Freightliner to Offer Cummins X15N Natural Gas Engine
Natural Gas Option available for Freightliner Cascadia in
2025
PORTLAND, Ore./COLUMBUS, In. – October 5, 2023 – Freightliner is working with Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) to
offer the new Cummins X15N
natural gas engine in its heavy-duty Freightliner Cascadia
trucks. The X15N is the first
natural gas engine to be designed specifically for
heavy-duty and on-highway truck
applications, with 400 to 500 hp and 1,450 to 1,850 lb-ft of torque.
“We have a number of customers that continue to run
natural gas trucks today and our goal is to
provide those customers with the products, like the
X15N, they need to operate
successfully for their business,” said Greg Treinen, vice president, On-Highway Market Development,
Daimler Truck North America. “The new X15N natural gas engine option for our
Freightliner Cascadias complements our portfolio of solutions that help our
customers run their fleets efficiently and sustainably.”
Freightliner will offer the new X15N in the Cascadia 126" BBC, in
both sleeper and day cab configurations. Production is targeted
to begin in 2025. The
Freightliner Cascadia
is the market-leading Class 8 vehicle featuring high efficiency, advanced technology and best-in-class safety with the Detroit Assurance suite of safety
systems.
“Our end-user customers are looking for ways to achieve their sustainability goals, and the X15N is essential
to our commitment to help customers reach net-zero greenhouse gas
emissions and improve NOx” explained José Samperio, vice president and general manager, North America On-Highway, Cummins Inc. “The X15N, an industry first big bore natural gas powertrain with power and torque
curves almost
identical to diesel will help
long-haul fleets see improved economic and environmental performance.”
When operating on renewable
natural gas, also known as RNG or biomethane, the X15N engine can significantly reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas
emissions of heavy-duty trucks. This can range from a 90 percent reduction to
carbon neutral, or even carbon negative, depending on the bio-source and waste
feedstock used to produce the fuel.
The new X15N achieves lower NOx levels than the
2024 EPA and CARB standards.
Equally impressive is the 1,850 lb-ft. of peak torque output provided by the X15N, which will allow for optimum performance when
paired with the Eaton Cummins Endurant HD N Transmission and the availability of optimized EX ratings.
About Freightliner
Freightliner Trucks is a
division of Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) LLC, headquartered in Portland,
Oregon. With 80 years of experience, Freightliner produces and markets
medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks as the leading heavy-duty truck brand in North America. DTNA
is a subsidiary of Daimler Truck Holding AG (DTG), one of the world’s leading
commercial vehicle manufacturers. More information is available at
www.Freightliner.com.
About Cummins Inc.
Cummins Inc., a global
power technology
leader, is a corporation of complementary business segments that design,
manufacture, distribute and service a broad portfolio of power solutions. The
company’s products range from internal combustion, electric and hybrid
integrated power solutions to components including filtration, aftertreatment, turbochargers, fuel
systems, controls systems, air handling systems, automated transmissions,
electric power generation systems, microgrid controls, batteries, electrolyzers
and fuel cell products. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana (U.S.), since its founding in
1919, Cummins employs approximately 73,600 people committed to powering a more
prosperous world through three global corporate responsibility priorities
critical to healthy communities: education, environment and equality of opportunity. Cummins serves
its customers online, through a network of company-owned and independent
distributor locations, and through thousands of dealer locations worldwide and
earned about $2.2 billion on
sales of $28.1 billion in 2022. Learn more at cummins.com.
