Australian refrigerated truck assembler Eurocold is launching a spinoff company, Revora, to develop and build all-electric refrigerated trucks in a factory based in Brisbane. The company’s mission is to empower the refrigerated transport industry towards a sustainable future.
Revora’s experienced team is led by Nathan Gore-Brown, who has been involved with electrification of transport for many years. After working for Jaguar and Aston Martin in the UK early in his career, Gore-Brown launched Tesla’s initial flagship Brisbane outlet. He then worked for consultant firm MOV3MENT from 2018 advising councils, state government and companies on how to electrify their fleets.
Revora’s offering includes initial consultation on current fleet make-up and measurement of diesel usage, suitability to cross over to electric refrigerated trucks, supply of optimised zero-emission refrigerated commercial vehicles, energy/charging stations (optimised for fleet size and operations model), staff training, and on-call support. To optimise efficiency once going electric, Revora is devising a technology-led process that will assist fleet owners to ensure they are maximising opportunities through telematic data tracking on the vehicles and software to monitor energy systems.
Gore-Brown explains that electric trucks are perfect for last mile delivery duty cycles due to their ability to recapture energy through regenerative braking. He also notes that electric trucks will provide opportunities for customers to gain new contracts due to businesses wanting to reduce their carbon footprint.
Revora will officially launch at the Fully Charged Live show in Sydney this Saturday, but their first refrigerated electric truck won’t be on display until the Brisbane Truck Show, May 18-21. The company says that over the past 12 months it has had lots of positive discussions with the industry, and they are looking to focus on small clusters of rigid electric refrigerated trucks of all sizes to suit customer needs.
Daniel Bleakley, a clean technology researcher and advocate with a background in engineering and business, has a strong interest in electric vehicles, renewable energy, manufacturing and public policy. He believes that Revora’s mission to empower the refrigerated transport industry towards a sustainable future is an important step in the right direction.
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