Cummins calls it the industry鈥檚 first fuel-agnostic internal combustion engine.
The new fuel-agnostic engine platforms will have a series of engine versions derived from a common base engine, which means they have a lot of common parts. Below the head gasket of each engine will be largely similar; above the head gasket there will be different components for different fuel types. Each engine version will operate using a different, single fuel.
This new design approach will be applied across the company鈥檚 B, L and X-Series engine portfolios 鈥� initially in on-road applications 鈥� which will be available for diesel, natural gas and hydrogen.
鈥淣o matter what type of work an application does, we鈥檒l have an engine powered by lower carbon fuels with diesel-like performance to get the job done,鈥� said Jonathon White, vice president of engineering.
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