Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks both launched a new fleet management portals, Volvo Connect and Mack Connect.
The portals give fleets near real-time data on the health and performance of trucks in operation, including fuel consumption, idle time, vehicle speed, and seat belt and location information. The new products were announced at the American Trucking Association's 2023 Management Conference & Exhibition in Austin.
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"We developed Volvo Connect because customers were asking for a central portal to easily access important information about their truck," says Peter Voorhoeve, president of Volvo Trucks North America. "Volvo Connect provides our customers will valuable data on the trucks in their fleets with a focus on operational efficiency and providing valuable information related to driver performance. Safety and sustainability are core values for Volvo Trucks and are critical in our journey toward zero emissions. We're confident Volvo Connect will be a great service for our customers on their own safety and sustainability journeys."
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"Mack Connect improves customer visibility into the health and performance of their vehicles and simplifies the process to access the data," says Jonathan Randall, Mack Trucks North America president. "We listened to our customers and developed this portal to help fleets improve their operational efficiencies and profitability while also allowing them the visibility to ensure their trucks are operating at peack performance."
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