Please tell us about 'Electronic Stability Control (ESCsmart) technology for trucks and buses that was launched by the company recently in India.
WABCO India launched ESCsmart in October 2017 with Tata Motors at our Chennai test track. With this launch, Tata Motors became the first OEM in India to deploy WABCO's ESCsmart technology on their range of Prima trucks. WABCO's ESCsmart functionality builds on WABCO's industryleading Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) and Electronic Braking System (EBS) platforms. It is an active safety system that monitors the roll and directional stability of vehicles. The system can automatically intervene, independent of the driver, when a high risk of instability is detected, thus helping to reduce the probability of accidents particularly associated with rollover, skidding and jack knifing. WABCO has pioneered ESC for commercial vehicles since 2001 and has sold more than one million ESC systems since its introduction.
WABCO's ESCsmart system offers two features namely - YAW Control for low friction surfaces and Roll Stability Control for high friction surfaces.
YAW Control captures movement of vehicle around vertical axis and prevents oversteering / understeering (vehicle spin) by reducing vehicle speed and correcting direction by means of independent wheel braking.
Roll Stability Control captures vehicle roll around longitudinal axis and prevents vehicle roll over by reducing driving torque via engine control and service brake activation.
ESCsmart is the commercial vehicle industry's first and most efficient technology to homologate ESC, saving significant time and effort for truck and bus manufacturers. It increases vehicle stability during manoeuvres such as turning corners and changing lanes. It detects the likelihood of tilting / rolling / swerving and jack-knifing during normal driving (in commercial vehicles with a high centre of gravity and weight).
It has been designed to adapt to changing vehicle load characteristics and delivers outstanding control quality. It is easily applicable to a wide range of vehicles/platforms and offers significant savings on logistic costs by reducing parts inventory.
WABCO has recently acquired AssetTrackr in India. How will it complement WABCO's business?
WABCO aims to be a leading solution provider in the connectivity space and as part of this, it acquired AssetTrackr. With this acquisition, WABCO will be further able to enhance its Fleet Management Solutions. The company will link AssetTrackr's local market and systems expertise with its own telematics solutions and look to combine the Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) with AssetTrackr's portfolio. This acquisition presents a huge opportunity for WABCO to integrate analytics and optimize telematics capabilities for fleet operators and provide a much more robust Fleet Management Solutions in the country.
WABCO will continue to leverage the rich pool of entrepreneurial talent, digital expertise and local development capability to advance the growth of its fleet management solutions business in India and across other markets worldwide. We feel that the integration of comprehensive real-time data gathered from WABCO's advanced on board systems with AssetTrackr's innovative asset tracking, analytics and optimization services will help fleet operators to drive operational efficiency and vehicle safety in India and in other rapidly developing markets worldwide.
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