Volvo offers remote monitoring as standard…

Volvo Construction Equipment offers remote monitoring on demolition machines.

Volvo Construction Equipment has announced it will fit as standard its remote monitoring (telematics) system on all larger machines – along with a no charge 36 month CareTrack service subscription.

EC700BHR_Specification_566x228Under the plan, all newly produced larger machines (including the standard demolition EC210CLD and EC700CLD and high reach demolition EC360C-HR and EC700B-HR models) ordered for markets with CareTrack availability, will be standard equipped with telematics and will be delivered with a no charge, 3-year CareTrack customer subscription that enables owners to enlist the full range of benefits available with remote monitoring.

“Volvo Construction Equipment feels that remote machine monitoring is a feature with high business value for the customer and we want to accelerate its adoption throughout our various market segments.” says Tomas Kuta, President of Customer Support for Volvo Construction Equipment. “Every segment we participate in is being driven toward increasingly sophisticated business approaches by the combined influences of environmental and safety concerns, globalized economies and ever more demanding end customers. Higher adoption levels of telematics and the services that can be delivered using the technology will enable our dealers to more effectively tailor and deliver solutions for our customers.”

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