Thermo King® by Trane Technologies Accelerates Cold Chain Decarbonization Following Electric Trailer Trials with Walmart, Loblaws and Martin Brower
04 Oktober 2022 - 12:30PM
Business Wire
Through 2,500 hours of trial runs, the electric
trailer kept food and other critical cargo fresh for the major
retailers and logistics providers, bringing them closer to
electrified fleets
Thermo King®, a leader in transport temperature
control solutions and a brand of Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), has
completed initial testing of its innovative evolve™ electric
trailer with retailers Walmart and Loblaws, and Martin Brower, a
leading supply chain solutions provider for restaurants around the
world. During more than 2,500 hours of operation, the
battery-powered refrigerated trailer unit delivered excellent
performance, ensuring high quality climate control to keep food and
other goods fresh. With zero direct emissions, Thermo King’s
electric trailer technology can help to significantly decarbonize
the cold chain.
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During more than 2,500 hours of
operation, Thermo King®'s battery-powered refrigerated trailer unit
delivered excellent performance, ensuring high quality climate
control to keep food and other goods fresh. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“By partnering with our customers, we can help accelerate the
industry’s transformation to electrification by applying valuable
insights from data collected during these trials,” said Karin De
Bondt, president of Thermo King Americas. “With more than 2,500
hours of operation, the learnings bring us closer to a
commercialized all-electric trailer unit, help our customers
prepare their operations, and ultimately, together we can advance
the industry forward.”
“With thousands of refrigerated trailers using diesel fuel
today, we have the ability to make a meaningful difference when it
comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” said Fernando
Cortes, senior vice president of transportation, Walmart U.S.
“We were pleased to work with Thermo King on the testing of our
first-ever refrigerated trailer operated primarily on battery
electricity in the U.S. as we look for solutions to achieve zero
emissions by 2040.”
"Our goal is to deliver innovative and meaningful solutions that
help restaurants and our business create a more globally
sustainable, ethical, and responsible future,”, said Danny
Fahey, Martin Brower’s vice president of US strategy and
sustainability. “Piloting the Thermo King® electric trailer
allows us to support new technologies, which is an essential step
toward achieving our ambitious, long-term goal — significantly
reducing our carbon emissions per ton and limiting our
environmental impact.”
Leveraging Thermo King TracKing® telematics, customer operations
data and learnings have been documented with each evolve™ trailer
demonstration, directly contributing to future product optimization
and innovation. In addition to its current portfolio of products,
Thermo King has committed to delivering all-electric, zero-emission
solutions for every segment of the end-to-end cold chain by 2023 in
Europe and 2025 in the Americas. Through its evolve™ all-electric
portfolio, the business will help advance Trane Technologies’ 2030
Sustainability Commitments, including its Gigaton Challenge to
reduce customer greenhouse gas emissions by 1 billion metric
tons.
About Trane Technologies
Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator. Through our
strategic brands Trane® and Thermo King®, and our environmentally
responsible portfolio of products and services, we bring efficient
and sustainable climate solutions to buildings, homes, and
transportation. Learn more at tranetechologies.com.
About Thermo King
Thermo King – by Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate
innovator – is a worldwide leader in sustainable transport
temperature control solutions. Thermo King has been providing
transport temperature control solutions for a variety of
applications, including trailers, truck bodies, buses, air,
shipboard containers, and railway cars since 1938. For more
information, visit www.thermoking.com or
www.europe.thermoking.com.
This news release includes “forward-looking statements” which
are statements that are not historical facts, including statements
that relate to our commitment to deliver fully electric products in
every segment of the cold chain and our other sustainability
commitments and the impact of these commitments. These
forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations
and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual
results to differ materially from our current expectations. Such
factors include, but are not limited to, changes in laws and
regulation, global economic conditions, the outcome of any
litigation, our ability to develop new products and services and
the acceptance of these products in the markets that we serve.
Additional factors that could cause such differences can be found
in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as well as
our subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and other SEC filings. We
assume no obligation to update these forward-looking
statements.
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