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Allison, Cummins test fully-automatic transmission with nat-gas X15N

The companies, along with a California-based fleet, tested Allison's 4000 Series fully-automatic transmission with Cummins' X15N 15-liter natural gas engine. Also: ATA's Executives Council gets new leadership; shippers' conditions improved in May.

July 25, 2024

Allison and Cummins X15N test with Sandman truck

Alternative fuel efficient: Peterbilt's 579 with Cummins' X15N nat gas engine

More than a decade after its demise, big natural gas power is back.

July 19, 2024

Peterbilt Model 579 natural gas

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Peterbilt powered by Cummins' X15N natural gas engine: How does it compare to diesel?

Cummins' X15N natural gas engine is its latest, greatest and biggest natural gas engine.

July 5, 2024

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Alternative power

RNG-fueled trucks ‘most compelling carbon reduction strategy,’ says Hexagon Agility VP

Renewable natural gas (RNG) producers opened over 150 new facilities in 2023, making it a record year in which 91% of new natural gas projects generated RNG. Another 175 projects expected to be ready by year's end.

June 11, 2024

Hexagon Agility CNG-fueled semi truck displayed at ACT Expo

Cummins' 15-liter gives nat gas the hype it's lacked for decades

Natural gas, spurred by Cummins' new big bore motor, will not go quietly into that alternative fuel good night.

May 23, 2024

Clean Energy Peterbilt

Shell Starship 3.0 set to make cross-country tour

The tour will begin after the truck's appearance at ACT Expo in Las Vegas this week. Also: Penske employees oust International Association of Machinists (IAM) union at two locations.

May 20, 2024

Shell Starship 3.0

Natural gas has promise, but not perfect alternative solution

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) turned its attention to natural gas this week, releasing its newest Confidence Report, Natural Gas’ Role in Decarbonizing Trucking, during a press conference Monday.

March 25, 2024

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Battery electric

How fleets can get started today transitioning to lower emissions or EVs

Leaders from Samsara, Covenant, and DHL discuss key learnings about the shift from diesel to electric and how fleets can start small in reducing emissions today.

October 12, 2023

DHL electric E-Transit

Knight Transportation 'encouraged' by new Cummins nat gas engine

Knight Transportation encouraged by the power and torque from the new 15 liter natural gas engine.

October 2, 2023

Knight transportation, Cummins and Clean Energy demonstrate potential of ultra-low carbon fuel through Cummins X15N natural gas powertrains in California.

Hyliion Hypertruck ERX: an EV assisted by natural gas

The Hypertruck ERX is capable of charging its own batteries using natural gas.

August 22, 2023

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Carbon negative bio-LNG could gain traction in the U.S.

Cummins, Hexagon Agility and Natural Gas Vehicles for America weigh in on bio liquified natural gas which for now has been mostly at work in European trucks.

May 26, 2023

Internal combustion still got game. Hexagon Agility displayed UPS' Mack truck which runs on renewable natural gas at ACT Expo earlier this month. The annual week-long event features mostly all-electric commercial vehicles followed by hydrogen fuel cell. Internal combustion (IC) examples like the one above are few and far between though experts, including those at Cummins, see clean-running IC powertrains playing a critical role on the long path to zero emissions. Bio liquified natural gas (LNG) may get some additional use in the U.S. as fleets push to cut emissions but it's expected to be an uphill climb given a lack of infrastructure. Hexagon reports that it's bio LNG Cryoshelter shown on the left sparked interest in both U.S. and European fleets.

Natural gas making its strongest-ever case for long haul

Big power and simplified maintenance has thrust natural gas back into the spotlight.

May 26, 2023

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Walmart 'betting big' on Cummins new X15N natural gas engine

Walmart is pleased with a pilot it entered with Cummins to test its new X15N natural gas engine and sees it as an ideal fit for long haul where all-electric and fuel cell fall far short on range.

May 14, 2023

Walmart Freightliner with new Cummins X15N natural gas engine at ACT Expo's Ride and Drive event

Shell rolls out Starship 3.0 with Cummins' new X15N natural gas engine

Starship 3.0 is equipped with Cummins new X15N natural gas engine and is fueled by Shell Renewable Natural Gas, a carbon negative fuel.

May 3, 2023

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Werner set to test Cummins' 15-liter nat-gas engine

The Top 250 fleet also announced it has deployed to Freightliner eCascadias in SoCal. Also: Former U.S. Xpress exec joins 3PL as CEO; shippers' conditions mostly flat in February; Covenant opens new driver lounge, orientation center.

April 27, 2023

Alternative power

Technology woe is me

Playing a technology out as some maligned, forgotten underdog may strike some sympathetic chord with a marketplace.

April 25, 2023

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Natural gas sales 'fickle,' but will hold their own in the face of zero emission alternatives

So far in 2023, sales of natural gas trucks are down 29% year-to-date through February when compared to the same period last year.

April 24, 2023

Kenworth T680 natural gas

Walmart set to deploy first Cummins 15-liter natgas engine

The first North American Cummins X15N 15-liter compressed natural gas engine will be incorporated into Walmart’s private fleet.

April 18, 2023

Walmart fleet truck

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FMCSA advised carriers not to sell, purchase, or lease a USDOT Number or Operating Authority (MC Number) online or elsewhere from an unknown person or outside of a legitimate corporate transaction

FMCSA issues warning to fleets selling or leasing USDOT, MC numbers

The agency announced it will aggressively inactivate numbers and revoke registrations found to be part of unauthorized sales, rentals, or leases.

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Workforce Pell Grant unlocks funds for CDLs, diesel tech certs

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Class 8 truck orders surge 159% in February, signaling cyclical recovery

Chief Financial Officer Chris Wikoff noted that last year, average truck count in Werner's One-Way division, where ECM operated, was 2,386, a 10% decrease year-over-year.

ECM Transport future in question amid Werner’s One-Way reorg

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