Connected buses & coaches

Zone Management is a connected service developed from traditional geofencing. It means that vehicles can automatically comply with specific requirements within a geographically defined zone. Possible actions can be either automated or in the form of a request sent to the driver to adjust driving behaviour and take relevant action. 

Volvo Connect is the portal for your Volvo Bus services. All connected services, vehicle and driver data as well as workshop services – all in one place.

Your buses and coaches should be on the road. Always on time and arriving on schedule. To maximise productive hours, you’d want to know health and status of every vehicle. And with that knowledge, planning of maintenance and service can be so much more efficient.

I-Coaching provides instant feedback to the driver. Information on revving, idling, braking, accelerating, speeding and cornering shown in real-time on a dashboard display. In addition to helping correct driving behaviour, I-Coaching encourages the driver to drive more safely.

Real-time machine-to-machine communication will fundamentally change a lot in our lives. With 5G, and its future successors, vehicles can communicate and interact directly with virtually any type of device, such as pedestrians’ smartphones, bicycles, traffic lights, weather sensors and so on, enabling services for increased safety and smooth traffic flow.

Along a route there are a lot of unexpected events that could affect your journey. Congestion ahead, weather conditions, accidents and detours. With connected buses and systems automatically analysing external data, drivers and traffic control get a toolbox to minimise disruptions and delays.

Artificial Intelligence and ultra-fast data streams open up the possibility of a quantum leap in operational efficiency and availability. With routines for just-in-time maintenance and event-based redeployment of vehicles, over-arching and fleet-wide optimisation can be achieved.