Bosch at the exhibition of commercial vehicles IAA in Hannover 2016 will introduce a truck VisionX.
At the exhibition of commercial transport in Hannover, Bosch presented the truck VisionX, which was referred to as 40-ton smart device on wheels that will make truck drivers a logistics Manager.
The motto under which was created the concept of “smart” truck, says that if we can imagine it, we can make it happen in reality. This doubt is not worth it, the only question is the timing.
While VisionX announced as the car 2026, but no space technology here, so about the serial future can not worry.
Thanks to the hardware, applications and services truck turns into a part of a worldwide Network that can communicate with like — getting information about road works, traffic jams, weather, and the other is done in real time. Book Parking near to the campsite through onboard systems of the car without resorting to third-party gadgets.
The ability of vehicles to communicate with each other on the one hand excites the imagination and paints a grim picture of the rebellion of machines and battle the Decepticons with the Autobots, on the other — allows you to dream of a carefree journey on the motorway when there’s nothing to distract from the counting oncoming cars red color or read your favourite magazine.
VisionX from Bosch is able to ride in unmanned truck convoy, and the convoy of commercial trucks to be very useful, as it helps to save fuel thanks to the improved aerodynamics — the front running car slices the air, thus creating a “corridor” for moving behind cars.
The fuel reduction is approximately 2%, as emphasized in the Bosch, can help simple solution — replace rearview mirrors with cameras. Monitor with a picture of what is happening behind installed at the front windshield. Plus added control with variable force depending on the speed the force required to rotate the steering wheel, varies: at low speeds “steering-wheel” rotates easily, at high — a little more complicated.
In the company say that they can offer several options of power plants. For medium-duty trucks the best choice is the engine that runs on natural gas — quietly and economically. The hybrid drivetrain will be a good solution for vehicles with large load capacity, because the fuel economy is improved by about 6% due to the fact that “the diesel engine helps the electric motor, the energy for which is stored in the battery unit recharged while driving downhill or when braking.
Offers Bosch, of course, will develop further and will find application in commercial vehicles leading automotive brands interested in progress. Recall that in December 2016 full-sized prototype of the 2000-strong electrotractor show Nikola Motor Company, which recently announced hydrogen and modification of new products.
