👍 Are you able to share any results? What is the cargo capacity compromise using a RE trailer, if any? If the motor should catastrophically fail and seize, does it decouple from trailer axel? Are the components modular? Curious on repair/service time considerations. Keep up the awesome work!
I'd like to see the total weight of the trailer with this unit installed. Also I read the electric system can be used to power a cooling unit to cool product on board vs a diesel powered reefer unit. What's the specs on that? BTU's, run time pern charge, etc. Will there be a credit for the added weight of the batteries? Some states allow about 400lbs over 80k if you have a working APU on board. California has no such weight credits, ironic since they are the main cause of all this electrifying and emissions BS. I don't see them doing anything different with units like these proposed by this company. At the end the truck and trailer would be easily 2k lbs heavier with carrying capacity getting severely reduced. Bad business for eco a pat on the back .
Now your charging a truck and a trailer? Where is this electricity coming from. Never had to fuel a trailer. More weight less product..... it's a wash. I'd stick with diesel.
There is nothing electrified about the truck. Its just a standard tractor. The trailer has integrated batteries and an electric motor. It hooks up to any truck without modification. It makes a standard tractor into a hybrid (or full ev for shorter runs) without having to replace your existing fleet. You can (and should) charge the trailer when you can for maximum efficiency increase, but if you don't charge the trailer it works as a normal hybrid and just saves the energy from regen braking to help propel the unit.
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Are you able to share any results?
What is the cargo capacity compromise using a RE trailer, if any?
If the motor should catastrophically fail and seize, does it decouple from trailer axel?
Are the components modular? Curious on repair/service time considerations.
Keep up the awesome work!
I'd like to see the total weight of the trailer with this unit installed. Also I read the electric system can be used to power a cooling unit to cool product on board vs a diesel powered reefer unit. What's the specs on that? BTU's, run time pern charge, etc. Will there be a credit for the added weight of the batteries? Some states allow about 400lbs over 80k if you have a working APU on board. California has no such weight credits, ironic since they are the main cause of all this electrifying and emissions BS. I don't see them doing anything different with units like these proposed by this company. At the end the truck and trailer would be easily 2k lbs heavier with carrying capacity getting severely reduced. Bad business for eco a pat on the back .
looking forward to the utility 4000r. they got royal jones on the job. probably the Steve Jobs of trucking. it's a legit product.
Now your charging a truck and a trailer? Where is this electricity coming from. Never had to fuel a trailer. More weight less product..... it's a wash. I'd stick with diesel.
There is nothing electrified about the truck. Its just a standard tractor. The trailer has integrated batteries and an electric motor. It hooks up to any truck without modification. It makes a standard tractor into a hybrid (or full ev for shorter runs) without having to replace your existing fleet. You can (and should) charge the trailer when you can for maximum efficiency increase, but if you don't charge the trailer it works as a normal hybrid and just saves the energy from regen braking to help propel the unit.