Performance Food Group pilots electric refrigerated truck with Navistar, Great Dane, Carrier Transicold

Performance Food Group pilots electric refrigerated truck with Navistar, Great Dane, Carrier Transicold

The truck will serve PFG operations in California and was presented at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo.

Performance Food Group Company, Navistar, Great Dane and Carrier Transicold have collaborated to launch a commercial evaluation program using all-electric refrigeration technology on a battery-electric truck for sustainable, direct-emissions-free distribution of refrigerated and frozen food, the companies say.

The technology was presented at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo and features Carrier Transicold’s Supra eCool electric truck refrigeration unit, an International eMV Series battery-electric truck with a factory-installed ePower electrical system and a 22-foot Alpine S-Series insulated body by Great Dane.

The truck will serve PFG operations in California.

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