Freightliner Gives Cummins X15 Pure Gasoline Engine
A Class 8 Freightliner Cascadia. The X15N is designed for heavy-duty and on-highway truck purposes. It has 400-500 horsepower and 1,450 to 1,850 pound-feet of torque. (Daimler AG)
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Daimler Truck North America subsidiary Freightliner introduced Oct. 5 it would supply the brand new Cummins X15N pure fuel engine in its heavy-duty Freightliner Cascadia vans.
Cummins is offering the engine as a part of a collaboration with the truck maker.
The X15N is designed for heavy-duty and on-highway truck purposes. It has 400-500 horsepower and 1,450 to 1,850 pound-feet of torque.
The engine will likely be provided for the Cascadia 126” BBC for each sleeper and day cab configurations. Manufacturing is focused to start in 2025.
“Now we have various prospects that proceed to run pure fuel vans as we speak, and our objective is to offer these prospects with the merchandise, just like the X15N, they should function efficiently for his or her enterprise,” mentioned Greg Treinen, vice chairman of on-highway market improvement at DTNA. “The brand new X15N pure fuel engine possibility for our Freightliner Cascadias enhances our portfolio of options that assist our prospects run their fleets effectively and sustainably.”
A Cummins X15N pure fuel engine on show at an business present in 2023. (John Sommers II for Transport Matters)
Freightliner famous within the announcement that the engine can considerably cut back life cycle greenhouse fuel emissions of industrial quality vans when working on renewable pure fuel. This could vary from a 90% discount to even a unfavourable carbon footprint, based on the corporate.
“Our end-user prospects are searching for methods to attain their sustainability targets, and the X15N is crucial to our dedication to assist prospects attain net-zero greenhouse fuel emissions and enhance [nitrogen oxides],” mentioned José Samperio, vice chairman and basic supervisor for North America on-highway operations at Cummins. “The X15N, an business first massive bore pure fuel powertrain with energy and torque curves virtually an identical to diesel, will assist longhaul fleets see improved financial and environmental efficiency.”
Freightliner additionally mentioned that the engine achieved decrease nitrogen oxide ranges than the 2024 Environmental Safety Company and California Air Assets Board requirements.
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