Volvo Vehicles and Lytx accomplice to spice up security and efficiency with video telematics
Onboard know-how from Lytx is now out there on all model-year 2022 or newer Volvo Trucks as a factory-installed choice.
Using machine imaginative and prescient and synthetic intelligence know-how, the Lytx DriveCam occasion recorder helps to observe and consider driver efficiency by precisely figuring out behaviours equivalent to failure to put on a seatbelt, following distance and lane departure.
The windshield-mounted system is designed to assist enhance driver security, operational effectivity and DOT compliance, and serves as an efficient device for driver coaching. It will possibly additionally help in defending skilled drivers when accidents happen because of different street customers.
“Superior video telematics are an essential extension of Volvo Vehicles’ industry-leading security choices, which may also help enhance a fleet’s security rating,” mentioned Ashley Murickan, product advertising and marketing supervisor of Volvo Vehicles North America. “This in-cab know-how not solely helps with driver coaching and enhancing accident avoidance, however it additionally supplies critically essential data when accidents do happen.”
The plug-and-play Lytx DriveCam prep package is well mounted on the underside of the truck’s windshield. The prep package contains the total wiring package deal, and extra equipment will be bought instantly from the provider. Volvo Vehicles has positioned a precedence on lowering set up time so as to get new vans on the street sooner.
With livestream performance, the digital camera system permits fleet managers to troubleshoot operator points like fatigued or distracted driving, serving to to guard drivers and fleets in opposition to unexpected dangers.
At all times-on mobile, cloud connectivity and elective continuous recording permits customers to guage, confirm and handle important moments and driver actions in actual time. Additional, threat identification with out recording is a configurable choice that makes use of exact know-how to detect patterns of designated in-cab driving behaviours with out having inside-lens footage saved on the system.
“The telematics of the Lytx DriveCam will be configured to satisfy a variety of wants, from a single owner-operator to a whole fleet administration answer,” mentioned Eliot Feldstein, senior vice chairman of company growth at Lytx. “Our onboard car know-how permits Volvo Vehicles to additional increase the bar relating to innovation and security choices for its prospects within the heavy-duty trucking {industry}.”