Driving the Future with Sustainable Cooling Technology 

Carrier Transicold is advancing its portfolio of zero-emission transport refrigeration solutions for North America with the release of a refrigerated trailer system that sustainably creates its own power using leading-edge energy recovery and storage.

At the core of the new trailer system is Carrier Transicold’s Vector™ refrigeration unit, which uniquely uses E-Drive™ all-electric refrigeration technology to chill and freeze efficiently with reduced maintenance requirements. Its electric operation is ideally adaptable to a brand new power solution – ConMet's PreSet Plus^® eHub™ system, which utilizes innovative in-wheel motor technology to capture and store clean, regenerative energy.

A New Generation System

From its inception, the Vector platform’s onboard power plant has been a high-performance generator coupled to a diesel engine. However, the new Vector eCool™ system offers the potential to eliminate the engine and generator, producing “free” electricity without the fuel consumption, emissions and engine noise typically associated with conventional trailer refrigeration systems.

With the new Vector eCool system, electricity now can be provided by ConMet eMobility’s eHub™ system, an in-wheel electric motor application that repurposes energy from coasting and braking. This new technology creates ample power to run the Vector unit emissions-free. Carrier Transicold announced its alliance with ConMet on Jan. 26, 2022. The alliance supports Carrier’s Environmental, Social & Governance goal of helping to reduce customers’ carbon footprint by one gigaton by 2030.