For bus manufacturers all over the world, integrated management of measurement data plays a critical part in development work: they use data loggers to record every detail about their vehicles. The MaDaM measurement data management software from Kistler continuously stores and organizes the data, which can then be visualized and comprehensively evaluated with additional solutions from the Kistler portfolio such as jBEAM.
The ongoing transformation in the automotive industry is impacting vehicles of every type, including buses and commercial trucks. These changes are not limited to electrification of the power train and alternative propulsion concepts: increasing use of software as an instrument to generate value is an equally important trend. Daimler Buses relies on holistic measurement data management from Kistler for its vehicle trials and development work, and the company also uses this technology for information exchange with customers such as municipal transport providers and travel companies.
As the European market leader, Daimler develops and manufactures state-of-the-art buses at multiple European sites and also in Turkey. Daimler Buses launched a fully electric variant of its popular Citaro city bus (the eCitaro) back in 2018; the hybrid version had already been on the market for some time. Software solutions such as MaDaM, jBEAM and jBEAM Cluster from Kistler play a key part in ongoing development and fleet management for these and many other models. As long ago as 2016, the Daimler subsidiary introduced MaDaM from Kistler for its bus business in response to the constant increase in data volumes, enabling it to make optimal use of the data. MaDaM is a 100 percent plug-and-play solution that can be used not only in vehicle trials and development work, but also for after-sales activities in collaboration with end customers.