Tata Motors adopts Wabco India’s ESC tech for trucks

Tata Motors is now the first OEM to deploy the ESCsmart tech for its Prima range, helping prevent accidents by increasing vehicle stability and safety. Jacques Esculier, Chairman and CEO, Wabco introduced the tech to key government officials, fleet customers on Wednesday. ESCsmart was showcased at Wabco’s test track through a demo of special manoeuvres conducted by Wabco on Tata trucks equipped with the technology. 

Esculier said, “The launch of ABS for commercial vehicles (CVs) in India, followed by the ESCsmart tech will now help us play a key role in supporting the Government’s vision to reduce road accidents. Alongside reducing the risk of accidents associated with vehicle instability, the self-learning capabilities of ESCsmart will help vehicle manufacturers to eliminate the necessity of physically testing all variants of vehicles during homologation. This saves considerable time and labor.

ESCsmart builds on ABS and Electronic Braking System (EBS) platforms. It is a safety system that monitors the roll and directional stability of vehicles. The system can automatically intervene, independent of the driver, when a high risk of instability is detected, thus helping to reduce the likelihood of accidents particularly associated with rollover, skidding and jackknifing.

Dr AK Jindal, Vice President & Head Engineering (CVBU), Tata Motors Ltd, said, “With this partnership, Tata Motors becomes the first OEM in India deploying ESCsmart safety technology on the Prima range. ESCsmart has been customized to incorporate more safety parameters for operation in India.” 

Wabco pioneered ESC for commercial vehicles in 2001 and has continued to innovate this safety technology ever since, selling more than one million ESC systems worldwide since its introduction. The ESCsmart is the CV industry’s first technology to homologate ESC, saving time and effort for OEMs.