Cummins and Peterbilt to Team Up on SuperTruck II
September 01 2016 - 9:36AM
Business Wire
Innovative Research Team will Develop
Cost-Effective Truck and Powertrain Technologies that Significantly
Increase Fuel-Efficiency
Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced today that it will partner
with Peterbilt Motors Company, a division of PACCAR (Nasdaq: PCAR)
to develop and demonstrate technologies under the U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE) SuperTruck II program.
“Cummins and the entire team is focused on developing
technologies that can transform the industry and help our customers
be more successful while continuing to be great stewards of the
environment. Combining some of the best technical minds available
for this project, I am confident that we can reach our goals and
deliver results that are a win for our customers, a win for our
organizations and a win for the environment,” said Wayne Eckerle,
Cummins Vice President of Research and Technology.
“Peterbilt is committed to continue pushing the industry’s
technologies to best serve our customers and the environment,” said
Darrin Siver, Peterbilt General Manager and PACCAR Vice President.
“The success of the original SuperTruck program will be the
groundwork for SuperTruck II. Our engineers are focused on
improving engine efficiency, aerodynamics and other systems
technologies to meet Greenhouse Gas (GHG) requirements for model
years 2021, 2024 and 2027.”
Subject to appropriations, the DOE will fund four projects to
develop and demonstrate cost-effective technologies that more than
double the freight efficiency of Class 8 trucks, commonly known as
18-wheelers, over the 2009 baseline. The goal of the program is to
accelerate the pace of reductions in petroleum consumption and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the nation’s freight
transportation system.
For SuperTruck II, the Cummins–Peterbilt team will focus on
breakthrough advances in Class 8 vehicle freight efficiency
technologies that are cost-effective enough to be used in everyday
real-world applications. Building on the solid foundation of
SuperTruck I, Cummins will develop and demonstrate 55 percent or
greater engine Brake Thermal Efficiency (BTE) at a 65 mile per hour
cruise condition and the full team will demonstrate a greater than
100 percent improvement in vehicle Freight-Ton Economy (FTE) over
the 2009 baseline vehicle. BTE quantifies the fraction of the
fuel's chemical energy that is converted into useful work by the
engine system. FTE quantifies the mass and distance of freight
transported per unit of fuel consumed.
“These investments will accelerate the development of innovative
vehicle technologies that will save businesses and consumers money
at the pump, cut carbon emissions, and strengthen our economy,”
said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. “SuperTruck II
builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already
led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached
the commercial market.”
Cummins and Peterbilt teamed together for SuperTruck I, first
demonstrating more than 50 percent BTE and analytically defining
technologies needed to achieve 55 percent BTE. Their demonstration
tractor-trailer averaged a 76 percent increase in drive cycle FTE
and a 43 percent reduction in GHG emissions versus a 2009 baseline
truck -- all significant improvements. As evidence of the favorable
market impact that DOE partnered research and development continues
to have, many of the engine and drivetrain efficiency improvements
and vehicle power demand reductions pioneered in SuperTruck I are
headed for production with the latest model year 2017 product
offerings by Cummins, Peterbilt and its key product delivery
partners.
The full team of project partners, each playing a vital role,
includes Peterbilt, Eaton and Bridgestone. Other key suppliers,
labs and universities making critical contributions toward the
project goals include Great Dane, Exa Corporation, Meritor, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and
Purdue University. The team’s customer council, led by Walmart
Transportation, LLC, will provide important information on routes,
technology needs, and critical market input, aimed at fostering
more rapid market adoption of SuperTruck technologies.
About Cummins
Cummins Inc., a global power leader, is a corporation of
complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute
and service diesel and natural gas engines and related
technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling,
filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation
systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, (USA) Cummins
currently employs approximately 55,000 people worldwide and serves
customers in approximately 190 countries and territories through a
network of approximately 600 company-owned and independent
distributor locations and approximately 7,200 dealer locations.
Cummins earned $1.4 billion on sales of $19.1 billion in 2015.
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