Rueil-Malmaison, France: Carrier Transicold has launched Fleet telematics, part of its electrification and sustainability strategy at its Cool Experience virtual event.
Lynx Fleet telematics will be available at the end of June. The application provides information through a centralised data stream with better visibility for operators and their customers.
“Helping to make faster, data-driven decisions will allow our customers to deliver a healthier, safer, and more sustainable cold chain,” said Emmanuel Langevin, service director, Carrier Transicold Europe Truck and Trailer.“Lynx Fleet unlocks the power of big data, which will be key to making our industry operate more efficiently and sustainably.”
For transport operators, Lynx Fleet will suggest proactive maintenance for Carrier Transicold equipment, helping to boost uptime and reduce unexpected repairs. Among its wealth of connected features, operators will be able to remotely initiate the pull-down sequence when the fridge is plugged into the grid, helping to reduce fuel and labour costs. Advanced reporting capabilities will also help to implement best practices, change behaviours and create savings on profit and loss.
Carrier’s move towards greater electrification is a response to strengthening environmental regulations. “It’s simply a fact that noise, CO2 and particulate emissions must be decreased in order to meet strengthening environmental regulations,” said Victor Calvo, president, Truck Trailer International, Carrier Transicold.
“These will move the industry away from traditional fossil fuels, towards different energy sources – and Carrier Transicold is at the forefront of this change.”
Central to the company’s strategy is its newly launched Vector E-Cool. The trailer system uses an energy recovery and storage system that converts kinetic energy generated by the trailer axle and brakes into electricity, which is then stored in a battery pack powering the refrigeration unit. This loop creates a fully autonomous system that produces no direct carbon dioxide or particulate emissions.
Cool Experience also highlighted Carrier Transicold’s engineless options for rigid trucks, in particular the development of a new electrical power inverter capable of harnessing any form of power used to drive a vehicle in order to operate the refrigeration unit – be that diesel, natural gas, electric or even hydrogen fuel cells.
The commitment to electrification was also underlined through Carrier Transicold’s new strategic partnership with Portuguese technology company AddVolt. AddVolt’s proven engine-agnostic technology will help Carrier Transicold continue to develop innovative, sustainable transport refrigeration solutions that are fully compatible with its new Lynx Fleet application.
