Trailer trucking firms that are planning on investing in the future with the purchase of new units with Cummins Engines will be happy to hear that the US Department of Energy (DOE) is going to fund two projects at Cummins Engines to help build a greener generation of Cummins Engines. This means Cummins Engines could be putting out a few engines in trucking transports in a few years that could be a leader in green technology for Class 8 tractors, which is being called a SuperTruck by the OEM. The SuperTruck as it’s called will implement both a highly efficient and clean diesel engine and an advanced waste heat recovery system, paired with a Peterbilt tractor trailer combination, plus a fuel cell auxiliary power unit to reduce engine idling.
This is great news for the trailer trucking industry of North America and the world. The next generation of Peterbilt Class 8 tractors could be running an engine that’s regarded as one of the best in the business for helping reduce a trucking firm’s carbon-wheel print. Only the first step down the road to maybe one day not using carbon based fuels at all in the trucking industry, but a good first step for Cummins Engines. The question in the end for truckers will be just how efficient and useful will any new engines be for reducing carbon emissions, while still allowing the business of trucking freight to grow and prosper in the future.
Cummins would like to improve the mileage of the new engine by about 40 percent through this initiative in partnership with the US Department of Energy and hopefully go far beyond the current 2010 EPA emissions requirements for new diesel transport trucks.
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