Advanced technology could halve the number of breakdowns in the UK by 2020, new research has claimed.
According to telematics company In-car Cleverness, harnessing telematics data in the future could cut repair bills by £1.3 billion a year.
The company added that business drivers could save millions of hours stuck on the hard shoulder each year, with the firm’s sales director predicting a future with barely any breakdowns.
Telematics systems can often provide a proactive repair and maintenance schedule compared with ‘normal’ servicing patterns, which rely on estimated lifecycles of parts and regular check-ups.
“It’s not impossible to foresee a future in which almost no unexpected breakdowns occur,” said Paul O’Dowd, head of sales at In-car Cleverness. “In-vehicle technology – remote diagnostics in this context – has come on in leaps and bounds and as uptake increases, we will be able to anticipate a large percentage of the nation’s vehicle glitches before they cause a failure.”
He added: “This predictive maintenance alongside routine check-ups will reduce the cost of running individual or fleets of vehicles – prevention is always better than the cure.”
