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Thermo King is an American manufacturer of transport temperature control systems for refrigerator trucks and trailers, refrigerated containers and refrigerated railway cars along with heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for bus and passenger rail applications.
Jones co-founded Thermo King and also served as a sergeant in World War I. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Due to his contributions to refrigeration technology, he is called the "Father of Refrigerated Transportation", [ 3 ] and the "King of Cool".
Around 300,000 refrigerator trucks with auxiliary power units are on the road in the United States, according to a 2013 estimate. [3] In recent years, truck and fuel cell manufacturers have teamed up to create, test and demonstrate a fuel cell APU that eliminates nearly all emissions [4] and uses diesel fuel more efficiently.
Honeywell auxiliary power units are a series of gas turbine auxiliary power units (APU) made by Honeywell Aerospace. Honeywell started manufacturing APUs in the early 1950s and since then they can be found on many aircraft. [1] Over the years Honeywell have produced more than 95,000 APUs and more than 36,000 are still in service. [2]
Daimler Truck North America LLC (formerly Freightliner Corporation) is an automotive industry manufacturer of commercial vehicles headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and LLC of the German multinational Daimler Truck AG.
Freightliner Trucks: Also called: Freightliner Century Class S/T Freightliner Century Class CST112 (Australia) Production: 1995–2010 (North America, 1996–2010 model years), 1998–2020 for export markets 1995–present as a glider truck kit: Body and chassis; Class: Heavy Duty Class 8 Truck: Body style: Conventional Day Cab, Sleeper Truck ...
The Freightliner Business Class (FL-Series) is a range of medium-duty (Class 5–8) trucks that was assembled by the American manufacturer Freightliner Trucks from 1991 to 2007. [2] The first medium-duty trucks sold by the company, the FL60/FL70 replaced the Mercedes-Benz L-series trucks which were withdrawn from the United States market during ...
Freightliner Inspiration (foreground, on the left) on display. Red truck in the background is a Western Star 5700XE. The Freightliner Inspiration is a prototype semi-trailer truck designed by Freightliner Trucks. The truck is the first autonomous commercial vehicle to be legally operated in the United States. [1] [2] There have been two units ...