“With an optional shore power adapter, Aspen APUs can be operated using 115V shore power when the truck is parked, eliminating the need to run the APU engine for added fuel savings.” Like any ...

Established maintenance intervals aside, to keep an APU running, you have to consider where it lives - hanging on a truck frame. You won't find a more hostile environment anywhere, with constant ...

The Willis APU reduces idling by providing auxiliary power as soon as the truck is parked, and it delivers more heating and cooling capacity. Its three-cylinder, 18-hp Kubota engine makes it quiet ...

On display here at the Mid-America Trucking Show, the new 5-kw, air-cooled, self-contained APU weighs in at less than 350 lb. and is just 27 in. wide. The system features a direct-drive alternator ...

“We’ve used diesel APUs, but the maintenance costs were too high,” said Mark Stahl, maintenance director at Central Trucking. “We also tried a different brand of electric APU, but the ...

Turning the truck engine off and using an APU to power heating, air conditioning, radios and other devices consumes about one-fifth of a gallon of diesel per hour and lowers emissions nearly to zero.

The new Battle Born All-Electric APU offers a comprehensive solution to the trucking industry by enabling compliance with increasing anti-idling regulations while potentially saving billions of ...

In an ongoing effort to help alleviate fuel consumption, Navistar has released its Fleetrite Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) for Class 8 trucks and fleets. Class 8 trucks use a lot of fuel while idling ...

Dragonfly Energy is taking its lithium battery auxiliary power unit (APU) concept to the heavy-duty trucking market, after finding success in the RV and marine segments. Wade Seaburg, the company’s ...

In that application, an APU must also handle extremes of heat and cold as well as nasty vibration. Surprisingly, Mechron general manager Paul Asselin says vibration in a heavy truck is a bigger ...