Russia?s largest auto maker RFID tags its cars to test and improve quality

AvtoVAZ, Russia?s largest car manufacturer based in the Lower Volga, is bringing RFID technology to its production line to better test cars and improve their quality.

AvtoVAZ, Russia?s largest car manufacturer based in Togliatti, in the Lower Volga area, is bringing RFID technology to its production line to better test cars and improve their quality, Nanonewsnet.ru reported. In the radio frequency identification technique, a special chip, or RFID tag, is used for a RFID reader to read out valuable information about an object. In Togliatti, AvtoVAZ initially decided to apply the technology to help monitor a newly assembled car?s movement around the factory?s testing grounds. ?We began by only planning to use RFID tags on the vehicles to identify them, but then decided to also use them on test drivers,? said Vadim Shlykov, the head of AvtoVAZ?s IT design center. At the inception stage of the project, RFID tags are only used on the Lada Priora and the Lada Samara, AvtoVAZ?s bestsellers. As the effort unfolds, the management is said to have plans to approve the use of tags on the company?s entire product line. In a possible extension of the project, its developers suggest that the RFID tags be kept on the car body for as long the vehicle runs...