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Updated 2018-01-15T04-10Z |
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Updated 2018-01-15T04-10Z |
A typical situation at DaimlerChrysler AG is composed of the 4
production facilities
- Sindelfingen,
- Stuttgart-Möhringen,
- Stuttgart-Untertürkheim and
- Esslingen-Mettingen,
where numerous employees have to travel between back and forth quite
frequently.
Formerly, a department-wise car supply had been implemented there - with the obligation to return the vehicle to the site where it was picked up. With such a least administration effort, the number of required cars exceeded a reasonable limit after all. For most of the time, they had been waiting for the way back to their origin. In order to partly compensate for this, bus services were necessary for certain kinds of traffic.
Thus, Daimler's R&D staff started to think about the reverse
fashion: less cars through a smarter administration.
The vehicles should be used most extensively, i. e. returned to the
pool immediately after every one-way trip.
Since the dispensers can both read the driver's ID and
read/write the cards and are connected online to the vehicle
management center, any kind of necessary data exchange can be
performed in real time among the spots, e.g. the driver's access
rights, vehicle availability, usage statistics etc.
The Solution
For the administration, Daimler decided to represent every single
vehicle by one and only one smart chipcard. Every card is coded
individually and serves both as an accompanying car ID tag and as a
car key.
Daimler implemented a card dispenser at each of 4 car pools
where the cars are parked in a lot nearby. So, the driver can fetch
a card from the machine, unlock the car with it and drive away. At
the destination, (s)he re-locks the car with the card and returns
the card to the other dispenser that is installed there.
Because of the application as a car key in an outdoor environment,
it was compulsory to choose a card type that works reliably under
water. Rather than selecting a mere transponder, the customer wanted
to have considerable room for data collection in a later
enhancement. The unevitable card coupler should complement the
existing door lock within the car's door in a water-proof fashion
too. An additional benefit is the
C2®CARD's
intrinsic immunity against car thefts by ‘mystery device’.
After all,
ADE's
contactless smart
C2®CARD
was taken. The
system performance was adapted to and proved for reliability under
automotive climate conditions.
The Result
The considerably high acceptance by the clients
resulted in over 500 trips
per month (by the begin of 1998) with the new service.
In addition, the cost of the
upgraded administration apparatus is almost negligible. As another
effect, the handling is better automated than before.
(By 1998-06-22, they didn't run a webpage yet, so a mail to
100106.566@compuserve.com or a fax to
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