Cummins has had Euro VI engines in the market in Europe since 2013, with first introduction of on-board-diagnostic compliance tools for heavy-duty vehicles having been in 2010.

The truck – a Peterbilt Model 579 – featured a Cummins ‘X15H’ engine, providing up to 500 horsepower (372 kW) and up to 1,900 lb-ft torque.

The powertrain manufacturer is investing in its Power Generation facility in Minnesota and its Jamestown Engine Plant in the state of New York.

According to Ricardo, it has produced a prototype internal combustion engine and sent it off to Cummins and BorgWarner, who are partners in the Avanced Propulsion Centre project.

The brand organises a disparate set of different business operations which relate to transport and industry decarbonisation, including: fuel cell and battery manufacturing; electric powertrain products; and electrolysers for producing green hydrogen.

Excluding the contribution from the recently-acquired Meritor, Cummins made USD26.2bn, a 9% improvement on the year before (USD24bn).

Jane Beaman has been appointed to Vice President and General Manager of the Pickup and Global Bus Business, Andreas Lippert to Vice President of New Power Engineering and José Samperio to Vice President and General Manager of North America On-Highway.

DTNA launches its Class 8 Freightliner Cascadia Day Cab (116 in. BBC), paired with the Cummins ISX12N engine and the new Allison 3414 Regional Haul Series automatic transmission.

Jonathon Wood will take over from Jim Fier, who retires at the end of March this year after 36 years at the company.

The new R&D centre houses 900 staff and 28 test cells including a fuel cell lab, powertrain lab, transmission lab and H2 ICE test cell. The staff use the facilities to conduct numerous component and engine tests relating to reliability, durability, noise and vibration harshness (NVH), as well as environment and extreme climate testing.

The acquisition, first proposed earlier this year by Meritor, was completed for a sum of approximately EUR 190m.

The agreement is to collaborate to build internal combustion hydrogen-powered, fuel cell and battery electric commercial vehicles.