Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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GEAR GUIDE November 2017 | Overdrive | 75 Electric APU Thermo King's all-elec- tric TriPac Envidia is an environmentally clean aux- iliary power unit designed for long run times without tractor startup. Because there is no diesel engine, the APU is quieter and requires little maintenance. An in-cab controller indi- cates the battery charge level and allows drivers to select cool, fan or heat modes and adjust fan speed and temperature. Thermo King, thermoking.com, 952-887-2200 Trailer light monitor Grote's Guard- ian Smart Trailer System light monitoring technology is designed to maximize safety and uptime while minimizing maintenance costs and Compliance, Safety, Accountability exposure. The system is engineered to attach to any type of LED or incandescent light and give drivers real-time alerts about their trailer lighting systems, communicating light outages and electrical shorts, logging information on status changes and providing data analysis tools. The system can be connected through the trailer's telematics system or via Bluetooth to the operator's Apple or Android device through Grote's Guardian Smart Trailer System app. Grote Industries, grote.com, 800-628-0809 monitor Grote's Guard- Trailer System light monitoring technology is designed Wheel end monitor ConMet's SmartHub is designed with prognostic capabilities that allow drivers to monitor the health of a wheel end through access to re- al-time data on the hub's functions and be alerted to any variations outside of acceptable operational parameters. Embedded sensors measure and transmit data on hub temperature, lubricant level, hub vibration, speed, miles traveled, spindle nut torque readings, hub load and bolt tension. The data can be viewed at any time. ConMet, conmet.com, 800-547-9473 Fuso, a division of Daimler Trucks, unveiled its all-elec- tric Vision One Class 8 concept truck at the To- kyo Motor Show. It features a gross vehicle weight of 51,150 pounds and a range of up to 220 miles on a sin- gle charge when fi tted with 300-kilowatt-hour batteries. Vision One's 11-ton pay- load is two tons fewer than its diesel counterpart. A potential applica- tion for the Vision One heavy-duty truck is regional intra-city distribution, said Marc Llistosella, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. president and chief execu- tive offi cer. "For the transportation of our goods, trucks cannot be substituted," Llistosella said. "But we can change the way how these trucks are powered. The replac- ing of combustion- engine trucks for city delivery with electric powertrains would have a substantial eff ect [on] air quality, and not to forget, we are surrounded by noise." With its eCanter truck, Fuso was the fi rst truck maker to have a produc- tion-model medium-duty all-electric truck available for purchase. In August, Cummins unveiled its Class 7 electric truck, Aeos. The debut of Tesla's electric Class 8 truck was delayed, as of press time, to Nov. 16. – Jason Cannon Fuso debuts all-electric concept Class 8 truck The Vision One could be sold within four years in the U.S., Japan and Europe, the company says.