* Indiana - Cummins wins DOE grant to develop Class 6 PHEV trucks
--- Heavy vehicle manufacturer Cummins has been awarded a $4.5-million grant from the DOE to develop a Class 6 commercial PHEV... Class 6 vehicles weigh between 19,000 and 26,000 pounds fully loaded – examples include school buses and single-axle work trucks... The goal of the project is to reduce fuel consumption by at least 50%. Cummins hopes to achieve this goal over a wide range of drive cycles, in order to meet the needs of a wide variety of commercial fleet operators... Cummins researchers plan to select an engine with the optimal architecture to use as a range extender to manage the charge level of the vehicle’s battery pack...
(Photo: Class 6 Ford's) -- Columbus, IND, USA - Charged EVS mag, by Charles Morris - April 19, 2016Labels: engine makers, truckmakers news USA
![[Valid Atom 1.0]](valid-atom.png "Validate my Atom 1.0 feed")
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home