IoT Developments to Improve Sustainability and Reduce Carbon Emissions in the Automotive Industry

IoT Developments to Improve Sustainability and Reduce Carbon Emissions in the Automotive Industry

IoT developments to Improve Sustainability and Reduce Carbon Emissions in the Automotive Industry  

Do you know that the transportation industry accounts for one-fifth of global carbon dioxide emissions, while road vehicles account for 74.5% of global transportation emissions? 

Sustainability is an increasing priority for nearly every industry — and it is no coincidence that IoT technologies can be incorporated to increase vehicle economy and lessen their environmental effect. The trend toward increased environmental sustainability provides an opportunity for businesses to explore beyond standard climate management. Combining IoT and sustainability has many faces. For the last 10 years, IoT solutions have been widely available and firmly established themselves in the automobile industry. By 2025, it is expected that there will be more than 163 million active IoT connections in automobiles.  

Driver behaviour 

One of the faces of achieving sustainability by implementing IoT is by monitoring driver behavior. Eagle IoT sensors track location of a vehicle besides monitoring driver behavior on the road, providing long-term insights as well as instant alerts that allow managers to solve issues and improve routes, reducing gas usage and idling time. Keeping an eye on the details is critical to enhance fleet management sustainability initiatives. Eagle-IoT Driving behavior analysis solution was designed to monitor how your vehicles are being driven and help drivers to improve their driving behavior. Harsh cornering, harsh acceleration-and over speeding generates instant alerts in Eagle- IoT driver behavior monitoring systems. These alerts are issued on the web portal, emails, and push notifications to inform managers. By avoiding aggressive driving such as harsh accelerations and braking, idling and overspeeding, drivers will be safer and your fleet fuel consumption will be reduced, resulting in a reduced fleet’s carbon footprint and better fleet sustainability. 

    Vehicle insurance telematics
    Vehicle insurance telematics

    Predictive Maintenance 

    CanBus data loggers can be installed in vehicles for logging information. It can be a valuable tool for troubleshooting and remote diagnosis. It tracks the condition of components and systems of vehicles, providing insight that allows fleet managers to predict and prevent mechanical problems, allowing them to maintain vehicles in a proactive manner. Eagle-IoT can bus data allow drivers and fleet owners to access diagnostic information via a mobile app or a web portal, where they can get alerts and analyze information to arrange a service. This not only reduces downtime but also keeps cars’ operation smooth and efficient by reducing fuel consumption by up to 10% which in turn reduces carbon emissions, besides being cost-effective 

      Route planning and optimization 

      Another valuable tool for fleet managers is the Eagle-IoT route planning and optimization solution. By carefully planning routes, you can not only optimize route execution and notice a reduction in overall mileage, but also a reduction in your fleet’s fuel expenses and carbon emissions. It’s crucial to note that most emissions happen when you start a cold engine. Driving is more environmentally friendly when multiple short trips are combined into one. Since a catalytic converter must be heated to a specific temperature in order to function properly and generate fewer emissions. Besides Eagle-IoT several solutions to aid sustainability efforts in the automotive sector. Eagle-IoT has good news for you! Now you can also measure what your fleet’s carbon footprint and contribute to net zero emission by reducing it. 

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      What Is Multifactor Authentication and How Does It Work?

      What Is Multifactor Authentication and How Does It Work?

      What is multifactor authentication and how does it work?

      Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) – also referred to as Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is a layered approach to secure data and applications, by extending a combination of two or more credentials to verify a user’s identity for login in order to prevent it from being compromised.

      How does multifactor authentication work?

      MFA is a fundamental element of a successful identity and access management (IAM) policy. MFA reduces the risk of a successful cyber-attack by requiring one or more extra verification criteria, rather than just a login and password. In case of one credential compromise, unauthorized users are unable to manage the second authentication criterion and hence cannot access your computing device, network, or database.

      Multifactor authentication involves combination of different kind of factors to authenticate your identity, when you try to sign in first time into an app or device. It can be done by Inherence based MFA

      • Fingerprint, or facial recognition or voice

      Possession based MFA

      • OTPs generated by smartphone apps
      • OTPs sent via text or email

      Knowledge based MFA

      • Answers to personal security questions
      • Password
      • Memorized PIN.

      However, the second step authentication will not be required quite often.

      Multifactor authentication is not as cumbersome as some people think; it is often used just the first time you enter into an app or device, or the first time you sign in after resetting your password. Once done you can use your primary factor to sign in, (which is often a password), like you do normally. The added security comes from the fact that anyone attempting to hack into your account is unlikely to be using your device, so they’ll need that second factor to gain access.

      Eagle-IoT supports Two-Factor Authentication for your account security, and Telematics services to enhance the stability and security of our partner organizations.

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      ERP vs Fleet Management Software – What you need to know?

      ERP vs Fleet Management Software – What you need to know?

      ERP vs Fleet Management Software – What you need to know?

      Often organization with extensive operations, face an ongoing battle whether to use an existing ERP system by adjusting it for their fleet management or should they acquire a separate Fleet Management Software? Chances are that an organization head will claim that the firm has already paid for an ERP system which incorporates all operations into it. Why pay for an additional software that isn’t “necessary”?

      Despite of several proven advantages of an ERP system when it comes to managing total corporate resources and integration, it often fails to meet the demands when it comes to the complex fleet management processes and operations. For instance, an ERP system provide the generic work order reports which lacks the flexibility to create intelligent reports to measure the KPI’s and performance of any fleet. Besides this, manual data entry makes it more prone to errors. In addition to this, it provides limited interface with inventory control.

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      Since fleet operations require systems that are tailored to their specific requirements which considers their complexity and performance speeds, making it large-complex operation.

      Why car rental firms need telematics to upstream their revenue

      Does this imply that an ERP system is incapable of managing a fleet? While an ERP system may handle a portion of the tasks required, but an organization requires a full-fledged Fleet Management Software Solution such as Eagle-I that not only collects the data but also perform strategic planning and make decisions to manage fleets throughout their whole operation.

      Eagle-i has a centralized cloud-server that can be easily integrated into existing company systems including its ERP. To add expanded functionality, efficiency, seamless and efficient operation, organizations can integrate their existing ERP and MIS system with Eagle-I advanced vehicle tracking and fleet management software with suitable levels of automation.

      Eagle-i has a centralized cloud-server that can be easily integrated into existing company systems including its ERP. To add expanded functionality, efficiency, seamless and efficient operatio, organizations can integrate their existing ERP and MIS system with Eagle-I advanced vehicle tracking and fleet management software with suitable levels of automation. The integration of Eagle-I with ERP system provides you a single click glass pane view of work orders, expenses, repairs, inventories, suppliers, mileage, compliance, vehicle history, and warranties.  Keep track of the fleet’s Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Return of Investment (ROI): a critical statistic to enhance the efficiency and productivity of your fleet. Besides this, it can prevent future downtime by using preventive maintenance, provides real-time driver behaviour, and asset utilization

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      LoRa Alliance® Announces Expansion of Coverage with Battery-Operated Relay for LPWANs

      LoRa Alliance® Announces Expansion of Coverage with Battery-Operated Relay for LPWANs

      LoRa Alliance® announces to expands the coverage with battery operated relay for LPWANs

      The LoRa Alliance®, the global community of businesses which supports the open LoRaWAN® standard for internet of things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs) has announced on October 03, to expand the LoRaWAN link-layer standard with the inclusion of a relay specification. A contender approach to achieve robust network coverage in challenging environments will be battery-operated relays that will be easy-to-deploy network coverage extensions at a minimal cost of deploying additional gateways. The battery-operated relay will be low powered, and standards-based approach enabling LoRaWAN to provide exceptional deep interior or subterranean coverage. Furthermore, it will also serve as relay data on nearby satellite-connected LoRaWAN devices.

      Donna Moore, CEO and Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance says “LoRa Alliance members identified that end users in specific markets needed a solution to achieve full network coverage due to environmental challenges surrounding their deployments.” She added: “With relay, we’re providing a standardized solution that allows for full end-to-end communications in extremely challenging underground, metal and concrete environments where sensor signals could use a boost or redirect to reach either the gateway or end-device.” It is estimated that with the adoption of relay in metering the utilities for LPWAN communication services will generate the revenue upto $2.47 billion by 2025. Ideal use case application for relay. The inclusion of relay to the LoRaWAN standard to accomplish coverage for even the most extreme circumstances (e.g., meters inside metal closets) significantly strengthens LoRaWAN’s market position in metering and utilities, as well as across key verticals such as smart cities and buildings and industrial IoT. Relay is perfect for any solution that monitors static assets in harsh settings.

        Vehicle insurance telematics
        Vehicle insurance telematics

        Although the LoRaWAN standard has establish itself for long-distance communications but there might be physical constraints where LPWAN communications may not reach(it includes turns, underground). The signal can be be reflected/relayed into a specified area. However, LoRaWAN relays now enable signals to travel where they could not previously. The document LoRaWAN TS011-1.0.0 LoRaWAN Relay Specification outlines the relaying technique used to carry LoRaWAN frames bi-directionally between an end-device and a gateway/network server through a battery-powered node. In case of gateway’s insufficient coverage, the device can be set to relay, it will transport LoRaWAN frames between an end-device and the network.

          This specification allows network coverage expansion using battery-powered relay while retaining protocol and security compatible with the LoRaWAN Link-Layer standard. The new relay nodes are battery-powered and can be deployed anywhere without the necessity of electricity or internet access making them relatively simple, cost-effective, and power efficient approach to enhance network coverage without the requirement for additional gateways.

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          Tesla Launched Its Own EV Diagnostics System as an OBD Alternative in 2023

          Tesla Launched Its Own EV Diagnostics System as an OBD Alternative in 2023

          Tesla plans to launch its own EV diagnostics system as an OBD alternative by 2023

          n March 10, 2022, it was published that Tesla will launch its own EV-tailored car diagnostics and error reporting system in South Korea in October of next year as an alternative to the widely established OBD standard. South Korea will serve as a pilot for Tesla’s EV self-diagnostics standard and is expected to expand globally from there, in later stages. Tesla has been granted an exception from the OBD standard requirements in Europe, China, and Japan. However, the Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KTSA) is pushing for the adoption of the On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) standard for local inspections but Tesla has been in conflict with authorities and has refused to utilize OBD on its newest vehicles (the Model S/X have an OBDII plug).

          The Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KTSA) has even conducted random spot checks on Tesla vehicles, inspecting wiring and dashboard error reports in the hopes that Tesla will relent. According to Kim Pil-soo, professor of automotive engineering at Daelim University “OBD data works as a significant yardstick to check the vehicle’s condition, including if the motor properly exerts power. For consumers’ safety, it is necessary for authorities to receive related data from Tesla,”

            Vehicle insurance telematics
            Vehicle insurance telematics

            The self-diagnostic capability of Tesla has raised credibility doubts with a fear that they can paper over major engineering flaws or glitches. As per the business insider: “Credibility of inspection outcomes through the Tesla-designated knowledge server shall be low because the carmaker can manipulate the information upfront. Whereas many Korean shoppers nonetheless clearly keep in mind the ‘2015 dieselgate’ by Volkswagen during which the German carmaker manipulated exhaust emissions to move the take a look at, Tesla ought to discover a truthful, credible method to assure car’s security as an alternative of relying by itself know-how,”

              According to market analysts, Tesla’s self-diagnostic capabilities may appear creative, but given the rigorous safety checks for electric vehicles in general owing to potential concerns with the high-voltage battery pack, Tesla should figure out a compromise with the local authorities.

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