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WOW-appeal: Delivery Concepts recently co-manufactured the first all electric, all green food truck for use on the Google office campuses. The truck plugs into any standard 110 volt outlet. According to Bernie Pfeiffer of DCI, the compartments are fully customizable. Watch for more innovations from DCI in the coming months.
When an all-electric vehicle pulls up to a crowd, people notice, and when it is a multitemperature controlled food delivery vehicle with a high-tech plastic exterior, crowds form, customers line up and you hear a lot of “WOW!” “Yes, we designed and co-manufactured an all-green vehicle, for Google,” noted DCI’s Bernie Pfeiffer. “The Google truck utilizes the Columbia chassis, which is made in Wisconsin; the body was designed and manufactured at DCI’s factory in Elkhart, Indiana, from recycled plastic. It goes 40 miles on a charge; it’s fully electric.” It can be charged in as little as a couple of hours or a deep-cycle charge which is overnight. It has a protective charger so you can’t overcharge the batteries. Because it’s an all-green vehicle it qualifies for the government tax incentives. “It has a holding oven that holds 32 full-sized
steam table pans of food, a full-sized steam table, and a refrigerator compartment that you plug in overnight; it stays cold for 30 hours. “It has a solar-panel assist to assist the oven, and it carries two people. It is street legal where the posted speed limit is 35 mph or less.” DCI’s temperature controlled electric vehicle conversions are optimized in single or multitemperature configurations for delivering perishable cargo. With a seamless food-safe polyurea sprayed interior, the green, 100% electric vehicle is street legal and eliminates the hazards of dangerous propane gas or open flames or food contamination because it keeps temperatures consistent. “It’s got a lot of personality to it,” Pfeiffer said. “People who see it absolutely love it. I mean, even if you just park it in front of your store, it’s an attraction.” DCI’s ad appears on page 11.
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