Westport to halt 15-L natural gas engine orders

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Jeff Crissey, Content Director
Oct 31, 2013
Updated Nov 5, 2013

Westport announced it is halting orders for its 15-liter natural gas engine beginning on November 15.

Click here to read Hardworking Trucks’s story on Westport’s decision and its plans for a new HPDI product in the future.

 

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