A lot of time on the road with less CO₂.

Low emission vehicle fleet.
To reduce the CO₂ emissions caused by the Group, our mobility services provider DeTeFleetServices developed a comprehensive action package:

• In order to minimize pollutant emissions, in the year under review we selectively modified the portfolio of vehicles available for ordering to promote the selection of low consumption, low emission company cars.
• Generally speaking, DeTeFleetServices only buys new vehicles with maximum pollutant emissions of 130 g CO₂ per kilometer for its rental pool. Thanks to these efforts, by the end of 2008/beginning of 2009 the average pollutant emissions from the rental pool had been reduced to 133 g CO₂ per kilometer.

Programs for optimizing individual driving practices.
To complement the optimization of our vehicle fleet, measures have also been introduced to modify individual driving practices. For example, fuel consumption is now consistently monitored. Every driver of a company car receives an individual feedback report based on the traffic light system; a red light warns users with above-average consumption levels. This is backed up by comprehensive information packs describing a variety of ways to save fuel.

Saving fuel in theory and practice.
In October 2008, DeTeFleetServices launched a pilot project to provide eco-driving courses to drivers of company cars. The project combines theoretical and practical elements and the results were extremely positive. Therefore, we will now be recommending all German Group units to offer this course as standard from 2009.

Tremendous savings potential demonstrated.
The fuel-saving “Fleet Energy Trophy” competition for drivers of company cars highlights the potential of such measures. The 100 or so participants saved an average of 8.36 percent fuel over the period April to December 2008, compared with the same period of the previous year.

Alternative drive systems.
Overall pollutant emissions of the vehicle fleet are to be further reduced. Therefore, DeTeFleetServices plans to increase the number of vehicles running on alternative fuels and drive technologies. The mobility services provider is collaborating with companies from the automotive sector on the “Clean Energy Partnership”. As part of this project, vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells are subject to real-life trials. In the period under review, three such vehicles were included in Deutsche Telekom’s fleet and will remain in use until at least 2010. DeTeFleetServices also operates one of the largest company fleets of natural gas-powered vehicles in Germany, with around 650 vehicles.

Getting our subsidiaries involved.
Our international subsidiaries also make use of alternative drive and motor concepts.

• In Hungary, employees at Magyar Telekom have been able to order hybrid vehicles as company cars since late 2007. 50 such vehicles had already entered service by October 2008.
• In Croatia, T-Hrvatski Telekom has replaced 274 of its vehicles with reduced-emission models in the year under review. 220 of these vehicles are powered by natural gas. That corresponds to approximately 15 percent of the entire vehicle fleet.