Connected Car
Volvo Trucks North America has debuted a new connected technology tool for its dealers to help fleet customers maximize both fuel efficiency and vehicle productivity. The Connected Vehicle Analytics (CVA) tool collects real-world data from fleet operations – including current truck configurations, daily routes, average speed and fuel efficiency – to enable dealers to recommend the ideal configurations for a customer’s new Class 8 truck purchase, tailored to their specific operations. “The CVA tool includes a robust dashboard where dealers can monitor how fleet customers are operating their Volvo trucks and where there are opportunities to optimize their efficiency and productivity by enhanced spec’ing,” says Johan Agebrand, director, product marketing, Volvo Trucks North America. Data is provided on a wide range of information that can affect the fuel efficiency and productivity of a vehicle, fuel efficiency, specific route details and vehicle attributes. Dealers can also access an anonymized pool of vehicles to benchmark how their customer’s fleet is performing compared to other similarly spec’d vehicles.