Clarios’ Smart AGM battery monitoring system gives real-time data on a truck’s battery life, including overall voltage, current, and individual cell life. It features electronic sensors embedded deep inside that can monitor battery cell life in real-time and alert fleets/drivers when a battery failure is imminent. Accurately gauging battery life has been a stumbling block for good fleet maintenance practices.
With patent-pending technology, fleet managers, technicians, and drivers can monitor cell life in real-time, identify weak cells and get a predictive assessment of remaining battery life. Finding delicate electronic sensors for the hellish environment inside an automotive battery has been difficult.
John Bania, product line leader for heavy duty and specialty batteries at Clarios, said their Smart AGM system can easily be integrated into any fleet maintenance system, either through a web portal or dashboard. The system displays overall voltage and current in amps, and each two-volt cell is shown as a bar graph with the cell’s current voltage and a colored graph showing the cell’s remaining life. Real-time alerts can be sent when a battery is about to die.
Additionally, data from the Smart AGM battery monitoring system allows fleets to make better spec’ing decisions and improve truck electrical system performance. The system is currently available for AGM-type batteries, with fleet trials scheduled this summer and full availability in 2024.
Sources:
https://www.truckinginfo.com/10161660/how-to-get-the-most-from-your-batteries
https://www.truckinginfo.com/10190781/are-dead-batteries-about-to-become-a-thing-of-the-past
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