty cycle: roughly every 5,000–7,000 km for petrol engines and every 6,000–10,000 km for diesel. Ships and generators are worked out from run-hours and engine size instead of distance. Your own team either fits a pre-treated filter, or treats the existing filter, lets it dry for at least 20 minutes and refits it.

Does a pilot result hold for the rest of our fleet?

To vehicles of the same type, engine and duty as the pilot vehicles, it is the most relevant evidence you have — measured on your own fleet, against your own baseline. It does not automatically carry over to vehicles that run a clearly different duty: results differ by duty cycle, as the published trials show, the weaker ones included. For such a group, a pilot of its own is the sound way to find out.

How is our workshop team instructed?

Tell us the type and dimensions of the air filters you use, the filter material, and your engines and their manufacturers. From that, we send written application leaflets for your industry and your filters. If your team applies the product itself, we provide training by video conference or, in some cases, on site. Each application then takes about 20–45 minutes per vehicle; alternatively, a pre-treated filter is fitted.

Where is NanoEFX delivered from?

Deliveries are ex works (EXW), from distribution warehouses in Germany for Europe, Japan for East Asia and, at present, North and South America, and Egypt for the Middle East and Africa. In some markets, supply and support run through our regional companies and distribution partners. For shipping companies, we usually make the product, or air-filter media already treated with it, available at a seaport.