Daimler Truck has surpassed the sale of one million trucks and buses connected to the Internet.
The goal achieved in the world by the brands of the German group, which includes among others Mercedes-Benz, Fuso, Setra and Freightliner, in addition to leading to greater levels of safety, proven by facts means a transmission of over 7,000 messages per second and of approximately 23.7 million telemetries per month.
Connectivity applied to heavy vehicles allows the diffusion of digital products that improve the efficiency, productivity, safety, fleet management and, ultimately, the sustainability of trucking activities.
Connected services include remote on-board software update products that reduce the need for visits to the workshop, diagnosing and updating vehicles while they are in the field, at times most convenient for users.
The use of connected systems, they underline from Germany, has made it possible in Europe to reduce visits to the workshop for unplanned interventions by more than 50%, thanks to the early detection of faults.
Furthermore, in the United States, Daimler Truck North America performed over 500,000 remote updates in 2023 alone.
Daimler Truck's global connectivity platform was developed with the collaboration of various partners, from Mercedes Benz Uptime to Fleetboard, from Omniplus to Truckconnect and Detroit Connect.
"Connectivity solutions - underlines Marcus Claesson, Chief Information Officer of Daimler Truck - are the cornerstone for innovation and differentiation in the competition to conquer customers. With over 1 million connected vehicles, we have a complete basis to develop further and scale services and solutions that increase customer value and brand loyalty, while enhancing our value chain."
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