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Here is an interview with the CEO of Westport being very bullish about the chances of LNG powered trucks selling in big numbers. Yes, the technology works well and efficiently. Yes, Natural Gas is cheap when compared to oil. Yes, the cost per kilometre is much lower than for a diesel engine. But, and it’s [...]

Here’s a first look at the Cummins engine of the future, the new ISX15, to be released in the US next year to meet the very stringent US EPA 2010 exhaust emission rules. The engine will use EGR and SCR. In the video, Steve Charlton, vice president of heavy-duty engineering for Cummins, provides a walkaround [...]

  2008 may be the year natural gas, in all its forms, finally gets a bit of credibility in the transport industry in Australia. On the evidence of the recent Brisbane Truck Show the truck manufacturers are now taking gas power seriously and on the evidence of operator interest at the the same show, gas [...]

One of the truck industry’s gentlemen has been honoured by the Australian Trucking Association at their annual awards dinner on the Gold Coast when Ross McDonald of Cummins South Pacific recieved the 2009 Don Watson Memorial Award for lifetime achievement. He was presented the award by Noelene Watson, seen here with ATA Chairman Trevor Martyn.  

The latest heavy duty engine sales figures demonstrate Caterpillar’s continuing fall in market share among US truck buyers. As Cat fell from 20% to 12% in the first six months of 2008, Cummins rose to 40% from 32% share of the top end of the heavy duty market.

Long time US truck market commentator Oliver Dixon is casting doubt on the long term future of Cummins as a supplier of heavy duty truck engines, saying the ISX is likely to disappear form the company’s offering in the next few years.

Cummins has announced that it will add Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) aftertreatment to its Heavy-Duty products for the US market in 2010 to deliver the best fuel efficiency for its customers.

Cummins have announced it has concluded its joint ventures with CNH Global and Iveco, two Fiat Group companies. Under the new agreement, Cummins will purchase CNH’s equity stake in Consolidated Diesel Company (CDC) and will sell its interest in the European Engine Alliance.

Fallout from the Caterpillar/Navistar deal continues with an announcement by Freightliner concerning the return of Cummins as an engine supplier in the US. Freightliner have only offered Detroit or Cat in heavy duty for the last five years on their domestic market.

The fallout from Caterpillar’s decision to get out of the highway truck engine market in the US after 2010 has started to reverberate around the North American truck engine makers world.