Germany – Daimler Truck AG of Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Baden-Württemberg announced 1 million of its trucks and buses (including the Mercedes-Benz brand) is now connected to its digital platform, leading to better safety, performance, productivity and ultimately fleet uptime by giving operators valuable data/insights to make better informed decisions. This has been made possible through the rollout of telematics hardware and constant software updates to its global digital platform on all of its vehicle brands. These services are offered through Mercedes-Benz Trucks Uptime, Fleetboard or OmniPlus in Europe, Truckconnect in Asia and Detroit Connect branded solutions in North America.

According to Daimler, fleet operators value the remote diagnostics and updates service as it reduces the need for workshop visits by diagnosing and updating vehicles while they are in service, reducing the need for unplanned maintenance and ultimately saving operators time and money. Daimler claims that in Europe and North America the company’s telematic solutions prevented more than half a million unplanned workshop visits, by performing 500,000 remote updates last year.