CabAire Truck Electrification Solutions:
Reviews from Professional Truck Drivers

At a North Carolina truck stop, we found CabAire (a subsidiary of Control Module Industries), an anti-idling or truck electrification solution that their website describes as "stationary anti-idling, idle reduction, and emission monitoring systems."

Their website describes the set-up this way: "By attaching the window unit to their truck cabin window, truck drivers can obtain UV filtered air, heating, air conditioning, power, internet, cable, and intercom communications."

Up until this point, Vicki had only personally seen a truck stop type of stationary idling alternative that was quite large.

These, on the other hand, were smaller units installed at the intersection of every other parking space, each one able to serve two trucks.

A close up of one of the units shows the cabinet with air tubes hanging beneath, a light and a camera. (At least, these are the components we see and recognize.) This page of their website lists a bunch of security features associated with using their service. Also on their website is a logo for SmartWay Transport Partnership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Their having achieved SmartWay designation is not described in words on the site, but the Industry Affiliations paragraph of Control Module Industries' Wikipedia page says that the subsidiary is "an EPA SmartWay transportation partner and is a NATSO (National Association of Truck Stop Owners) member."

The following two photos show a couple of labels from one of the units on the premises.

The first shows an identification number, model number, manufacture date and electrical information.

The second shows another identification number and a declaration that the equipment has been field evaluated.

	Mike held up the unit (left) to show its "service center," a close-up of the touchpad part of which is below. At the bottom, there are two outlets for 115vac/20 amp power and an "outlet" each for Internet and Cable TV.
	The touchpad has sensors for AC, Heat, Fan, Info, Pay and more.

In the listing of environmental benefits on their site is "100% detection of idling vehicles" and "Enforced anti-idling rules." This makes us wonder if a driver who chose not to use their service would face unpleasant consequences for idling in one of the spaces where CabAire service is available. We do not recall if the truck stop where we saw this service had non-service spaces for large trucks.

We previously covered the issue of idling, including giving a link to a calculator to determine how expensive it is to idle a large truck and providing anti-idling alternatives for drivers of commercial motor vehicles. The system described on this page is one such alternative.

If you are a professional truck driver and you have used the CabAire Truck Electrification Solution within the last 6 months, we invite you to review it on this page through the form below, answering questions such as these:

• Where did you use the service and for how long?
• What services did you use and how well did they work?
• How would you rate the quality and money saving ability of the service?
• Do you think the service was worth the price you paid for it?
• Would you use this service again and why?

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