Auxiliary power units allow truck drivers to have climate control for their sleepers and electricity for hotel loads without needing to idle the tractor engine, but fleets that elect to add APUs to ...

(MENAFN- GetNews)As anti-idling laws become more prevalent, medium- and heavy-duty truck fleets are turning to onboard generators like auxiliary power units (APUs), to operate accessory equipment.

There’s a lot of debate about the value of auxiliary power units (APU) these days. One the one hand are two studies – one conducted by the NC Solar Center (NCSC) at North Carolina State University ...

Kohler Power Systems will expand its generator product line to include an auxiliary power unit (APU) for the heavy-duty trucking industry. Its new 5-kilowatt APU will be available later this year and ...

The Cummins ComfortGuard is the first diesel-fueled auxiliary power unit to be verified as compliant with the California Air Resources Board’s anti-idling regulations, Cummins announced Tuesday, March ...

HANNOVER, Germany — Espar parent company Eberspaecher introduced at the IAA Commercial Vehicle show a new fuel cell-based auxiliary power unit (APU), which can provide a more efficient power supply to ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] This story appears in the Sept. 14 print edition of Transport Topics. Fleets are finding that auxiliary power units offer more than the ...