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Scania, a Swedish company that manufactures trucks, buses, and diesel engines, will develop trailers with solar panels

Written by Roberta Souza
Published 08/10/2020 às 09:08
Scania, trailer, solar panels
Scania trailer with solar panels

In Europe, Scania's trailer will have a trunk covered with solar panels, with the aim of recharging the tractor's batteries

Scania AB is a Swedish manufacturer of trucks, buses, and diesel engines, and has operations in over 100 countries. The company, in Europe, will develop a truck whose entire trunk is covered with solar panels. The aim of the project will be to recharge the tractor's batteries. Autonomy in Sweden, which is a cold country, can reach 10%, whereas in Spain this figure can reach 20%.

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The design of using solar panels is already seen in some trucks, boats and motorbikes, but they are almost always used to power auxiliary equipment such as refrigerators, televisions, etc.

The truck will be 18 meters long and will also be used by the Swedish company Ernst Express, the company has been cooperating with Scania for many years to develop technologies, such as suspended electrical networks for certain tests on roads. The trailer's roof and sides will be covered with 140 square meters of solar panels, which can generate up to 14.000 kWh of electricity per year in Sweden, and twice as much in places with more sun.

The project is funded by Vinnova, the Swedish government's innovation agency and involves, in addition to Scania and Ernst Express, Midsummer, which manufactures solar panels, Uppsala University, which carries out advanced research on more efficient solar cells, and Dalakaf Energy. , a company operating in the energy sector.

The study will also look into the possibility of using stationary trucks as stationary generators to power the carrier's buildings, for example, when the vehicle's battery is fully charged. This can be done mainly on weekends when the truck is off road and also during some type of maintenance.

Roberta Souza

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