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said. " As Navistar and our strategic partners
enhance the capability to communicate with those
modules, we'll add that capacity to the programming
pages within OnCommand Connection. So,
OTA capabilities were designed from the outset to
grow and become more effective. "
Because of that, Mallela sees a day soon where
OEM OTA capabilities will evolve from updating
proprietary components
inside a truck to include
equipment installed by
customers, fleets, and upfitters
as well. " We have multiple
communication methods
available to us, " he said. " It's a
matter of time and our mutual
customer demands. "
Mallela also said that
geofencing requests for OTAs
are already common from
Navistar customers. " A request
we receive regularly is to have
the ability to make geofencebased
speed adjustments, "
he noted. " We are in the early
phases of investigation for
the U.S. market; however, the
feature is supported in our
European models. "
OTA calibration also is
progressing. Brad Sutton,
execut ive director of
on-highway engineering for
Cummins, said most OTA calibrations
are currently driven
by three primary reasons:
safety,
performance,
and
regulatory requirements.
" At Cummins, we are
already working on making
performance OTA calibrations
based on fleet duty cycles, " he
noted. " And we see that, and
more specific updates based
on individual fleet requirements,
is where this technology
is already headed. "
Things get more exciting
looking even further out. In
a few years, Sutton believes
it will be possible to leverage
the enormous amounts
of data already coming off
of truck components and
powertrain systems to tailor
OTA updates down to the
specific needs and performance
quirks of individual
trucks-as opposed to blanket
updates targeting a fleet's
operating parameters.
" Right now, OTA calibrations
generally have a certification
associated with them-basic
software that you really can't
touch, " he said. " But soon, I
think we'll be able to optimize
and tailor those updates much
more specifically, based on the
data that we have and the algorithms that we run,
so that we can make an individual truck run with
better fuel economy or better performance. And,
moreover, we'll be able to go to a fleet manager
and make specific update recommendations for
specific trucks based on that data. "
It is clear that OTA updates are already a powerful
tool helping fleets maximize performance from
their assets with the latest powertrain programming
available. And it is even more apparent that
this new frontier in fleet operations is only just
beginning to transform maintenance and operations
in the 21st century.
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