Sometime later this year, Navistar will begin installing the OnCommand Connection telematics in its Class-8 products at the factory, which include the International LoneStar, ProStar and the LT Series trucks.
The embedded technology will be capturing data to power its remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance service, explains Terry Kline, Navistar’s senior vice president and chief information officer. But that is not all the company has in mind.
An integration hub
Navistar is currently in the process of developing new applications that customers who run International trucks and other brands can use to optimize their vehicle configurations and driving behaviors in the areas of shifting, accelerating, braking and more, he says.
OnCommand Connection will be a central integration hub for connected vehicle functions and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) as well. As a truck OEM, offering ADAS technology as factory-installed options has “quickly become table stakes in this business,” he says.
Navistar was the first truck OEM to offer the Bendix Wingman Fusion system as a factory installed option. The technology combines a suite of Bendix advanced safety technologies — radar, camera, the vehicle’s brake system and SafetyDirect — into a comprehensive driver assistance system.
