Engines

Cummins Inc. will spend $580 million to upgrade a North Carolina plant to make fuel-agnostic small engines.

Cummins Inc. will retire two legacy engines, replacing them with one fuel-agnostic powertrain for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Navistar spending more than $190 million for an integrated powertrain in Alabama for North America .

The Environmental Protection Agency maintains a listing of “off-cycle” vehicle technologies that reduce emissions but are not sufficiently accounted for in city and highway test cycles.

Here’s a look at the impact of drag on your drive.

Cummins will build a plant within a Daimler complex in Germany and become the sole supplier of medium-duty engines for the truck maker globally.

Engines don’t last forever. Here’s a look into the lifetime of a semi engine.

Jacobs Vehicle Systems is introducing a new engine brake designed for lower rpms as well as two new technologies for improving fuel economy and reducing cabin shake upon engine shutdown. This specially wrapped truck will tour the country in 2020 to showcase the technologies.

Indiana-based Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) reported third quarter total revenue of $5.77 billion,  a decrease of 3% from the same quarter in 2018.  North America revenues decreased by 6%, while international revenues declined 25%, officials said. The company, which designs and makes diesel engines and components, estimates that revenue will fall 2% in full-year 2019. […]

Cummins is reviewing is emissions certification and compliance process following questions from EPA and CARB. The company did report strong earnings and a record number of engines shipped in the first quarter.

Delphi Technologies (NYSE: DLPH) beat Wall Street’s consensus expectations of its fourth quarter non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of $0.88 by 20 percent according to Seeking Alpha. However, quarterly EPS decreased 14.5 percent year-over-year (Y/Y) from $1.24 to $1.06.

BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) beat Wall Street’s consensus revenue expectations of $2.55 billion for the fourth quarter of 2018, even though the company’s sales decreased 0.5 percent year-over-year (Y/Y), from $2.586 billion to $2.572 billion.

Trucks and truckers are baking in the extreme Australian summer heat, which is nudging the 122 F (50 C) in certain parts of the country for days at a time. (Photo: Shutterstock).

In a surprise move, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI), which will try to rein in oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from commercial vehicles.

Peterbilt Motor Company has added two additional ratings to its MX-13 engine family for the 2019 model year, both aimed at increasing uptime and improving fuel economy for truck owners.

Tennessee Tech has acknowledged that the results of its controversial glider kit study were “inaccurate.”

John Henry, director of sales for ZED Connect, explained to FreightWaves how the evolution of the company is developing to deliver vehicle data solutions centered around what its parent company Cummins knows best – engines.

Cummins Inc. announced record earnings for its second quarter this morning, and that news was immediately overshadowed by an engine recall that has already impacted 230,000 vehicles and now will encompass an additional 500,000 heavy-duty truck models.

Toyota Motors’ trucking subsidiary Hino Motors has partnered with India’s Ashok Leyland in an effort to comply with the India Bharat Stage VI (BS6) regulations for reducing emissions from vehicles, The Japan Times reported.

Announcing what it said is the first fully automatic 9-speed transmission for the North American market, Allison Transmission noted that the transmission will help fleets reduce fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions.

Cummins’ electrified powertrain inside the AEOS Class 7 concept truck is part of the engine maker’s aim to create diverse powertrain options for customers.