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As operators seek alternatives to conventional donkey-engine driven fridges, innovative manufacturers are using kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) technology initially developed to drive trucks to replace the need to use diesel to power fridge trailers either directly or indirectly.Back in 2016, French start-up Adgero launched a trailer hybrid drive system at the UK's Commercial Vehicle Show . This had an axle-mounted electric motor-generator, which topped up graphene ultracapacitors when used as a retarder, storing energy that was then used by the motor-generator to assist the truck in acceleration. Although great things were promised, they have yet to materialise, in spite of well-publicised trials being announced in the UK with SDC, Stobart and Fraikin. Around the same time, at the 2018 IAA Show, Bosch discussed plans to use the motor from its eCargo bike in KERS for semi-trailers. |