Volvo Buses

South Africa

Connected buses

 

Connected buses & coaches

Connectivity is a productivity revolution and a cornerstone in the development of tomorrow’s public transport. With your vehicles and drivers online, you can monitor and follow up your fleet operations. Punctuality, uptime and passenger satisfaction will all benefit from accurate real-time operational data. Add to that smoother maintenance procedures and improved cost control.

Connect your fleet

Volvo’s connected services and fleet management bring a new level of control to your business and they’re all tailor-made for bus and coach operations. Capable and accurate. Easy to use and customise to meet growing demands, giving substantial business benefits:

  • Optimise fleet performance
  • Optimise operational costs
  • Increase availability
  • Increase fuel efficiency and profitability
  • Enhance driver performance
  • Improve traffic safety
  • Improve business control
  • Reduce administration

Connected buses improve productivity and safety

At Volvo there are already more than one million assets online, taking advantage of the connected services offered. By using real-life data from vehicles in operation we continuously refine and develop these services to help improve productivity and safety in our customers’ operations.

Sophisticated analysis

Connectivity – having the vehicle online and sharing its data – brings a lot of insight. The big advantage comes with structured analysis of different parameters. Is wear and tear related to certain routes? What about driving style and energy efficiency? From Volvo you can get a full report.

Continuous driver improvement

The driver is the key to efficiency and uptime. Trained drivers will handle the vehicle more gently and will have more satisfied passengers. By following up driving parameters, it is easy to identify potential for improvement. And with our I-Coaching service, drivers get instant feedback on driving style – continuous on-the-job training.

Predictive maintenance

Combining service contracts with continuous online follow-up of technical data opens up for individual, automatic and predictive service planning. This maximises the number of service hours of each vehicle, simplifies traffic planning and reduces the risk of unplanned downtime.

Connected technologies

At Volvo we keep developing functionality for improved productivity and safety. Already today we offer several value-adding services based on real-time online data.

Zone Management

Zone Management is a connected service developed from traditional geofencing. It means that vehicles can automatically comply with specific requirements within a geographically defined zone. Possible actions can be either automated or in the form of a request sent to the driver to adjust driving behaviour and take relevant action. 

Zone Management

Volvo Connect

Volvo Connect is the portal for your Volvo Bus services. All connected services, vehicle and driver data as well as workshop services – all in one place.

Volvo Connect

Know everything with vehicle communication

Your buses and coaches should be on the road. Always on time and arriving on schedule. To maximise productive hours, you’d want to know health and status of every vehicle. And with that knowledge, planning of maintenance and service can be so much more efficient.

Vehicle management

I-Coaching

I-Coaching provides instant feedback to the driver. Information on revving, idling, braking, accelerating, speeding and cornering shown in real-time on a dashboard display. In addition to helping correct driving behaviour, I-Coaching encourages the driver to drive more safely.

I-Coaching

The future of connected buses

We have only scratched the surface regarding the opportunities that will arise from vehicle communication and future connectivity solutions. Volvo puts considerable effort into research and innovation for the benefit of efficiency, sustainability and people’s well-being.

V2X – Vehicle-to-anything

Real-time machine-to-machine communication will fundamentally change a lot in our lives. With 5G, and its future successors, vehicles can communicate and interact directly with virtually any type of device, such as pedestrians’ smartphones, bicycles, traffic lights, weather sensors and so on, enabling services for increased safety and smooth traffic flow.

Buses on demand

Just like when broadcasting migrated to streaming services, we can expect a similar development in public transport whereby traffic is more based on real-time passenger demand. Connectivity and automated functions can help fundamentally redefine bus traffic with customer-driven deployment and dynamic route planning.

Traffic information 2.0

Along a route there are a lot of unexpected events that could affect your journey. Congestion ahead, weather conditions, accidents and detours. With connected buses and systems automatically analysing external data, drivers and traffic control get a toolbox to minimise disruptions and delays.

Big data and AI

Artificial Intelligence and ultra-fast data streams open up the possibility of a quantum leap in operational efficiency and availability. With routines for just-in-time maintenance and event-based redeployment of vehicles, over-arching and fleet-wide optimisation can be achieved.

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