Cummins Inc. recently announced that mega carrier Werner Enterprises had signed a letter of intent to purchase 500 of Cummins’ 15-liter hydrogen internal combustion engines when they are available.
The two companies earlier this year had announced that Omaha, Neb.-based Werner Enterprises planned to validate and integrate Cummins’15-liter natural gas and X15H hydrogen internal combustion engines into its fleet. Both part of Cummins’ fuel agnostic platform.
Cummins’ fuel-agnostic engines will use engine blocks and core components that share common architectures and will be optimized for different low-carbon fuel types. Below the head gasket of each engine will largely have similar components and above the head gasket will have different components for different fuel types. Each engine version will operate using a different, single fuel, Columbus, Ind.-based Cummins explained in…