Cummins’ Jennifer Rumsey Showcases Gas Cell, Engine Improvements

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HANOVER, Germany — Cummins CEO Jennifer Rumsey detailed a two-part technique the corporate is following to attain net-zero emissions from its product line constructed round zero-emission applied sciences and improvements to enhance the efficiency of inner combustion engines.

“We’ve got to begin now; carbon, as soon as emitted to the environment, can’t be taken again,” she mentioned throughout a Sept. 19 press convention on the IAA Transportation 2022 commerce present. Rumsey, the seventh CEO in Cummins’ 103-year historical past, mentioned Cummins below its Vacation spot Zero initiative goals to attain net-zero emissions from its merchandise by 2050.

“The shortest path to zero requires scrutinizing the complete chain of carbon emissions,” she mentioned. “It requires making leaps the place we are able to and taking smaller steps the place we are able to’t.”

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Rumsey pressured that these improvements should make sense for Cummins clients. She mentioned the corporate is targeted on creating zero-emission choices and bringing them to market “in functions the place they make sense, and utilizing this to drive development within the functionality of the know-how, carry the associated fee down, and in addition construct out and decarbonize the infrastructure required to help them.”

She added, “There isn’t any single answer or path to zero that can work for all the functions we energy when you think about the totally different buyer responsibility cycles, working environments and places. That’s why we’ve got developed an organization with the broadest mixture of zero-emissions applied sciences, devoted to the business automobile trade.”

We’ve got to begin now; carbon, as soon as emitted to the environment, can’t be taken again.

Cummins Inc. CEO Jennifer Rumsey

Rumsey spotlighted new initiatives together with Cummins’ next-generation gas cell engine. Designed to satisfy the responsibility cycle, efficiency and packaging necessities of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and buses, the brand new gas cell is on the market in 135 kilowatt single and 270 kW twin modules variations. Cummins is collaborating with Scania in Europe and Daimler Truck in North America to develop and combine these next-generation gas cells into demonstrator autos.

“The hydrogen model of the fuel-agnostic platform might change into an preliminary step in reaching zero emissions for medium- and heavy-duty truck producers,” she mentioned. “It brings one other know-how possibility to enhance the introduction of hydrogen gas cell and battery-electric options. We consider hydrogen engines may help speed up the expansion of a hydrogen financial system and availability of hydrogen infrastructure.

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Rumsey additionally touted the alternatives led to by Cummins’ acquisition of Meritor, together with entry to that firm’s powertrain improvements.

“We’ve got made vital investments and repositioned Cummins to satisfy our evolving buyer wants,” she mentioned. “This consists of our current acquisition of Meritor.”

In Europe, she famous that the Meritor acquisition included the addition of web sites in France, Sweden, Italy and the U.Okay. The deal introduced 2,500 European Meritor workers into Cummins, taking the corporate’s complete European headcount to 10,000.

“Including Meritor’s e-powertrain merchandise and their EV-powertrain integration capabilities to Cummins’ complementary capabilities and buyer data will create alternative to drive know-how improvement, develop Cummins new energy product portfolio and meet our clients’ wants as they transition to hybrid and electrical autos,” Rumsey mentioned.

Cummins’ fuel-agnostic 15-liter engine bundle on show at IAA Transportation 2022 in Hanover, Germany. (Joe Howard/Transport Matters)

She additionally showcased a brand new lithium iron phosphate battery that will likely be included into next-generation powertrains Cummins will supply. The LFP battery chemistry doesn’t incorporate nickel and cobalt, a transfer Cummins maintains improves affordability and sustainability. The know-how additionally gives enhancements in charging time, energy output and life expectancy.

As well as, Cummins’ latest batteries manufactured from nickel, manganese and cobalt, the BP95E, function 30% longer life than earlier fashions. One other light-weight variant, the BP30E, encompasses a compact design meant to suit into tight areas.

Rumsey additionally mentioned that bettering the effectivity of inner combustion engines shouldn’t be neglected amid these broad trade efforts towards cleaner operations.

“Enhancing gas financial system doesn’t at all times seize the headlines, nevertheless it provides as much as actual outcomes,” she mentioned. Cummins estimates that 100,000 inner combustion engines which might be every 10% extra environment friendly are equal to the enhancements gained by placing 10,000 zero-emission autos on the highway. That 10% effectivity enchancment, she mentioned, “additionally interprets to decreased working prices for our clients, who then use the financial savings to reinvest of their enterprise with significant outcomes.”

Rumsey mentioned, “I counsel to you, let’s maintain bettering gas financial system and let’s get these 10,000 zero-emissions autos on the highway. We’d like each.”

Additionally, Rumsey acknowledged that the business automobile sector should play a task in caring for the setting.

“We acknowledge that our trade contributes to the influence of local weather change on our planet, and we’ve got a chance to make a constructive influence for our clients and on the planet by being part of the answer,” she mentioned. “We intend to guide throughout this power transition, and to take action by offering our clients with the fitting know-how, on the proper time with a deep understanding of their wants and functions.”

Rumsey added, “Cummins is aware of trucking. We perceive what vary and work cycle calls for are throughout each utility. The final century of our expertise goes to tell the following century of your power.”

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