title: Tecnology innovation related to comfort on commercial vehicles.
abstract: The scope of this article is to show the Iveco activity in terms of comfort improvement in all its product Portfolio, focusing on innovation research and realization of tools to get better the life of the driver on commercial vehicles. Comfort related to the ergonomics, thermal, vibrational comfort and after-treatment system in order to improve the life of driver and passengers. It is to remember that Commercial vehicles have different use from a car. For example an heavy truck cabin is not only a place where to drive 8 hours a day, but it is at the same time, an office, a place where to eat, where to sleep and to have a rest. The effort in the last 10 years of Iveco is to improve the comfort of the life of the drivers, utilizing continuous research in standards and innovative systems in order to increase the security and life improvement, focusing also on worldwide legislation as a partner in European committees for health and safety.
authors.affiliation: Product Engineering IVECO, Torino. massimo.martinil@iveco.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ferrero
mesh_terms: D001336:Automobiles; D003132:Commerce; D004867:Equipment Design; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D062069:Inventions