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Following eco‐driving instructions can reduce fuel consumption between 5 and 20% on urban roads with manual cars. The majority of Australian cars have an automatic transmission gear box. It is therefore of interest to verify whether current eco‐driving instructions are efficient for such vehicles. In this pilot study, participants (N = 3) drove an instrumented vehicle (Toyota Camry 2007) with an automatic transmission. Fuel consumption of the participants was compared before and after they received simple eco‐driving instructions. Participants drove the same vehicle on the same urban route under similar traffic conditions. The authors found that participants drove at similar speeds during their baseline and eco‐friendly drives, and reduced the level of their accelerations and decelerations during eco‐driving. Fuel consumption decreased for the complete drive by 7%, but not on the motorway and inclined sections of …