Trakm8 is able to connect its fleet management system to a vehicle’s CANbus allowing live data coming directly from the engine management system to be viewed at base.

This data can give engine and emissions data and communicates pending or actual fault codes before the vehicle has returned to the fleet workshop.

Modern vehicles have various electronic control units (ECU) such as the engine control unit, transmission, airbags, antilock braking and many more. These systems communicate using the Controller Area Network bus (CANbus), much like a modern computer network.

Trakm8 has developed technology to connect into the CANbus system to make use of the data available to improve vehicle fleet performance.

By monitoring driver behaviour, gear usage, acceleration, harsh braking, fuel usage, CO2 emissions and vehicle fault codes, Trakm8 say its fleet management solution is able to reduce overall costs of running your vehicle fleet and also improve driver safety.