69 2015 Naturally, when talking about trends, the director of the Universal Carrocerias is emphatic: they are “excellent”. And could be even better if there was a line of credit of its own. The Truckvan’s partner also has no doubt. He uses a study done by the consulting firm Vecchi Ancona as the basis for his optimism. “The business in mobile gastronomy should generate R$ 2 billion in Brazil in 2015. Truckvan intends to have revenues of about R$12 million this year with food trucks and deliver approximately 8 units per month”. According to him, the great demand is concentrated in the city of São Paulo due to services regulations. Although two units to Bahia have been sold and inquiries from other States have been received. As he is aware that innovation is critical, Alcides Braga anticipates some developments for the next generation of food trucks. “Truckvan will provide entrepreneurs with an option of solar kit consisting of flexible solar panels, which will be installed on the roof of the vehicle,” informs. Environmental and economic reasons are part of the explanations to deploy this technology: “Flexible solar panels bring some benefits to the food truck as diesel economy, life cycle increase and less battery maintenance, reduction of CO2 emission, autonomy in lighting and power supply for battery for cell phones charging. This technology was brought from the USA by Sunlution, a company specialized in distributed generation - solar and hybrid”. Universal Carrocerias is also preparing some news, although some of them are trade secret. However, Paul Mangini anticipates some details to be implemented such as adjustments in the kitchen and use of automation “in structural part”. Certain to be rigorously adhering to the law, Paulo Mangini goes beyond formalities and makes a claim: “the ideal situation would to be have a Health Surveillance permit or a qualification seal, because this way we could improve the food truck design as a whole”.
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