AutoPartsAsia | NOVEMBER 2017 | 37Control System For CVs In India
India Target
WABCO India will initially target
long haulage fleet owners, who the
company is expecting will nudge
OEMs to adopt the new functionality.
“They would ask the OEMs to have
this while negotiating new contracts.
OEMs could also take the initiative,
as Tata Motors has done, especially
in the seven-tonne and above
models; they have identified the
segments where they want to offer
models with ESC,” Esculier added.
ESCsmart is an active safety system
built on the company’s ABS and
electronic braking system (EBS)
platforms. It monitors the roll and
directional stability of vehicles and
can automatically intervene, when
a high risk to instability is detected.
This will help reduce the chances of
accidents, particularly associated
with rollover, skidding and jack-
knifing.The ABS that was introduced in
India in 2015 to help the stability
control system, is made by adding
electric, electromechanical and
electronic elements to the earlier
pneumatic brake system. All
these parts form the base for
the ESCsmart, both technology
and component-wise. While ABS
comes into play while braking, the
ESCsmart is monitoring the vehicle
condition all the time – both driving
and driver behaviour. If a deviation is