What’s not to like about lower fuel costs and reduced emissions?

Chuck Coppa and Lyle Jensen with Freightliner Coronado retrofit to run and natural gas and diesel fuel

With diesel prices at all-time highs, the American Power Group Inc. is hoping its dual-fuel approach to heavy-duty trucking results in greater interest among owner-operators and small fleets.

The $25,000 retrofit substitutes one of two diesel tanks on a Class 8 tractor with natural gas and uses software to make the two fuels work together, saving money at the pump and reducing emissions.

APG sees turbocharging natural gas in a diesel engine as an alternative for owner-operators and small fleets...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/whats-not-to-like-about-lower-fuel-costs-and-reduced-emissions

Cummins reworking its engine families to run on multiple low-carbon fuels

Cummins Inc. is making all its engine families capable of running on diesel, natural gas or hydrogen in a move to meet its pledge of reducing lifetime greenhouse gas emissions from its new engines 25% by the end of the decade.

The fuel-agnostic engines will use engine blocks with the same architecture and core components but customized for different fuels. These new platforms will draw on lessons from millions of diesel and natural gas engines in use. Cummins will leverage digital and connected...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cummins-reworking-its-engine-families-to-run-on-multiple-low-carbon-fuels

Cummins buys out Westport natural gas joint venture for $20M

Cummins Inc. is now the sole owner of the former Cummins-Westport natural gas engine joint venture, a 10-year partnership that ended Dec. 31, 2021.

Westport Fuel Systems gets $20 million from Cummins in exchange for its share of intellectual property of the joint venture, which Cummins will continue to operate. Natural gas reduces smog-forming emissions by 90% compared to current EPA standards for nitrogen oxide air pollutants.

Watch now: Cummins takes over Westport portion of natural gas joint...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cummins-buys-out-westport-natural-gas-joint-venture-for-20m