DICV Showcases Special Reefer Truck to Transport COVID Vaccine’s

Chennai – Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd (DICV) of Oragadam, near Chennai, a subsidiary of Germany’s Daimler AG, has showcased its BSafe Express’ a specialised ‘reefer’ truck for transporting Covid-19 vaccine. BSafe Express was designed by DICV in collaboration with Valeo Motherson Thermal Commercial Vehicles India Limited of Noida, a JV company of Valeo & Motherson Group. a joint venture between SAMIL and Spheros GmbH of Germany.

It will be offered in a diverse portfolio from 10-42 tonne to cater to the needs of the Indian market. It is a lightweight insulated reefer which comes along with a telematics solution. Also has integrated IoT sensors offering real-time monitoring of temperature, humidity, shock, tilt and tamper. The trucks will also have Covid free cabins with infection proof fabric as a standard fitment. 

Satyakam Arya, Managing Director, and CEO, DICV said, “Around 1.3 billion people are to be vaccinated, not once, but twice. Government is vaccinating the Covid warriors first which is about three crores. Then they are vaccinating people beyond a certain age who have comorbidity which is around USD3.75m (INR 27 crores). So, we expect the real demand to come in when the second course starts. And there is another USD13.89m (INR 100 crores) beyond that. This would require a dedicated fleet of 10000-12000 trucks. If India has to do this safely, they need reefer trucks.”

“DICV already exports to markets worldwide and this solution is made in India for India and is ready for the world. We will be offering this solution to all the markets Daimler and Motherson is present.” Satyakam Arya added.

LV Sehgal, Vice Chairman, Motherson Group, added that, “Motherson has made this with the components in-house. All this is from the investment that has been done internally, so far. Also, the air-con was developed with Valeo-Motherson JV. It has the capacity to go up to -20’C.”