Eskilstuna, Sweden: Varubud Åkeri has upgraded its fleet with the new Thermo King V-1000 vehicle-powered fridges.
Varubud’s makes deliveries in collaboration with local municipalities, schools and retirement homes, and its distribution fleet needs to be carbon neutral.
For its new Volvo FLs, they were looking for a powerful direct-drive unit as a sustainable alternative to diesel-powered refrigeration. The Thermo King V-1000 met all Varubud’s requirements. It is designed for larger rigid trucks up to 25 tonnes and is equally or more powerful than its nearest equivalent diesel units.
“Sustainability and environmental responsibility are very important for us, our operations, and our way of doing business,” said Daniel Johansson, owner Varubud Åkeri.
“Our warehouses use renewable energy, our vehicles run on HVO biofuel, and we have a history of successfully using Thermo King’s direct-drive refrigeration units. When we were looking for a solution to refrigerate the larger trucks, the new V-1000 units were a perfect fit for us.”
Anders Thyselius, application manager, Thermo King Sverige, said: “Our relationship with Varubud goes years back as they operate a mixed fleet including different Thermo King units.
“We have been closely supporting them with our service, even in remote locations, and sharing our expertise to help Varubud deliver on their promise to customers.”
“High cooling capacity and high airflow of the V-1000 will protect their load under the most arduous conditions. And it will do with no CO2 emissions from the unit and lower noise when in operation.”
The V-1000 uses a compressor developed for Thermo King that, when driven by the truck engine, including CNG, LNG or biodiesel fuelled vehicles, -produces performance previously unattainable in units of this type.
This helps cut the total cost of operation when it comes to fuel consumption, maintenance costs and productivity, making the V-1000 a competitive investment compared to diesel powered units with equivalent performance.
“We have several of the Thermo King V-800 units in our fleet, and they have been performing at their maximum capacity to cool our larger trucks’ boxes – practically with no technical issues,” Johansson said.
“As the new V-1000 leverages the same technology as the other units, we had no doubts it would meet our expectations. Also, when compared to the hydraulic refrigeration units, we experienced that the direct-drive technology from Thermo King offers us much lower total cost of ownership. It is quieter, has better efficiencies, less impact on the engine’s fuel consumption and easier maintenance.”
