Batteries recycled from old LEAFs run the refrigeration equipment in this all-electric truck.

Ice cream in summer can be such a nice treat, but your traditional ice cream truck usually has a diesel engine going all the time to keep the refrigeration equipment running, emitting nitrogen dioxides and particulates. And they often play that annoying jingle that sends the kids into paroxysms of desire.

© Nissan UKNow Nissan, working with Scottish ice cream maker Mackie, has introduced a totally electric ice cream truck. Mackies is already powered by renewables; it is “aiming to be Britain’s ‘greenest’ company by becoming self-sufficient in energy and removing any dependence on fossil-fuels. Mackie’s uses solar panels, wind turbines and biomass plants to provide its family-owned farm with clean renewable energy.”

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Nissan’s e-NV200 electric light commercial vehicle has a 40kWh battery and a range of 187 miles in the city, but additional power is needed for the refrigeration equipment. Nissan is introducing Energy ROAM battery packs that are made from LI cells recovered from first-generation electric cars like the LEAF, each with a capacity of 700 Wh and a maximum output of a thousand watts. The truck also has solar panels on the roof that can fill up the ROAM batteries in a couple of hours.

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