FLEET & COMMERCIAL
FLEET & COMMERCIAL
What the company strives for along with some others is to enable autonomy for commercial decarbonisation and reap the further benefits of fleet optimisation . While the company ' s acts in hydrogen , the lesson here is to use the correct solution for each application along with connectivity to manage vehicles wherever they are in their journey .
Incorporating AI and setting the target for the onboard computer means that , despite the driver having hold of the wheel , they are provided a safety net to ensure they meet the efficiency requirements of that particular journey .
By connecting vehicles to hubs on major routes , in the future this could reduce the stress on drivers and also provide more opportunities for a more diverse workforce to transport goods from hub to hub . Khursheed firmly believes that the truck environment and services provided are what deter women and people with disabilities from jobs in the industry . With connected hubs overseeing the operation of hydrogen trucks in the future , he hopes that further talent will be keen to get involved .
“ Currently , our HGV drivers are generally middle-aged men . Because the vehicle will be operated from a control centre , it brings in a whole new industry . Females are more likely to work inside the call centre or a control centre than they are inside a truck where private rooms aren ’ t as clean as they would like ,” says Khursheed .
“ We ’ re also able to get people with less ability — people in wheelchairs etc — to come and work in the industry .”
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