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Most commercial vehicle companies are still drowning in data. Daimler India Commercial Vehicles is acting on it. AI is now embedded across the entire #DICV value chain, not as a pilot, but in production. Predictive maintenance is cutting unplanned downtime. Fuel optimization is compounding savings across large fleets. Computer vision on the shopfloor is improving first-time-right rates and catching defects human inspection misses. The bigger shift is in connected fleet intelligence. Truckonnect, DICV's vehicle platform, is evolving from a reporting tool to a decision engine. Instead of flagging issues, it now recommends actions: schedule maintenance, reroute, adjust utilisation. Condition-based servicing is replacing fixed schedules. Even driver training is getting smarter. The BHARATBENZ Simulated Driver Trainer uses AI to personalise training to each driver's actual braking patterns, reaction times, and road behaviour, building measurable habit change, not just compliance. On agentic AI: DICV sees the potential in maintenance orchestration and route optimisation but in a safety-critical domain, autonomous decision-making will stay clearly bounded. Human oversight stays in the loop. The advantage won't go to companies with the most data. It'll go to those who act on it fastest. #IM500 #AI #manufacturing #IntelligentMfg500 #IntelligentManufacturing500 #ManufacturingAI #IndustrialAI #SmartManufacturing Freshworks | Vishaal Pinisetti | Abhinav Srivastava | Srikanth RP | Aparna Tawade | Nilesh Mungekar | Salvi Mittal | Sayantan Mondal | Sanskruti Vispute