Telematics for a greener world with Cumulocity IoT
Customer Company Size
SME
Region
- Europe
Country
- United Kingdom
Product
- TRAILAR system
- Cumulocity IoT
Tech Stack
- IoT
- Cloud Computing
- Telematics
- Streaming Analytics
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Environmental Impact Reduction
- Cost Savings
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Transportation
Applicable Functions
- Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
- Vehicle Telematics
- Fleet Management
- Energy Management System
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Data Science Services
About The Customer
TRAILAR is an award-winning startup founded in 2018 by two DHL employees as part of the company’s “Startup Lab”. With never-been-done-before technology, TRAILAR takes fuel savings to a whole new level by utilizing cutting-edge solar technology. The systems are used to generate solar energy to provide clean energy to the vehicle’s onboard electrical equipment, such as tail-lift and lights. With the heavy goods vehicles still years away from being able to go fully electric, TRAILAR is catching the market’s eye. Operating as an independent DPDHL subsidiary, TRAILAR is enhancing its niche even further. From its headquarters in Manchester, the company is focusing on international logistics and public services. The call to action: Innovate Today Save Tomorrow.
The Challenge
TRAILAR, a subsidiary of DHL, developed an innovative solution that uses solar energy to power the onboard electrical equipment of commercial vehicles, thereby reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions. However, the company needed a partner to help them leverage the data generated by their solution to offer new services and solutions. They required an all-in-one IoT platform that could manage devices, collect data, calculate fuel savings, and visualize data in real time. They also needed to prove the cost/usability benefit for customers and execute immediately without long lead times.
The Solution
TRAILAR partnered with Software AG and implemented their Cumulocity IoT platform. This platform collects the telematics data of the installed solar mats in the cloud and visualizes them in a dashboard. It also calculates the fuel savings and the respective carbon emissions saved per year. The platform can also be used to organize device management across the entire fleet and to integrate additional applications. With streaming analytics, TRAILAR can stream the fuel consumption analytics and integrate and present them simply and clearly to the end customer. The implementation on the customer side did not take longer than a few hours, and with Software AG’s IoT competence center, the experts helped to determine their entire GTM.
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