Freightliner to offer Cummins X15N natural gas engine for Cascadia
Freightliner announced that the Cummins X15N natural gas engine will be available in its Cascadia trucks. Freightliner will offer the X15N in the Cascadia 126-in. BBC, in both sleeper and day cab configurations. Production is targeted to begin in 2025. The X15N is designed for heavy-duty and on-highway truck applications, with 400 to 500 HP
Allegan County Transportation switches to propane transit buses
Allegan County Transportation’s propane buses better prepare the county for national emissions requirements set to be implemented in 2024 and 2027
Westport awarded additional production supply agreement for Euro 7 LPG fuel systems
Westport Fuel Systems chosen as LPG systems supplier for global OEM, Euro 7 platforms included.
Chevron, Cummins announce alternative fuel agreement
This agreement will encompass liquid renewable fuels, such as renewable gasoline blends, biodiesel and renewable diesel.
The hydrogen truck reality: NACFE finds duty cycle sweet spot
Hydrogen and battery electric are not an “either/or” but an “and” for the zero-emission freight future, NACFE says.
Noregon, ClearFlame partner to provide service information for alternative fuel systems
This collaboration aims to improve alternative fuel servicing in the commercial vehicle and equipment industry.
When decarbonizing a diesel truck means removing the diesel fuel
The trucking industry is starting to come to terms with the idea that there’s no decarbonization magic bullet. Just as there’s no one-size-fits-all truck spec, there’s no all encompassing zero-emissions technology that’s going to meet all application and duty cycle demands. For fleets serious about decarbonization, it means finding the right mix of technologies they
ACT Expo: A recap podcast, part 2
It’s time for part two! For those who missed it, the last episode of Fleet Future featured Editor Jason Morgan, Senior Editor David Sickels and yours truly, Managing Editor Alex Crissey, recapping September’s zero-emissions focused ACT Expo. Jason attended the show, but David and I did not, so we peppered him with questions for enough
Fleet Advantage on the impact of decarbonization, GHG regulations and electrification on truck lifecycles
FE caught up with Fleet Advantage to talk about the latest developments in the truck market, how electrification and emissions goals will affect truck lifecycles, and a few other topics at the TMC Fall Meeting in Cleveland in September. Below is our Q&A with Al Barner, senior vice president of business development at Fleet Advantage.
Hyzon Motors to provide hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty truck for trial with Total Transportation Services
Hyzon Motors Inc.‘s hydrogen fuel cell-powered truck will hit the road soon in California in its first customer trial in the U.S. Hyzon signed a trial agreement with Total Transport Services Inc (TTSI), a port trucking company in Southern California, to provide a Class 8 heavy-duty fuel cell electric truck to TTSI for a 30-day
Class 8 natural gas truck retail sales gained 19% YTD through May
For the first five months of 2021, U.S. and Canadian Class 8 natural gas truck retail sales rose 19% year-to-date against a “somewhat unfair comparison of the same time period in 2020,” as published in the quarterly report (AFQ: Alternative Fuels Quarterly) recently released by ACT Research. For context, total U.S. Class 8 sales were
Hyliion touts strong fleet test case results on hybrid CNG solution
Hyliion has announced positive initial results from a truck loan program launched in conjunction with Portland-based natural gas provider NW Natural, which featured Hyliion’s hybrid CNG solution. As part of the program, Hyliion collaborated with NW Natural to equip a Freightliner Cascadia day cab with their Hybrid compressed natural gas (CNG) solution, a self-charging powertrain that boosts
