Milton Keynes, UK: Dawsongroup truck and trailer has taken delivery of three Carrier Transicold Vector E-Cool fridges on Gray & Adams trailers.
The Vectors will operate with the engineless versions of the Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 multi-temperature and Vector 1550 on two 13.6-metre trailers, with an additional Vector HE 19 MT mounted on a smaller double-axle urban trailer, all built by Gray & Adams.
They join a temperature-controlled rental fleet of some 2,000 trucks and trailers – which is around 90% Carrier-cooled
.
“We’ve been working with Carrier for more than 25 years… We want to showcase these trailers to customers so that they can see for themselves how the technology can deliver a cost-effective alternative to diesel power that ticks all the right boxes from an environmental perspective,” said John Fletcher, managing director, Dawsongroup.
The Vector E-Cool combines Carrier’s E-Drive electric technology with an energy recovery and storage system. This converts kinetic energy generated by the trailer axle and brakes into electric power, which is stored in a battery pack that powers the refrigeration unit to create a fully autonomous system, producing no direct carbon dioxide or particulate emissions.
The trailers can be plugged into the electrical grid when parked and charged in two hours using a standard five pin, three-phase standby plug. The system is also low noise, operating below the Piek standard.
“With the red diesel rebate removed and the cost of fuel in general going through the roof, this technology ties in closely with what we are trying to promote as a business to our customers. We want to be able to show that there are workable alternatives – which mostly come from Carrier – available for all types of temperature-controlled vehicles, and we’re certain the Vector E-Cool system will fit into that bracket perfectly,” Fletcher said.
