The ‘E-500e’ is powered directly by the vehicle battery and does not require additional investment in a dedicated battery or shore connection module.

Idem customers using its fleet management platform now have access to data collected from Thermo King products, including its refrigeration units and its ‘AxlePower’ energy recovery and storage system.

Users of Thermo King's 'TracKing' will be able to access electronic braking system, odometer, axle-load, and tyre pressure data alongside information pulled from the transport refrigeration unit.

The ‘Athenia Envi’ heat pump is a HVAC unit which uses R-744 (i.e., CO2) - with a global warming potential of 1 - as a refrigerant.

Through a dedicated mobile application, the driver can access data from the wLog via Bluetooth at any time and can set it to log data from every two minutes to every hour.

Refrigerated Trailer Rentals Holland BV of Barendrecht fitted the engineless ‘Advancer-e’ to a trailer which it has now leased to Dailycool, a transporter of groceries.

Thermo King is partnering with refrigerated vehicle leasing firm Petit Forestier and the Institut Français de Formation en Énergétique (IFFEN) to offer a work-study training programme for budding young transport refrigeration technicians in France.

The C-550, C-650 and C-750 have maximum power ratings of 5.2 kW, 6 kW and 6.8 kW respectively, and will serve small trucks and vans with bodies of up to 52 cubic metres.

During an online event on 14 September, Thermo King Europe unveiled three new products in the Advancer portfolio of trailer refrigeration technologies: a multi-temperature trailer refrigeration unit; an emission-free trailer refrigeration unit; and an axle-based smart energy recovery system developed in partnership with BPW.

BPW's regenerative trailer axle developed in conjunction with Thermo King on trial with selected fleet customers

The manufacturer of truck-trailer refrigeration technologies will dedicate the new research and development centre to zero-emission technologies for markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America.

The Athena Mk III series is a new range of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems specifically for diesel and CNG buses, boasting reduced fuel consumption and operating costs.