• Platform Science, a provider of IoT-based fleet management solutions, has partnered with the truck manufacturer Navistar to integrate its “Virtual Vehicle” open OEM platform into the latter’s international truck models in 2023.

<ul><li>Virtual Vehicle, one of the product offerings of Platform Science, was launched in November 2021 in collaboration with Daimler Trucks North America. It is an open-source OEM platform that allows fleets to customize their software by giving telematics providers, third-party developers, and other parties access to real-time data directly from the vehicle.</ul>

• The integration will add to Navistar’s connected services platform “OnCommand Connection,” which collects vehicle health and performance data from 30+ telematics partner integrations.

<ul><li> Analyst QuickTake: Navistar is not the first truck OEM to have integrated Platform Science’s technology. In mid-2020, Platform Science partnered with Daimler Trucks North America to factory install its technology on Freightliner vehicles.</ul>