Alonso Navarrete never intended to be an engineer. “I ended up in college kind of by accident,” he says. “My prime path was to go to the military. I prepared all through high school for that. I was in the JROTC and was doing training in El Paso, Texas.” When the military didn’t work out due to familial obligations, Alonso decided to stay close to home and attend New Mexico State University. There
PACCAR will work with Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) to offer the new Cummins X15N natural gas engine in Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks. The X15N is the first natural gas engine to be specifically designed for heavy-duty truck applications with up to 500 horsepower output. The engine will include the integration of the Cummins Clean Fuel Technologies fuel delivery system. “PACCAR can help custom
There are many good reasons to switch to vehicles with natural gas engines, such as saving money on fuel and on vehicle, a better ability to forecast operating costs and avoiding cold-weather problems. Another top reason why many fleet operators invest in compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles is that they can drastically lower emissions. The 2022 State of Sustainable Fleets Report found
There are growing choices in the commercial vehicle space that can help fleets reduce their overall transportation emissions. It can be a difficult space to navigate, whether a fleet is trying to keep up with tighter emission regulations or meet corporate ESG and sustainability goals. The complexities around incorporating lower carbon fuel types, training drivers, learning new service requirements
Cummins has announced that its Darlington Engine Plant’s 1.5 millionth mid-range engine has made it across the globe to South Korea and been installed into a Hyundai excavator. In January, Cummins revealed that it had manufactured its 1.5 millionth Mid-Range engine, a B5.9, at its Darlington factory in the north-east of England. Since then, the team at Darlington has been tracking the pro
The advent of the hydrogen economy infrastructure has been hyped for a long time. In 1997, Wired magazine was writing about the “Dawn of the Hydrogen Age”. Cars with solar panels on their roof would go 5,000 miles between fill ups—and you would be able to drink from their exhaust. By the early 2000’s, several car manufacturers in the world had a hydrogen car program, few with hydrogen engines; unf
Can an engine run on hydrogen? Absolutely! How today’s hydrogen engines work is very similar to natural gas and gasoline engines with respect to its working principle and architecture. They just run on hydrogen - a zero carbon fuel. And, they are coupled with high pressure gas cylinders, which are a safe and practical way to store hydrogen onboard. Are hydrogen engines viable?&n
The transportation sector emits five million metric tons of CO2 a day in the U.S. This is about 36 pounds of carbon every day for each person in the U.S. Passenger cars, motorcycles, heavy-duty trucks, trains, boats, and airplanes all contribute to this carbon emission, but at varying levels. When you look at the increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions among these transportation applicat
Werner Enterprises (Nasdaq: WERN), a premier transportation and logistics provider, and Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI), global power solutions provider, have announced that Werner will begin validation and integration of Cummins’ recently announced 15-liter natural gas and 15-liter hydrogen internal combustion engines in its vehicles. Cummins will begin integrating these new powertrains in Werner trucks
Regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from motor vehicles are tightening around the world. With this, both hydrogen engines and hydrogen fuel cells are receiving an increasing interest. Given medium and heavy-duty trucks are a major source of CO2 emissions, the transportation sector’s journey to destination zero features both technologies. As more truck makers join the
For a long time, it looked like cars with hydrogen engines or fuel cells would one day take over the roads and the transportation sector. Hydrogen fuel cell cars release no harmful emissions of any kind, have a long range, and can be refueled in minutes. In theory they sound like a great way to decarbonize the transportation sector. In practice, hydrogen cars are facing stiff competition from plug
How can hydrogen fuel power a vehicle? Using hydrogen to power an engine or motor is more straight forward than you might think. There are two ways to do this. The first way involves a device known as a fuel cell. The fuel cell converts hydrogen to electricity, which then powers the vehicle’s electric motors, just like in any electric vehicle. The other way is hydrog