Phoenix-based Knight Transportation, part of Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings and the industry’s largest full truckload company, said it has been successfully testing Cummins’ new X15N natural gas engine in Southern California – realizing NOx and greenhouse gas reductions without compromise to performance.
The truck is fueled exclusively with Clean Energy ultra-low carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) anchored by Clean Energy’s station in Carson, California.
“Our customers rely on us to deliver a wide range of loads critical to their businesses,” said Dave Williams, Knight-Swift Transportation’s senior vice president of equipment and government relations. “We must ensure we are utilizing the most reliable and efficient technologies possible that help us reduce our carbon footprint.”
Williams said Knight Swift’s goal is to reduce CO2 emissions generated from the KNX fleet by 50 percent by 2035.
“We value our collaboration with Cummins and are encouraged by what we have seen so far with the 15L renewable natural gas technology,” he said. “We will continue to work together to make sure that the capabilities and economics associated with this technology allow us to meet the wide-ranging needs of our fleet.”
