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DICV crosses the 10,000 truck milestone in exports

DICV crosses the 10,000 truck milestone in exports

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) is celebrating an important milestone in its export business. In less than four years after it began exporting, the 10,000th export vehicle rolled onto a ship at Kamarajar Port, near Chennai. The milestone vehicle, a Mercedes-Benz 40-tonne heavy- duty tractor was for a customer in Indonesia. It is part of a batch of about 250 trucks,[Read More…]

by June 1, 2017 News
Tyre Express partners with Microsoft

Tyre Express partners with Microsoft

Tyre Express, a start-up pioneering lifecycle management for fleet operators, has developed an IoT-based tyre performance management solution. Powered by the Azure IoT Hub, the tyre performance management solution is claimed to help build operational efficiency for commercial vehicle fleet operators by tracking tyre performance. Working on the premise that it costs between Rs.One and Rs1.5 lakh to procure CV[Read More…]

by May 30, 2017 News
Volvo Trucks and Renova test autonomous refuse truck

Volvo Trucks and Renova test autonomous refuse truck

Together with Swedish waste management company Renova, Volvo Trucks is currently known to be testing and researching how automated vehicles (Volvo FM series) can contribute to safer, more efficient refuse handling. Also how it can create a better working environment for drivers. The automated systems being tested are in principle the same as those fitted to the autonomous Volvo truck[Read More…]

by May 25, 2017 News
Avenue IBUS is Turkey’s first smart bus

Avenue IBUS is Turkey’s first smart bus

Turkey’s first Smart Bus, Avenue IBUS, was delivered to Kocaeli University Techno Park. A minimum of 1,000 students and Tech park staff are expected to evaluate the IBUS in a minimum of 50 rides over a 25 km radius en-route the university to the techno park. The new improved technology on the bus, Fleetics, is the first product based on[Read More…]

by May 15, 2017 News