How 100% solar-electric refrigerated trailers are the next frontier in food transportation
During the next decade, expect to see the food distribution industry convert to silent, diesel-free, solar-electric TRUs for a positive economic and environmental impact.
In today’s retail grocery marketplace, refrigerated and frozen food distributors continue to face challenges that threaten to increase fleet operating, maintenance costs and consumer food prices.
In short, conventional diesel-based refrigeration systems boast total costs that now exceed renewable power systems. That’s because diesel fuel remains costly, and emissions and noise generated by diesel engines are undesirable and subject to increasing government regulations. Diesel-driven refrigeration units also have higher maintenance costs than most alternatives.