Cummins takes sole ownership of the natural gas joint venture as it moves to a new onboard storage partnership with Rush Enterprises’ Momentum Fuels.
A bigger-displacement natural gas-powered engine from Cummins could prompt fleets to switch from diesel in pursuit of lower emissions.
With TuSimple going public by IPO, a new report says rival autonomous trucking software developer Plus will soon follow via SPAC.
Autonomous software from Plus applied to the Cummins Westport natural gas engine could pair self-driving with negative net-zero carbon footprint.
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y using a certain type of natural gas, and measuring its life cycle, a manufacturer of engines says its technology has a carbon impact of less than zero.
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While natural gas trucks have been operating in ports for many years, a new report definitively states that they are a commercially viable option that can handle all the tasks required of drayage trucks.
Cummins said that its B.67N natural gas engine has been certified at 0.02 NOx levels.
As California tightens trucking emissions, natural gas seen as most viable in market currently.
The rise and fall of interest in natural gas trucks typically depends on the price of oil. Now, the availability of clean energy credits in California and tougher NOx rules expected from the California Air Resources Board are additional reasons for purchase.
