Challenger partners with TRANSTEX for fuel savings, emissions reduction
Challenger Motor Freight, a Canadian company whose services include temperature-controlled transportation, recently partnered with TRANSTEX to save fuel and reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Challenger selected 100 of the trailer aerodynamics company’s EDGE ELITE AERO SYSTEM (EEAS) for its newest trailer order.
According to TRANSTEX, third-party testing has shown that the system provides up to 10.49% fuel savings, or $4,618 per vehicle, when equipping the EEAS on 53-foot dry van trailers. The system includes the E-2330T EDGE SKIRTS, EDGE TOPKIT+, and EDGE FLAPS.
“After rigorous evaluation, we concluded that TRANSTEX’s trailer aerodynamic technology is the far superior collective solution that checks all the boxes for our fleet’s needs,” said Jim Peeples, Challenger Motor Freight’s president and COO.
The company says it looked at five main features when considering what solution to equip:
- Best fuel efficiency results and how they’re validated,
- Best product durability,
- Least driver inconvenience and interactions,
- Product simplicity, and
- Most comprehensive warranty.
With fuel being one of the largest expenses for fleets, Challenger considers reducing this operating cost to be a main goal in supporting its long-term growth trajectory. The EDGE ELITE AERO SYSTEM addresses a trailer’s key aerodynamic deficiencies at the sides and rear.
“As innovators and first movers in trailer aerodynamics, leveraging R&D and various comprehensive testing methods are at the core of our success,” said Pierre-Yves Lacroix, TRANSTEX’s engineering director. “To ensure we give our customers only the best-in-class solutions, TRANSTEX’s side skirts, rear aerodynamic fairings, and aerodynamic mudflaps are subject to wind-tunnel testing, computational fluid dynamics analysis, road testing, and much more. This is how we’ve been able to reach fuel savings results of up to 10.49% for dry vans.”
An added EEAS benefit Challenger said it appreciates is increased sustainability for its fleet. “If the products align with our fuel savings initiatives meant to benefit our organization and they’re also good for the environment, then it’s a win-win situation,” said Adam Wolk, Challenger Motor Freight’s director of maintenance.
In addition, as a for-hire fleet, Challenger affects its customers’ Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores. Therefore, they’re no strangers to emissions data audits. With TRANSTEX’s EDGE ELITE AERO SYSTEM, Challenger improves its audit data, and extends the fuel savings and GHG improvements to its customers.
