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Jun 8, 2007

Trucker’s invention * USA - Now a Mack option

USA -eTrucker, by Jill Dunn -7 June 2007: -- Mack Trucks is the first manufacturer to offer as an option the Idle Free Hybrid System invented by Overdrive 2006 Trucker of the Year Robert Jordan... The system uses absorbed glass mat batteries to provide stored electrical power for heating, air conditioning and amenities such as television... The five sealed long-life AGM batteries are housed under the sleeper’s bunk... The batteries can be recharged by the truck’s alternator when the engine is running, by a shore power connection when the vehicle is stopped, or through a connection to the reefer unit for tractors hauling refrigerated trailers...

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