Navistar Plans to Launch ELD in 2017
That ELD product will work with all truck makes and be part of Navistar’s “open ecosystem” for connected services, said Andrew Dondlinger, vice president and general manager of connected services.
The ELD application will be available via the company’s OnCommand Link universal telematics device that can be used by trucking companies operating mixed fleets, Dondlinger said here Nov. 15 during the annual Connected Fleets USA conference hosted by TU Automotive.
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Navistar’s ELD will focus primarily on compliance with the federal mandate but also offer additional features such as pre- and post-trip inspections, vehicle information reporting and analytics-based “gamification” to help fleet incentivize efficient driving, Dondlinger said. It also may provide routing tools, he added.
Navistar is not introducing the ELD to compete against existing telematics service providers with large customer bases, but to offer another path to compliance primarily to small fleets and owner-operators, Dondlinger said.
Navistar is building its connected services ecosystem in a way designed to support all customers and all of their brands, he said. That ecosystem includes the OnCommand Link universal device, Navistar’s own core applications and open marketplace where customers can select a variety of third-party apps.
Another example of that strategy is Navistar’s OnCommand Connection remote diagnostics platform, which is available on any truck make and can run on a variety of third-party telematics systems.
