Alternative Vehicles
#MATS2014 Daimler’s Bernhard gets “real” on viability of natural gas for longhaul applications
LOUISVILLE, Ky. --The hype surrounding natural gas as a fuel alternative for trucking is gone and realism is setting in, the head of Daimler’s global truck and bus business told business leaders gathered for the annual Heavy Duty...
AN UPDATE ON COLD STAR’S VANCOUVER ISLAND NATURAL GAS PROJECT
Sticking with natural gas for a bit, in a recent edition of Hooked Up I wrote about Cold Star Freight’s plan to bring natural gas trucking to Vancouver Island. The company ordered 10 Mack tractors and was planning to open a CNG fuelling...
IN WHICH I SPECULATE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF A 15L NATURAL GAS ENGINE AND WHY WE MAY NOT SEE ONE FOR A WHILE
In October 2012, I wrote in Hooked Up about the foresight of Cummins in developing a natural gas engine market as far back as 2002, when natural gas wasn’t yet at the forefront of anyone’s mind. Most engine OEMs at that time were...
UPDATED: Cummins to “pause” development of 15L natural gas engine, leaving void in marketplace
TORONTO, Ont. -- Cummins has confirmed to US trucking publication Commercial Carrier Journal that it will be putting development of its 15-litre natural gas engine on hold, leaving the market devoid of a 15-litre product after Westport...