Amazon Adding More Than 700 CNG Trucks
Amazon Inc. is adding more than 700 compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks to its fleet as it looks for ways to reduce emissions in its operations, according to industry reports. Due to various degrees of…
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Cummins To Provide Engines To Navistar
Diesel engine leader Cummins Inc. will supply medium and heavy-duty truck and bus engines to Navistar International Corp. through the next two emission cycles, or 2026, the company announced recently. “This new long-term agreement with Cummins…
EPA Issues Emissions ‘Pre-Rule’
An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pre-rule issued Jan. 6 is the first formal step in an attempt by the agency to establish more stringent heavy-duty diesel truck emission standards for oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and…
Boston Steel Exhibits New DEF Unit
At the last New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) show in Providence, R.I.,Boston Steel, a division of Tremcar USA, exhibited a Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) unit. It was specially designed to carry DEF, a liquid, aqueous…
Freeland Retiring As Cummins President
Rich Freeland, Cummins president and chief operating officer, is retiring after 40 years with the company. He will be succeeded by Tony Satterthwaite, distribution president, the company announced. The new appointments will be effective today…
Cummins and Isuzu Formalize Agreement
Cummins Inc. and Isuzu Motors Limited have taken another step forward in their partnership by entering into the Isuzu Cummins Powertrain Partnership agreement. The agreement, announced in May, formalized a business structure for the two…
Ports Will See Class 8 Electric Trucks
The busiest truck hub on the U.S. West Coast said that while major truck manufacturers and start-ups have made progress on battery-electric Class 8 trucks, the technology is still two years away at best from…
Navistar Must Pay Damages, Court Rules
Navistar, parent company of International Trucks, has been ordered by an Ohio-based jury to pay Dutch Maid Logistics, a 150-truck fleet out of Willard, Ohio, at least $1.3 million in damages relating to Navistar’s now-defunct…
Peterbilt Testing Opposed-Piston Engines
A pair of heavy duty, opposed-piston engines will be produced for an emissions-reduction project in California, officials with the program said last month. The two 10.6L, 450-horsepower engines designed by Achates Power will run in…
EPA Plans Further Emission Reduction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will launch a new rule to further cut emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) from diesel-powered, heavy duty trucks, agency officials said recently. EPA said it intends to publish a…
