DRIVER TECHNOLOGIES
Kenworth TruckTech+
The benefits of TruckTech+ begin before your vehicle ever enters the service bay. Papé Kenworth’s innovative remote diagnostics technology helps you diagnose and solve potential problems — before they impact your operation. Standard on every new Class 8 Kenworth, the system delivers:
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Over-The-Air
TruckTech+ Over-The-Air is a software update system that helps you keep your trucks running with the latest engine software version – safely and securely over-the-air. This will help you optimize truck performance and maximize uptime across your fleet.
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Diagnostic Reasoning
Once in the shop, PACCAR’s proprietary “diagnostic reasoning” engine helps technicians accelerate
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Notifications
Instant notification of actionable engine and aftertreatment fault information so you can make decisions in real time.
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Brochure
Learn more with our TruckTech+ Over the Air Brochure.
Driver Assistance Technologies
Kenworth’s Driver technology suite is all about getting you further down the road with fewer fuel stops by helping your drivers do their best work with tools such as predictive cruise control. In the incremental business of saving fuel, superior aerodynamics will only get you so far. Of all the variables that contribute to an efficient operation, how well a truck can be driven is still the one factor that matters most. And that’s what the Kenworth’s Driver technology suite is all about — getting you further down the road with fewer fuel stops by helping your drivers do their best work.
Features and Benefits
Adaptive Cruise Control
Adaptive cruise control can make driving trucks safer and less fatiguing. Integrated with your normal cruise control system, ACC “reads” traffic conditions via front-facing radar sensor and modulates the throttle and the brakes to keep your truck at a pre-set distance from the vehicle in front of it. Then, when the road is clear, the system will re-accelerate the vehicle back to the set speed.
Collision Mitigation
Next generation collision detection keeps Kenworth drivers and others on the road secure. Innovative technology alerts the driver to unexpected objects and vehicles and even takes braking action when necessary, significantly decreasing the risk of severe crashes.
Lane Departure Warning
Papé Kenworth’s lane departure warning system helps combat lane drift due to fatigue and distractions. The system continually monitors the truck’s location related to lane markings and automatically emits a distinctive audible warning whenever an unintended lane change (unsignaled) is detected — alerting the driver to make a correction.
Predictive Cruise Control
This option alone delivers up to a 2 percent improvement in fuel economy, especially if you operate in rolling hills. Unlike standard cruise control, which maintains a set speed regardless of the terrain, Predictive Cruise Control employs GPS and 3D digital map technology to anticipate changes in grade up to a mile ahead. Using those inputs, the technology automatically modifies the standard cruise control response in order to maximize fuel economy.
Driver Performance Assistant
Standard on every Papé Kenworth with a PACCAR MX-13 engine, the Driver Performance Assistant module monitors and scores driving technique in real-time — encouraging behavior that supports better fuel economy and longer brake life. The system coaches improvements by showing drivers how to best optimize the truck’s performance — by coasting longer, utilizing the engine brake, anticipating the road ahead and braking with less force.
Side Object Detection
The side object detection system continuously monitors a truck’s blind spots and provides the driver with audible and visual alerts when an object or vehicle has entered these zones — invaluable when making a lane change or negotiating tight delivery sites.
Predictive Neutral Coast
When paired with an automated manual transmission (AMT), Predictive Cruise Control is integrated with the neutral coast function of the transmission to further enhance fuel economy. Predictive Neutral Coast uses GPS inputs to anticipate when to shift into neutral as the truck approaches and descends hills. During a descent, the system allows the transmission to predict when to re-engage the powertrain and use the engine brake to control speed. As the truck approaches the bottom of the hill and depletes its rolling momentum, the Predictive Cruise Control function kicks in once again, using GPS and velocity inputs to maintain speed.
Multimedia Display
When you’re keeping one eye on the road and the other on your bottom line, it pays to invest in systems that help you work smarter, get things done faster, connect with the right people, and just plain make it more fun – and less tiring – to do your job.
Features and Benefits
Virtual Gauges
Multiple virtual gauges provide current information on truck operation. Oil temperature, transmission temperature, manifold boost, present and average fuel economy, DPF status and engine.
Camera System
NAV+ HD makes adding a camera system quick and easy. Real-time screen views for up to four cameras are directly and instantly accessible.
Bluetooth® Technology
NAV+ HD integrates Bluetooth wireless technology with an in-cab microphone and speaker. Just pair it with your compatible Bluetooth phone and talk hands-free.
NAV+ HD
Introducing NAV+ HD, an in-dash display designed specifically for life on the road. With a simple touch to the high-resolution 7-inch color screen – or a spoken command – drivers have direct access to a full range of valuable and productive features: truck-specific navigation, roadside assistance, vehicle data, hands-free phoning, audio controls (including satellite radio, AM/FM/CD/MP3/USB/Bluetooth), blind-spot camera inputs and the internet.
Control Center
NAV+ HD puts state-of-the-art truck navigation, plus communication and entertainment technologies, at your fingertips – delivering a comprehensive set of valuable solutions designed specifically for the trucking industry. Work from a bright, high-resolution Control Central panel, featuring a 7-inch touch screen that offers intuitive and direct access to all functions.
Industry Leading Innovation
When it comes to your truck, Kenworth never takes shortcuts on innovative technology and design. Our industry-leading commercial trucks are backed by an extensive OEM and TRP parts inventory, specialized technicians, and a long-standing history as a family-owned business that puts its customers first. From tough equipment that meets your unique needs to parts and service that keep your fleet ruggedized for the long hauls, our expert techs at Papé are committed to your uptime throughout Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Nevada.
