Inspiration
My home country of South Africa experiences rise in fuel prices for what might as well be every month and with an increasing reliance on vehicles for transportation of goods and everyday commutes have drastically affected financial constraints and lowered our quality of life. Google Maps and other map app and API's have improved our traveling capabilities ten-fold, but as i have learnt from personal experience, these methods can often be unreliable in the sense that they their matrix measurements might be off but a kilometer or they didn't account for a stop light or two and in a world where fuel economy is getting worse by the day, this becomes a huge issue. That's where GoEco comes along
What it does
GoEco is your travel companion, the very best there is. It's main purpose is to not only get you to your destination( it also features real-time tracking to ensure that you actually do reach your destination), but to save you as much fuel as physically possible in the process. A user would type in their destination and would be prompted to input fuel reserves left in the vehicle, along with other calculations and more technical processes in the back-end, the app would then plot the quickest route to the destination, accounting for fuel, budget, stop lights and anything else that would negatively effect the user's experience. The app would continue to save routes and automatically update after the user has arrived and the app is no longer in function, all to the user's convenience. The app will sport many other features too to make the journey as economic and as quick as possible.
How we built it
For the moment, its still a web app. It was built using html5, tailwind css and JavaScript for functionality, along with multiple API's.
Challenges we ran into
The set up was relatively easy with the only major complications being setting up the API's.
What we learned
There is a great demand for the app and a lot of its processes and UI would have to be streamlined and improved.
What's next for GoEco
We plan on going cross-platform and not only improving ride quality but enhancing vehicle performance and economy too, soon accounting for electric vehicles and distance a charge.
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