Eicher Trucks & Buses, a part of VE Commercial Vehicles, launched Eicher Live, an advanced telematics solution for the commercial vehicle industry today at the Auto Expo 2016. It is aimed at maximising operator productivity and profitability.

Eicher Live is trucking intelligence that drives profitable fleet management by monitoring truck movement, fuel consumption and maintenance needs. It is available as a company installed system in the EicherProSeries range of trucks and buses – EicherPro8000 and EicherPro6000. Eicher Live provides real time dashboard data analytics of the fleet, tracking the most important factors including fuel management and fault identification thus allowing customers to plan maintenance.

Eicher Trucks and Buses has showcased 7 products and comprehensive customer solutions at the expo. They comprise the following:

Eicher Pro 6037: A 37T haulage truck which comes with in-built intelligent technology like dual torque, fuel coaching, cruise control, electronic air processing unit, advanced telematics and driver information system.

Eicher Skyline Pro Schoolbus: This hybrid school bus developed and manufactured at the VECV Pithampur plant in Indore is fitted with a hybrid system that combines a conventional internal combustion engine with an electric propulsion system which drastically reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency. This bus also has state-of-the-art electronic safety features and advanced telematics.

Eicher Skyline AC sleeper coach: This coach has 28 passenger berths all fitted with individual 11-inch foldable LED screens, smoke detector, rear view camera, laptop and mobile chargers, a WC (water closet) and significant luggage space.

Other vehicles being displayed in the Eicher Pro Series are the Pro 8049 HD haulage truck, Pro 6025T HD tipper and Pro 3016 and Pro 1049 in the LMD segment.

According to Vinod Aggarwal, CEO, VE Commercial Vehicles, “A hybrid school bus and public transportation system could be the possible solution to reduce pollution levels and a key transportation mode in the proposed smart cities of the future.”

Commenting on Eicher Live, he said, “At Eicher Trucks and Buses, we have always been very progressive in our approach towards introducing new products and technologies to the market like the Eicher Pro Series. With Eicher Live technology, we have taken one more step towards the modernisation of the transportation industry. Eicher Live offers uptime management, a service that is offered for the first time in the industry. It helps detect, schedule and plan for vehicle repairs pro-actively enabling more on-road time hence higher productivity.”

Eicher Live includes features like Advance Breakdown Assistance, Dynamic Service Reminders and Pro-active Service. Eicher Live also offers great fuel management with advanced analytics that includes fuel consumption analysis and measures to improve fuel efficiency and profitability. The major components of the telematics system are a hardware unit (Telematics Gateway), intelligent vehicle electronic module and a mobile sim card that connects to the Eicher Live hub.