Smart Coach, Intelligent Connected: IoV Builds a New Transportation Ecosystem

As technology advances, passengers are presented with the smart coach, which is working to reshape urban transportation.

20:52 13 August 2024

As technology advances, passengers are presented with the smart coach, which is working to reshape urban transportation. Driven by the Internet of Vehicles (IoV), this transport solution fosters the efficiency and convenience of public transit.

What Is IoV?

IoV (Internet of Vehicles) is an innovative concept derived from IoT (Internet of Things). IoV enables real-time information sharing between vehicles, between vehicles and infrastructure, and between vehicles and users, thus enhancing driving safety, comfort, convenience and environmental performance in all aspects. The IoV relies on several key technologies. These include:

1. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) 

RFID uses radio frequency signals to exchange data wirelessly. RFID systems generally comprise an RFID reader that emits radio waves and an RFID tag that receives signals and sends back stored data. In the context of transportation, RFID can be used for various purposes such as vehicle identification, access control, and toll collection.

1. Sensor Networks 

Sensor networks are composed of a myriad of interconnected sensors. These sensors are embedded in infrastructure, vehicles, or other objects to collect data on traffic, vehicle status, etc. The collected data is then sent via wireless communication technologies to remote servers for further analysis. This enables real-time traffic management and fast response to various situations.

1. Satellite Positioning

Satellite positioning systems, such as GPS, Galileo, and BeiDou, provide precise and real-time location information for accurate tracking and navigation. Additionally, satellite positioning also aids in fleet management and stolen vehicle tracking. It benefits traffic as well, as it helps optimize routes and avoid congestion.

Advantages of Smart Coaches over Conventional Coaches

The integration of IoV in smart coaches has revolutionized the way these vehicles operate. It offers significant enhancements over traditional coaches in various aspects:

1. Driving Safety

With IoV technology, smart coaches can foresee and mitigate potential hazards more proactively. They often include safety features like collision avoidance systems, lane departure warning systems, automatic emergency braking, etc.

IoV can also monitor the behaviors of smart coach drivers and provide real-time feedback to fleet managers. It tracks the vehicle's speed, acceleration, and breaking patterns. When exceeding the speed limit, the driver will receive an acoustic alert of “You are speeding”. It helps prevent speed limit violation as some drivers tend to miss the dashboard display. After driving for a certain period of time, there will also be corresponding voice alerts. If unsafe driving behavior is detected, the system will automatically record and analyze the data. Targeted safety training sessions will be conducted accordingly.

1. Intelligent Dispatching

IoV also makes intelligent dispatching and route optimization possible. The tracking systems can calculate the most efficient routes and schedules using real-time data and predictive analytics. They’ll base their routes on traffic patterns, passenger demands, weather conditions, etc. 

Smart coach drivers will also receive traffic assistance in real time. This allows them to adjust for traffic jams, accidents, and construction work to secure shorter, hassle-free trips.

1. Fault Management 

IoV systems allow for proactive fault management by continuously monitoring the components of the smart coach. As mentioned previously, this system uses sensors to record the coach’s diagnostic and performance data. They’ll monitor the vehicle's critical components and spot potential issues like failing batteries, low engine performance, brake system faults, etc.

Fleet managers will then be alerted of these issues and compelled to schedule maintenance accordingly. This reduces the chances of unexpected breakdowns.

1. Location Monitoring

Location monitoring through IoV provides real-time tracking of smart coaches. This facilitates fleet managers in monitoring the exact location of each smart coach at any given moment.

It helps maintain the safety of the passengers. By monitoring driving behavior, fleet managers can verify that coaches are operating safely and within speed limits. In case of an emergency or accident, fleet manager can quickly locate the vehicle for rapid response.

The Future Ecology of Transportation

There’s no doubt that, in the future, transportation will transform into a seamlessly integrated ecology. It is the future where autonomous electric vehicles and smart public transit become a norm. This new ecology will foster sustainability, safety, and efficiency, thus shaping a cleaner, smarter urban environment.

Yutong Intelligent IoV Helps Build A Transportation Ecosystem

Yutong’s Intelligent IoV is at the forefront of building a comprehensive transportation ecosystem, leveraging its one-stop management platform and data application services for both new energy and conventional vehicles. 

As of 2023, Yutong's V+ platform has connected over 350,000 vehicles, spanning more than 42 countries and regions. With a staggering 3 terabytes of raw data reported daily and 12 billion pieces of access data processed, Yutong ensures accurate and real-time position monitoring, intelligent departure inspections, and automatic safety alarms. Expanding in detail, Yutong IoV system has the following features:

• Power Battery Safety Protection: Utilizing big data analysis and neural network algorithms, it builds a battery failure warning and life assessment model, realizes all-round monitoring, discovers and solves battery problems in advance, and ensures safe and reliable operation of the battery system.
• Predictive Maintenance: build a fault prediction and diagnosis engine, monitor more than 100 kinds of parts in real-time, and carry out fault early warning for 22 kinds of core parts, with an accuracy rate of more than 90%, so as to improve the safety and duration of vehicle operation.
• Driving Behavior Alert: Based on the big data platform, it analyzes driver behavior, warns of dangerous driving behavior, reduces the incidence of accidents, and improves operational safety.
• Intelligent Energy Management: Optimize the whole vehicle drive control strategy based on driving behavior, reducing energy consumption by more than 7% while ensuring safety.
• Active Safety Protection: Reduce bad driving behavior through big data analysis, cultivate good driver habits, and prevent safety accidents through instrument warnings and interventions.
• Charging Peak and Valley Management: Utilizing the cloud platform and big data, it helps operators master the charging pattern, realize staggered charging and reduce operating costs.
• Intelligent Inspection: Automatically completing intelligent self-test before vehicle operation, automatically generating and uploading inspection reports, improving operation management efficiency, reducing inspection costs, and enhancing operation safety.

Yutong's IoV technology demonstrates its deep understanding and forward-looking layout of intelligent networked vehicle operation, and is committed to providing customers with safer, more economical and more efficient travel solutions.

Key smart coach models integrated with IoV include the deluxe coach bus ICE12. It integrates information between people, vehicles and cities, improves operation and management efficiency, and accomplishes intelligent travel and management. The use of IoV for ICE12 not only further broadens the intelligent configuration of Yutong's luxury bus products, but also significantly improves the safety, comfort and convenience of the vehicle, meeting the high standard of modern consumers' needs for intelligent travel.

Conclusion

IoV is revolutionizing transportation by fusing with advanced technologies for improved efficiency, safety, and management. With real-time tracking, intelligent dispatching, and proactive fault management, the smart coach is reshaping transportation. Yutong is leading this transformation, providing state-of-the-art smart coaches that integrate seamlessly with IoV. Visit Yutong’s website to learn more about its latest advancements in technologies.