Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, today announced connecting 5 lakh commercial vehicles with Fleet Edge, its dedicated connected vehicle platform. Designed specially for efficient fleet management, Fleet Edge uses smart technologies to increase vehicle uptime and improve road safety. The platform shares action-able insights in real time on vehicle status, health, location and driver behaviour of every vehicle connected to it. This enables owners and fleet managers to take better decisions for enhancing operational efficiency, lowering logistics costs and improving profits.
Key features: Tata Motors Fleet Edge
- Real time vehicle health insights
- Track and trace vehicles
- Driving behavior alerts
- Fuel consumption analysis
- Access to point of interest data
Speaking about reaching this first-of-its-kind milestone, Mr. Bharat Bhushan, Head – Digital Business, Tata Motors commercial vehicles, states, “Tata Motors is committed to making logistics more seamless and efficient. Fleet Edge has been a real game changer in this endeavour with its strong value proposition, data-based intelligence, real-time insights and vehicle prognosis enabling smarter fleet management. Lakhs of our customers are seeing immense value in using it and benefiting from the increase in operational efficiencies and lower total cost of ownership of their trucks. As true partners, we are working closely with our customers to make their businesses more successful.”
Fleet Edge comes with a user-friendly interface that displays an array of inputs received from various sensors pre-installed in a vehicle to regularly monitor vehicle health and increase its uptime with ready alerts for timely maintenance. It also analyses driving patterns to suggest fuel saving techniques and tracks driving behaviour.
All commercial EVs, medium and heavy trucks and buses from Tata Motors are Fleet Edge ready with a 4G SIM embedded in them. The Telematics Control Unit (TCU) is AIS 140 compliant, with safety and security functions. Advanced algorithms analyse data inputs from these smart vehicles on multiple parameters to present several value-adding insights. Fleet owners and managers can accordingly take better and informed decisions as per their business need. They can choose from Standard and Advance subscription schemes as per their requirements to optimise the Fleet Edge platform.
About Tata Motors
Part of the USD 128 billion Tata group, Tata Motors Limited (BSE: 500570 and 570001; NSE: TATAMOTORS and TATAMTRDVR), a USD 42 billion organization, is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, pick-ups, trucks, and buses, offering an extensive range of integrated, smart, and e-mobility solutions. With ‘Connecting Aspirations’ at the core of its brand promise, Tata Motors is India’s market leader in commercial vehicles and ranks among the top three in the passenger vehicles market.
Tata Motors strives to bring new products that captivate the imagination of GenNext customers, fueled by state-of-the-art design and R&D centres located in India, the UK, the US, Italy, and South Korea. By focusing on engineering and tech- enabled automotive solutions catering to the future of mobility, the company’s innovation efforts are focused on developing pioneering technologies that are both sustainable and suited to the evolving market and customer aspirations. The company is pioneering India’s Electric Vehicle (EV) transition and driving the shift towards sustainable mobility solutions by developing a tailored product strategy, leveraging the synergy between Group companies and playing an active role in liaising with the Government of India in developing the policy framework.
With operations in India, the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa and Indonesia, Tata Motors markets its vehicles in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the SAARC countries. As of March 31, 2023, Tata Motors’ operations include 88 consolidated subsidiaries, two joint operations, three joint ventures, and numerous equity-accounted associates, including their subsidiaries, over which the company exercises significant influence.
