Paris, France: Carrier Transicold has supplied a Syberia 11 unit for France’s first electric-hydrogen powered reefer.
The truck is the focus of the CathyOpe consortium, a programme to designing and build a 44-ton reefer with electric fridge all powered a hydrogen fuel cell.
CathyOpe was set up in 2016 by GreenGT Technologies, Transports Chabas and the Carrefour Group to match the capabilities of a conventional truck of the same tonnage in terms of performance, range and refuelling time, and emission free.
Carrier Transicold’s Syberia 11 is a single-temperature unit that is directly connected to the vehicle’s battery pack.
The project is supported by funding from the French Programme d’Investissements d’Avenir and the truck is set to enter service for operational testing at the end of this year.
The truck will supply fresh produce to Carrefour shops in urban and suburban areas of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.
