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Alternative fuel use rises in Class 8 trucks, but diesel still reigns, ATRI survey finds

Class 8 fleets are adopting alternative fuels like CNG and LNG, but diesel still dominates. Electrified rigs, meanwhile, are far less common.

July 2, 2025

Class 8 fleets are adopting alternative fuels like CNG and LNG, but diesel still dominates. Electrified rigs, meanwhile, are far less common.

Supplier Updates

Allison's 3000 Series available with Granite CNG tractor

Allison Transmission announces its 3000 Series automatic transmission is now available in the CNG-powered Mack Granite for waste management customers.

May 21, 2025

Allison Transmission 3000 Series

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Production begins on Cascadia with X15N engine

DTNA and Cummins announced Monday availability of the industry’s first 15-liter natural gas engine in the fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia.

April 29, 2025

Freightliner Cascadia Cng 2

Mergers & Acquisitions

Love's subsidiary acquires CNG dispensing network, rebrands

Trillium Energy Solutions, a member of the Love’s Family of Companies, has rebranded as Love's Alternative Energy after acquiring a 41-location compressed natural gas (CNG) dispensing network.

April 25, 2025

Battery electric

Nikola's fate unclear amid production stoppage rumors

The Arizona-based manufacturer of the Tre FCEV and BEV 2.0 semis continues to face financial woes, layoffs, and rumors regarding a possible production stoppage. Its media department is not responding to inquires.

December 13, 2024

Nikola Tre FCEV refueling at Hyla station

OPAL starts construction on California RNG facility

OPAL Fuels starts work on a landfill gas-to-renewable natural gas facility at the Kirby Canyon Landfill in Santa Clara County, California.

November 6, 2024

Tourmaline, Clean Energy open CNG station in Canada

Tourmaline Oil and Clean Energy Fuels open two compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel stations in Alberta.

October 23, 2024

Tourmaline and Clean Energy opened two new natural gas stations in Alberta, Canada.

AFVi, Cummins team up for tech training

The Cummins CNG Master Tech Qualification Program has three elements: Natural gas vehicle essentials and safety, compressed natural gas fuel system inspector training, and compressed natural gas fuel system inspector certification.

August 8, 2024

A large Cummins engine

Clean Energy's new RNG production facility requires over 2,000 cows

With over 2,000 cows on hand producing a variety of dairy products and greenhouse gas-causing methane, Ash Grove Dairy in Lake Benton, Minnesota has also now become Clean Energy's latest methane to renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility.

August 7, 2024

Clean Energy RNG production facility

Allison and Cummins testing NG engine and transmission combo

Allison Transmission has partnered with Cummins to test and validate the new Cummins X15N 15-liter natural gas engine paired with the Allison 4000 Series fully automatic transmission.

July 24, 2024

Allison and Cummins testing the NG engine and auto transmission combo

Peterbilt: Cummins X15 natural gas engine now available on 579, 567, 520

"The new X15 natural gas engine provides another environmentally friendly solution for Peterbilt customers committed to sustainability and reducing their carbon footprint," says Jake Montero, Peterbilt assistant general manager, sales and marketing.

March 26, 2024

The Cummins X15 natural gas engine

Natural gas has promise, but not perfect alternative solution

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) turned its attention to natural gas this week, releasing its newest Confidence Report, Natural Gas’ Role in Decarbonizing Trucking, during a press conference Monday.

March 25, 2024

NACFE natural gas confidence report cover image

Supplier Updates

Freightliner to offer Cummins nat gas engine for Cascadia

Freightliner announced Thursday it is working with Cummins to offer the new Cummins X15N natural gas engine in its heavy-duty Freightliner Cascadia trucks. Production is targeted to begin in 2025.

October 5, 2023

Cummins X15N natural gas engine

Carbon negative bio-LNG could gain traction in the U.S.

Cummins, Hexagon Agility and Natural Gas Vehicles for America weigh in on bio liquified natural gas which for now has been mostly at work in European trucks.

May 26, 2023

Internal combustion still got game. Hexagon Agility displayed UPS' Mack truck which runs on renewable natural gas at ACT Expo earlier this month. The annual week-long event features mostly all-electric commercial vehicles followed by hydrogen fuel cell. Internal combustion (IC) examples like the one above are few and far between though experts, including those at Cummins, see clean-running IC powertrains playing a critical role on the long path to zero emissions. Bio liquified natural gas (LNG) may get some additional use in the U.S. as fleets push to cut emissions but it's expected to be an uphill climb given a lack of infrastructure. Hexagon reports that it's bio LNG Cryoshelter shown on the left sparked interest in both U.S. and European fleets.

Battery electric

'Incentives and infrastructure' essential to new powertrain acceptance

Cummins' CEO and President Jennifer Rumsey told attendees Tuesday at the Green Truck Summit that readily available purchasing incentives and infrastructure investment will drive new powertrain adoption in the coming decade and beyond.

March 7, 2023

Jennifer Rumsey, new Cummins president and CEO

Supplier Updates

Autocar integrates smart gauges for CNG trucks

Autocar announced Wednesday it will now offer compressed natural gas (CNG) customers a new way to view crucial information about their fuel management module system.

November 9, 2022

Autocar smart gauges

Natural gas sales on the rise through August

American and Canadian Class 8 natural gas (NG) retail sales for the first eight months of 2022 have outpaced last year's sales by 18 percent year to date (YTD) through August, ACT Research reports in its Alternative Fuels Quarterly.

October 18, 2022

Steve Tam speaking at ACT Research event

Hyliion, Cummins working to bring natural gas hypertruck to market next year

Hyliion Holdings Corp., and Cummins announced Tuesday the two companies are joining forces to optimize the Cummins natural gas engine as the generator for the Hypertruck ERX powertrain.

June 28, 2022

Hyliion and Cummins are joining forces to optimize the Cummins natural gas engine as the generator for the Hypertruck ERX powertrain

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