Svealandstrafiken AB operates public transport across Västmanland and Örebro county with a fleet of 320 vehicles. Through the cooperation with Pilotfish, they have achieved significant fuel savings, reduced manual work, and more reliable statistics – while avoiding vendor lock-in through an open and standardized vehicle communication platform.
One of the most important goals with the cooperation with Pilotfish was to lower the fuel consumption and carbon footprint.
Another aim was to get away from a situation with investments in new hardware for every new functionality, which was very costly and added unnecessary work.
The personnel also had to go rounds to measure temperature and collect tachograph data manually in each bus, and the export of driven distance into the vehicle monitoring system was unreliable with incorrect data resulting in random over-serving and under-serving of the vehicle fleet.
Fuel Economy provides the drivers with real-time feedback and encourages a smooth and fuel efficient driving style, with a bonus for good driving.
The open Vehicle Communication Platform, with standardized interfaces, only one internet connection and antenna for each bus is beneficial both from an economical and an environmental point of view. It also links onboard systems together, which improves their performance.
Temperature monitoring for the driver cabin makes it possible to adjust only the buses that are too cold and eliminates the need of going rounds measuring temperature. Over the air tachograph and driver card data download saves time and enables a more active use of the information in daily operations thanks to an improved data download frequency.
Battery voltage monitoring and export of driven distance into the vehicle monitoring system is also a major improvement. The direct export of CAN-bus data is reliable and provides more reliable statistics and a better decision base.
“We save time and increase quality as a result. Digitalization gives us more reliable statistics and a better decision base, which makes it easier to choose the right direction. This helps us save money.”
– Tommy Smedberg, Head of IT, Svealandstrafiken
The biggest success factor is the implementation of Fuel Economy, which resulted in a reduction in fuel consumption of more than 10%, a carbon emission reduction of 20-25 tonnes per month, a more comfortable passenger experience, lowered wear and tear of the vehicles, and improved satisfied customer index.
Technical support systems like driver cabin temperature measurement and remote Tachograph Download is a work environment improvement and saves both time and money.
The possibility thanks to the Vehicle Communication Platform to exchange one module without affecting the rest of the digital ecosystem reduces rebuilding and secures the system for the future.
Looking forward, Svealandstrafiken want to streamline their core business with statistics, analysis and quality monitoring, with the aim to simplify their processes and systems while still getting the same amount of information as today or better. They also see more of standardized interfaces in the future, as well as Fuel Economy for electric vehicles.
“I only have good experiences of Pilotfish, really, like all of us here at Svealandstrafiken. The hardware is good, the support works well, the collaboration… I have only positive things to say.”
– Johan Jansson, former Vehicle Fleet Manager, Svealandstrafiken
Svealandstrafiken AB is a public transport operator in the forefront of vehicle fleet digitalization, serving Västmanland and Örebro county.
Pilotfish offers a wide range of hardware and software products that deliver exceptional value to our customers. Built around our Vehicle Communication Platform and adhering to ITxPT standards, our solutions ensure high-quality service and interoperability to support daily operations.