Munich, Germany: Thermo King’s AxlePower energy recovery system, developed with BPW, won the Components and Aggregates category of the European Transport Award for Sustainability. AxlePower generates energy from trailer rolling or braking and stores this in a battery and reuses it to power the trailer fridge.
“Winning the European Transport Award for Sustainability 2024 for AxlePower confirms our belief that we have created a solution set to become a pivotal component of environmentally conscious trailer refrigerated transportation,” said Laurent Debias, product management and marketing leader, Thermo King.
“Within the ongoing transition from diesel-based to electric technologies, our customers receive a proven and tested way to drastically reduce carbon emissions, noise and operational costs of their trailer fleets.”
“Sustainability plays an important role in both our companies. We are therefore delighted to receive this award, which recognises not only the products but also the sustainable practices and strategies of companies. At the same time, it is proof of our successful collaboration on the breakthrough of zero-emission refrigerated transport,” said Thore Bakker, general manager business unit trailer solutions and mobility Services, BPW.
The biennial European Transport Award for Sustainability is organised by German publisher Huss-Verlag and its magazine Transport.
