Welcome Volvo and Polestar! And Renault!
One could think that Swedish Autocom would have Volvo as one of the first vehicle brands to be added to our Secure Gateway solution. Well, as we say in Sweden, anyone waiting for something good never wait too long, right ;-)
Our new diagnostic software release 2024.00 is soon here and in that release, Volvo will be added to the Secure Gateway solution. Amazing news for all workshops working with Volvo. We also welcome Polestar to Autocom Secure Gateway at the same time. Polestar is a fully electric vehicle brand, that is very popular especially in the Scandinavian countries, It´s heritage lies in Volvo and Sweden and has technical development in Gothenburg as well as Trollhättan (the same town as Autocom).
Renault makes a fully integrated entrance to the Secure Gateway in this release as well. You have earlier had the possibility to access the security locked systems from Renault via a special Renault USB token. But now, the token solution is replaced as we launch a fully integrated solution instead.
The Volvo and Polestar Secure Gateway access will be available for those with an ICON which has a valid CARS Plus license, and the Renault access will be added to CARS Pro level license.
Autocom AVILOO - a unique high voltage battery tester FTW!
You are standing in front of a used electric vehicle, wondering about the status of the high voltage battery. How can you check the remaining capacity?
Autocom AVILOO can help you. Connect the it to the vehicle and you will get a full battery check in about 3 minutes. You then get a report of the battery status to show the customer or to the vehicle fleet manager of your company.
The Flash test give you answers to questions within several areas;
Battery controller: is the estimated battery SoC (State of Charge) and SoH (State of Health) plausible? Is the temperature sensors and cell voltage sensors OK?
High voltage battery state: shows battery current, battery voltage, cell voltage deviation and cell temperature deviation.
Battery history: BMS (Battery Management System) estimated health, average consumption, fast charge cycles and normal charge cycles, SoC and DoD (Depth of Discharge) histogram, equalization times and full battery cycles.
Vehicle communication: is all required signals available and plausible? Is the sampling rate of each signal correct and does the signal quality meets the requirements?
You will also be able to perform an even deeper and comprehensive battery test called Premium test. Here you get the battery analysed while discharging the battery during drive.
The battery tester is a leasing product. This means that you do not have any bigger investment cost.
Contact an official Autocom distributor to get more information and to place your order for a Autocom AVILOO battery tester.
Let´s brag!
For workshops, it is important that your diagnostic tools have a perfect mix of depth and width, and we often get to hear from end users that we have that. It is never very nice or sophisticated to brag. Especially Our Swedish norms tell us that showing off is unwanted. We call it "The law of Jante". But what do you do if you are proud and want to share to others what you have achieved?
Well, instead of calling it bragging, let´s just show some of our achievements. Here are some numbers from our sales and our vehicle diagnostic software;
* About 70,000 diagnostic hardware in the market
* 99,9% of the Swedish vehicle inspection stations use Autocom diagnostic solutions
* 27,3 million diagnostic sessions during 2023
* 18,875 unique systems in TRUCKS* 40.742 unique systems in CARS
* 301 electric vehicle models on 38 brands in CARS software
* 41 electric vehicle models on 20 electric vehicle brands in TRUCKS software
* 4,833 different ADAS calibrations in CARS
* 709 different ADAS calibrations in TRUCKS
To get access to all the content in our software, on both new and older brands, models and functions, it is crucial that the user always have an updated diagnostic software license.
And brag or not. All these numbers are facts that help vehicle mechanics to service, repair, and test vehicles in a safe and sustainable way. Every day.