In-vehicle technology solutions provider IVCS ONE is partnering with electronic road user charges (RUC) provider Picobyte Solutions – owner of the brands RUC Monkey and myRUC.
IVCS and Picobyte are both New Zealand-based companies and myRUC and RUC Monkey are both locally made technologies and continue to be manufactured here.
The partnership brings a seamless integration to IVCS’s line-up of products from Lytx DriveCam, DriveAlert+, DriveTrain, GeoTab and much more.
IVCS ONE chief executive Haydn Bowbyes says having a “single seamless sign-on, you can have your fleet and fleet risk management bases covered in a way that gives the ultimate clarity”.
“I am very excited to see this partnership come together and look forward to providing bespoke solutions for our many existing clients and prospects, solutions that range from basic to full service.
“Our NZ-based team is renowned for the level of after sales support we offer and our product line-up is world leading.
“From best of breed in-cab and around truck camera solutions to active fatigue management, top-end tracking and now eRUC solutions, we have a pretty compelling story to tell,” Bowbyes says.
Buses and coaches
myRUC is the newly approved eRUC management system designed specifically for buses. The system was built in conjunction with Picobyte and extensively tested by NZ Bus with the support of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA).
The new system enables compliance to all the NZTA RUC legislation and enhances the digitisation of RUC revenue collection and compliance services.
In the future when RUC exemptions are removed for electric vehicles, NZTA expects to mandate electronic displays.
myRUC is the first such service that utilises the already proven and established RUC Monkey services to allow eRUC license purchase via smartphone and using the NFC chip in the phone to transfer the license to the on-windscreen e-paper display.
To ensure the RUC is concurrent, buses will be supplied with an electronic wheel sensor which will sync the odometer each time the vehicle passes a depot gate reader. A RUC license dashboard will advise of an asset nearing a RUC license purchase threshold and can be set to renew automatically or enable the fleet administrator to purchase via the online portal.
Once purchased, the licence gets automatically notified and uploaded to the myRUC mobile app ready for transfer to the on-windscreen display.
As this display is self-provisioned, there are no wires to install it thus avoiding any costly installation costs, the company says.
Trucks and light fleet
For light vehicles, myRUC will integrate with the in-vehicle telematics device for virtual odometer and ensure RUC is concurrent and purchase RUC and made available on the app for transfer.
For trucks over 3500kg GVM featuring conventional eRUC with an integrated telematics and sensor system, RUC Monkey will be provisioned. RUC Monkey is an electronic RUC system that manages your road user charges on the fly.
Its secret lies in the new-generation wireless technology, the company says.
“This lets us install it faster and get your trucks back on the road in minimum time. RUC monkey has gone through serious testing all around the country to ensure superior reliability and accuracy,” it says.
“Transforming the electronic management of road user charges, RUC Monkey is an affordable and accurate answer to road user charges management.”
RUC off-roads (RUCOR) is fully automated and will utilise the geotab telematics GPS data to be post-processed within the RUC Monkey platform to note any travel within marked geo-fences or on private roads to be collated into an off-road report. The RUCOR forms are all automated and so is the submission to NZTA once it is set up.
RUC licence payments are all purchased via a direct debit system and the platform provides all the DD reconciliation and daily statements to reconcile with your bank including every transaction as an electronic invoice from NZTA .
*Go to rucmonkey.co.nz and ivcs.co.nz for more information.
