Energy recovery represents a major opportunity to improve commercial vehicle efficiency. WABCO continuously innovates to recuperate energy and utilize overrun phases, for example, in mechanical operations and braking. WABCO’s technology roadmap includes industry-leading engineering innovations for optimizing energy recovery. For example, WABCO’s Electronic Air Processing Unit (FuelGuard E-APU) is sophisticated air processing technology. E-APU controls the air compressor to pump air into the air system with a maximum utilization of overrun phases, resulting in fuel savings. E-APU also provides intelligent regeneration of the cartridge desiccants which reduces air usage, delivering further fuel savings. The company’s electrically driven compressor (e-comp) uses regenerated electrical energy in commercial vehicles equipped with hybrid or fully electronic drivelines to provide compressed air.
