The On-board diagnostics port (OBD II) is a key current-day tool for fleet management to harvest live strategic vehicle data. The standardized port on most vehicles was built after the mid-1990s and has been a major tool for diagnostic reasons and is standard on vehicles sold into registered markets for that very purpose in continental Europe. It monitors and reports on engine management parameters, but also the high-voltage and low-voltage electrical systems, throttle body position data, and transmission information, providing a vast and valuable quantity of data from engine cycle, knock patterns, and transmission function.

TruckX’s fleet management solutions provide health and performance data for the vehicle via the OBD II port. Through this port, the company’s system could potentially read data associated with the engine, such as fuel economy, emissions output, and engine fault codes, and transmit that data for real-time monitoring by fleet managers to identify problems and help the driver maintain vehicle health, reduce truck downtime and, in turn, expensive overhauls.

Beyond diagnostics, compliance with emissions regulations would not be possible without a device like the OBD II port that TruckX utilizes. It can help fleets manage and monitor emissions to keep vehicles within legal limits and avoid penalties while making inspections and audits easier to complete as all of the data is kept readily available.