Chilled OX: Solar powered refrigerated small commercial vehicle for UK and Emerging Markets

**我们对该项目的愿景是为电动牛车**开发世界首个可拆卸的太阳能制冷机组**。**这是一个高度创新的车载技术项目，将增加零排放汽车(ZEV)在英国和新兴市场的普及。终端用户将通过免费太阳能和低成本电网电力的组合，受益于每年约90%的低能源成本。由于前期成本上升，总拥有成本提高了约55%。该项目是英国科技初创公司GVT&Sunswap与老牌冷藏运输运营商Seafast的合作伙伴关系。GVT由一家英国慈善机构创立，目的是解决新兴市场的运输短缺问题。GVT正在开发OX卡车，这是第一个部署在第一个市场卢旺达的新兴市场电动汽车，通过创新的移动即服务战略。SunSwap是一家清洁技术公司，其使命是通过创新、具有成本竞争力和零排放的运输制冷系统来实现全球冷链的脱碳。**英国技术**目前英国估计有16万辆\[Cenex\]小型商用冷藏车，这是配备交流发电机驱动的电动制冷机组的柴油卡车。该项目每年潜在的尾气二氧化碳节约量为220万吨(公吨)；来自制冷的0.6公吨，来自汽车驾驶的1.6百万吨。在温暖的日子里，制冷单位消耗7-13kWh。如果从ZEV牵引电池中取出，这将使车辆续航里程减少高达37%。这种范围缩小/可变的范围是冷藏物流企业采用ZEV车辆的主要障碍。由于消费者对碳中性食物链、二氧化碳排放目标和ICE车辆禁令的需求，对改进解决方案的需求很大。该项目将展示一种自给式太阳能制冷机组和电池备份，使英国冷藏物流能够在不恶化车辆里程的情况下切换到ZEV。**卢旺达技术**今天卢旺达浪费了40%的生产食品\[世界银行，2020年10月\]；缺乏冷链是一个主要原因。这个国家只有为数不多的柴油动力冷藏卡车和3家冷藏店。创建冷链是国家政府的优先事项，也是推出COVID疫苗的关键。通过展示**世界上第一个**太阳能驱动的可拆卸制冷机组，该项目将能够创建完整的冷链，即使在非电网地区，也可以避免对冷库的大量投资，使Seafast和GVT具有竞争优势。该项目**利用Sunswap完成的*先前的Innovate-UK项目**开发HGV太阳能制冷机组和GVT开发电动牛车和商业模式。

**Our vision for this project is to develop a world-first demountable, solar-powered refrigeration unit** for the electric OX truck**.**This is a highly innovative on-vehicle technology project that will increase the uptake of zero-emission-vehicles (ZEV) in UK and emerging markets.End-users will benefit from annual lower energy costs of ~90% through a combination of free solar-energy and lower-cost grid power. The total-cost-of-ownership improvement is ~55% due to higher upfront costs.This project is a partnership between UK-based technology startups, GVT & Sunswap, and Seafast, an established refrigerated transport operator.GVT was founded by a UK charity to tackle transport shortages in emerging markets. GVT is developing the OX truck, the first electric vehicle for emerging markets deployed to the first market, Rwanda, via an innovative mobility-as-a-service strategy.Sunswap is a clean-tech company on a mission to decarbonise the global cold-chain with innovative, cost-competitive, and zero-emission transport refrigeration systems.**UK Technology**There are currently an estimated 160,000 \[Cenex\] small commercial refrigerated vehicles in the UK, which are diesel trucks powered with alternator-driven electrical refrigeration units. Total potential tailpipe CO2 savings from this project is 2.2 megatonnes(MT) p.a.; 0.6MT from refrigeration and 1.6MT from vehicle driving.On a warm day, the refrigeration-unit consumes 7-13kWh. If taken from the ZEV traction battery, this would reduce the vehicle range by up to 37% \[Mercedes eSprinter\]. This reduced/variable range is a major barrier to refrigerated logistics businesses adopting ZEV vehicles.There is significant demand for improved solutions due to the consumer demand for carbon-neutral food chains, CO2 emissions targets and the ICE vehicle ban.This project will demonstrate a self-contained solar-powered refrigeration unit with battery backup to enable UK refrigerated logistics to switch to ZEV without deteriorating vehicle range.**Rwanda Technology**Today Rwanda wastes 40% of food produced \[World Bank, Oct 2020\]; a lack of cold-chain is a major cause. There are only a handful of diesel-powered refrigerated trucks in the country and 3 cold stores. Creating a cold chain is a national government priority and essential for the roll-out of the COVID vaccine.By demonstrating a **world first** solar-powered, demountable refrigeration unit, this project will enable creating a full cold-chain even in off-grid areas, avoiding significant investment in cold stores, giving Seafast and GVT a competitive advantage.This project **exploits** **prior Innovate-UK projects** completed by Sunswap to develop an HGV solar-powered refrigeration unit and GVT to develop the electric OX truck and business model.