Petaluma Egg Farm, a family-run egg farm that serves grocery stores across Northern California, has placed an order for Range Energy’s electric-powered trailer system (ePTS), and plans to deploy the trailers in its California-based operations starting next year.
The ePTS kit can be installed on any dry van or refrigerated trailer and provides propulsion assistance that saves on fuel costs. It will enable the farm to run tractors with smaller engines on delivery routes while delivering the same product volume to grocery stores.
Before purchasing the trailer system, the farm ran an initial pilot in July 2024, testing a refrigerated trailer equipped with the ePTS on long-distance routes ranging from 100 to 440 miles, as well as within city distribution operations consisting of more than 15 delivery stops. The system was charged during typical dwell times and delivered fuel savings of up to 70 miles per gallon.
“The Range ePTS is able to power a transport refrigeration unit (TRU) in electric mode all day, further reducing diesel fuel consumption, emissions and noise,” Range Energy said.
Source: Range Energy
