Volvo Trucks North America has rolled out a new connected technology tool for its dealers to help deliver fuel and vehicle insights to fleet customers. The Connected Vehicle Analytics (CVA) tool collects real-world data from fleet operations — including current truck configurations, daily routes, average speed and fuel consumption — to enable dealers to recommend configurations for a customer’s new Class 8 truck purchase, tailored to their specific operations.
The tool was introduced during ATA's Technology and Maintenance Council's (TMC) 2023 Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition, in Orlando, Florida.
“Working in close collaboration with our dealer partners, Volvo Trucks is committed to helping customers log more miles using less fuel. 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,” said Johan Agebrand, director, product marketing, Volvo Trucks North America. “This new way of dealers working with aggregated, real operational data to provide insights is a prime example of how Volvo Trucks continually develops tools to better support customers in their journey to improve fuel efficiency and productivity, enabling them to reduce costs and emissions in order to meet their sustainability goals.”
Using Volvo Trucks’ CVA tool, dealers can have quantitative insights into how a customer’s fleet is operating and what updates and changes can be made in the specifications when investing in their new trucks. Data is provided on a wide range of information that can affect the fuel consumption and utilization of a vehicle, including:
- Specific route details (e.g., latitude and longitude for some stops and average speed)
- Vehicle attributes (e.g., truck model and axle configuration)
- Fuel consumption
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. Fleet operators interested in utilizing the CVA tool to evaluate fleet performance, fuel usage and vehicle configurations can work with their local sales representatives at Volvo Trucks dealerships throughout North America.
