IVECO BUS wins Busworld Digital Award

IVECO BUS came out on top in the Digital Operational Excellence category at the Busworld Digital Awards.

The recognition was awarded for the company’s innovative digital service, IVECO ON, at the ceremony organised by Busworld Europe, the world’s largest bus and coach trade fair, in Brussels on Wednesday 11th October.

A panel of experts from the trade press, professional associations, bus and coach operators as well as digital engineering specialists picked IVECO ON for its ability to offer expert connected services that meet the requirements of public transport authorities and operators in terms of the management and performance of its fleets.

Marco Franza, Head of Bus Customer Service and Energy Mobility Solutions at IVECO BUS, said: “We are especially proud to receive this prize, which rewards the team effort that has gone into building a digital service solution that extends beyond the supply of our vehicle. 

“IVECO ON connectivity services, focused on the needs of public transport authorities and operators, are designed to help them optimise the operation and management of their fleets of both internal combustion engine buses and zero-emission vehicles. 

“For the latter, we have created a full set of innovative reports to make it easy for our customers to manage our Electric units and batteries effectively.”

All IVECO BUS vehicles that have been delivered since the beginning of 2022 come with IVECO ON as standard.

• Extensive information on the behaviour of the bus fleet in operation, such as energy consumption, average speed, and distance per day, as well as Driving Style Evaluation, are accessible via the IVECO ON Portal. The customer is also able to monitor detailed data on individual vehicles, enabling them to control the performance of their fleet.

• Performance data and daily technical reports from connected IVECO BUS vehicles are processed by specialists in our Control Rooms based in Vénissieux and Rorthais (France) both for internal combustion engine vehicles (ICE) and battery electric vehicles (BEV).  Through dedicated reports, we can support our customers in monitoring the fleets to optimise their performance and, in some cases, anticipate failures in operation to avoid unplanned stops. The main KPIs of traction batteries – such as SoC, SoH, charging cycles, temperature and module controls – door tracking, braking cycles and other functions are analysed in detail every day, providing useful problem-solving information.

• The Premium Pack, available as an option, provides real-time information focused on the fleet’s operation. It includes the choice between a real-time portal for operating fleet management and aWeb API ITxPT Standard TiGR, a high-performance, standardised solution for customers who need to monitor vehicles in a multi-brand fleet. This API, standardised by the ITxPT European association, eliminates the need to use an additional telematics box to access data from different brands of buses within the same fleet.

Over 3,000 vehicles in Europe benefit from the IVECO ON digital services.