Bosch showcases connected fleet services at Fleet & Mobility Live at the NEC
Denham, UK: Next month, Bosch will participate in the Fleet & Mobility Live event for the first time. Bosch has an extensive portfolio of software and services for the fleet market, and it will focus its participation at the event on its connected fleet services solutions. Fleet & Mobility Live will take place on 7-8 October at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
Bosch fleet services aim to maximise the amount of information fleet operators have about their vehicles, and to also maximise fleet uptime. Bosch offers a range of individual components and intelligent systems. Five of these connected fleet service products will be showcased at Fleet & Mobility Live.
RideCare: This is a retrofit device that adds a variety of monitoring functions to a vehicle. These include in cabin smoking detection, exterior damage, monitoring harsh driving, and using GPS to track mileage and the vehicle’s location. RideCare can be installed in a vehicle in 10 to 20 minutes, and the smoking detection function is the world’s first to operate without a camera. The solution can be combined with in-vehicle data from telematics service provider partners and integrated into the respective fleet software. Since RideCare was launched around five years ago, more than 10,000 data points have been collected globally.
Connectivity Hub: This is a retrofit connectivity solution that standardises data exchange between the vehicle, the cloud, and services. It’s designed for commercial vehicles of any size, as well as busses and coaches. It works across fleets of all sizes regardless of the variety of different vehicle manufacturers or models that make up the fleet. Examples of what the data can be used for include connected parking (which helps drivers find and pay for a parking space), battery in the cloud, firmware updates over the air, and life cycle powertrain services (which uses the cloud to optimise the service life of the powertrain).
Battery in the Cloud: As more electric cars join fleets the ability to accurately monitor their battery is becoming significantly more important for fleet operators. Battery in the cloud can detect anomalies in the battery and it can monitor stress factors during driving and charging. The data allows the degradation of the battery to be predicted and monitored, and it can produce a usage certificate that explains the battery’s state of health. Battery in the cloud provides fleet managers with daily information about their fleet.
Usage Certificate to Go: Using data from an ODB2 dongle, Usage Certificate to Go is a retrofit device that’s useful in helping fleets resell their electric vehicles. It analyses the battery’s state of health and generates a certificate. It can increase the vehicle’s operational availability by predicting problems. It can also optimise the residual value of the car.
Maintenance and Repair: Fleet managers face challenges in tracking maintenance needs and addressing vehicle issues promptly. Timely intervention and optimised workshop planning are essential to maximising fleet uptime. Bosch can help businesses with this by optimising and reducing workshop visits, as well as revealing the real-time status of the fleet. Bosch can help to reduce maintenance costs by promptly intervening when issues arise.
Agustin Laurenz Arguello, Business Development Manager at Bosch UK, said: “What makes our solutions stand-out is that Bosch works closely with vehicle manufacturers on a wide variety of technology and components. This gives us advanced know-how when it comes to automotive hardware and software and how the two integrate. We know our fleet customers don’t just want more data. It’s about applying that data to act quickly and intelligently, and Bosch has the knowledge and experience to optimise this.”
Haseeb Razaq, Commercial and Innovation Specialist at Bosch UK, said: “Through our solutions we enable fleet operators to access predictive maintenance and smart servicing for their vehicles. This keeps them up and running with less downtime and less waste. We’re excited to be attending Fleet & Mobility Live at the NEC and we hope to show this technology to our existing customers and to new contacts as well.”
Attendees can register to attend via https://fleetandmobilitylive.com/registration.
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James Bolton
Email: james.bolton@uk.bosch.com
About Bosch
The Bosch Group established its first location outside its home market of Germany in London, England in 1898. Since then, Bosch UK & Ireland has become the company’s fourth largest region, behind Germany, China and the USA. As of December 31, 2024, the company employs more than 6,300 associates in 30 locations across the UK and Ireland, including design and manufacturing facilities at Worcester Bosch in England and Bosch Rexroth in Scotland. Bosch also has an advanced automotive research and development centre in Limerick, Ireland. ETAS Limited’s office in York, England hosts the ETAS Group Centre of Excellence for Embedded Software Development.
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 418,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2024). The company generated sales of 90.3 billion euros in 2024. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalisation, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 490 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 87,000 associates in research and development.
The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861–1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant upfront investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-four percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a limited liability company with a charitable purpose. The remaining shares are held by Robert Bosch GmbH and by a company owned by the Bosch family. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG. It is entrusted with the task of safeguarding the company’s long-term existence and in particular its financial independence – in line with the mission handed down in the will of the company’s founder, Robert Bosch.
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