Cummins Unveils Innovative X15N Natural Gas Engine for Heavy-Duty Trucks
Key Ideas
- Cummins unveiled the X15N 15-liter natural gas engine for heavy-duty trucks, boasting impressive power and torque specifications that rival diesel engines.
- The X15N engine offers significant environmental benefits, including lower NOx emissions, reduced particulate matter emissions, and a decrease in greenhouse CO2 emissions.
- Cummins is working on building a lower-cost, fuel-agnostic engine architecture that can operate with natural gas, hydrogen, and diesel, facilitating the transition to more sustainable fuels.
California's car industry is moving away from fossil fuels, with Cummins unveiling the X15N 15-liter natural gas engine designed to disrupt the heavy-duty truck market. The engine boasts impressive power and torque specifications, rivaling diesel engines. It offers environmental benefits with lower emissions and a decrease in greenhouse CO2 emissions. Cummins is focusing on a lower-cost, fuel-agnostic engine architecture to operate with natural gas, hydrogen, and diesel. The X15N engine is compatible with both CNG and LNG systems, offering advantages for long-haul trucking with possible endurance of up to 1000 miles on a single fill. Cummins is also developing hydrogen engines as part of its platform program aimed at reducing emissions and achieving a 100% zero-emission vehicle fleet by 2030–2035.
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Heavy-duty Trucks
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