Paccar to deploy Platform Science telematics in Kenworth and Peterbilt vehicles
Consumers who buy Kenworth and Peterbilt vehicles manufactured starting in 2024 will get pleasure from the advantages of a brand new ecosystem of linked merchandise from fleet administration performance and ELD capabilities to truck-specific navigation and third-party functions straight from their autos.
Paccar, mother or father firm of Kenworth and Peterbilt, not too long ago developed a brand new collaboration settlement with telematics and fleet administration software program firm Platform Science to deploy its Digital Car open OEM platform, giving clients entry to a customizable platform for digital functions.
Jack Kennedy, co-founder and CEO of Platform Science, mentioned the platform affords a broad suite of options that remove limitations to innovation, manufacturing and security whereas permitting fleets to customise in-cab experiences.
“Digital Car unlocks new methods for fleets to innovate with a platform that gives real-time insights and combines accessibility, flexibility and compatibility to make sure a driver-first expertise,” Kennedy mentioned.
The Digital Car platform can profit fleets with productiveness, flexibility, accessibility and value effectiveness.
It will increase productiveness with factory-installed telematics {hardware} that enables fleets to maximise uptime by avoiding set up delays and prices for complementary {hardware}. The platform is versatile, permitting fleets to create a software program expertise catered to particular person enterprise wants by means of a rising pipeline of developer-created improvements.
It is accessible with its edge, cloud and in-dash knowledge that optimizes networks, conserving knowledge accessible 24/7/365, even when fleets are offline. And customers of taking part functions on Digital Car profit from usage-based billing, making it value efficient.
The Platform Science ecosystem will ultimately permit for third-party apps to be downloaded and managed remotely or straight on the truck interface, eliminating the necessity for pricey and time-consuming after-market {hardware} wiring and set up.
“The brand new companies powered by Digital Car will leverage the prevailing connectivity capabilities of our heavy- and medium-duty truck platforms,” mentioned Bart Lore, senior director of PACCAR International Linked Providers. “Due to the brand new app ecosystem, Peterbilt autos will take a quantum leap by way of uptime and integration to present fleet administration options.”
By way of this collaboration with Digital Car, Peterbilt will construct upon its SmartLINQ distant diagnostics system portal, and Kenworth will construct upon its service administration truck upkeep internet portal TruckTech+.
The brand new suite of companies will launch in 2024 for Kenworth’s Class 8 T680, T880 and W990 fashions and medium-duty T180, T280, T380 and T480 fashions and for Peterbilt’s Class 8 fashions 579 and 567 and the medium-duty fashions 548, 537, 536 and 535. A number of service packages can be accessible relying on the truck mannequin and supposed utility.
