Welcome to the era of smarter, cleaner power

Trusted because it's tested.  What do sand bags, mountains, a drone and a film crew all have in common? Well, not much, except that they were all an important part of GILLIG and Cummins' effort to illustrate the extent of the testing and validation process for the Cummins-powered GILLIG battery electric bus.  Since 2017 when Cummins and GILLIG announced the partnership to work to

The labor-intensive test requires a driver and technician sit side by side to test an engine under "real life" circumstances to prove to regulators its onboard diagnostics are capable of detecting a misfire due to a component failure that produces excessive emissions. The testing is critical to keeping the regulatory process moving forward on the engine model for 2021. The testing had been

COVID-19 has forced the world to define who an essential worker is during this pandemic. Images of healthcare professionals, first responders and store clerks tell the story of essential jobs, but there is a group of workers often overlooked in the story; truckers.  More than 3.5 million professional men and women drive across the country to ensure food, water, medication, personal protect

200 billion. That's the number of internet of things (IoT) objects humankind has today 1. Many of these devices need computing and storage activities, driving the data center industries growth.  This ever-increasing use of data fueled the rise of hyperscale data centers over the last decade. These massive facilities brought important benefits and their large-scale lowered co

July 20, 1969 might not immediately ring a bell, but what if we were to give you a hint by saying the word "Apollo?"  Yes, that was the date humans first landed on the moon as a part of the Apollo 11 mission. Most of us remember details such as the images of astronauts on the Moon's surface, and Neil Armstrong's reaction, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." Yet

Four electric Scania trucks powered by Cummins' hydrogen fuel cell modules are beginning operation in Trondheim, Norway as part of a first-of-its-kind pilot with ASKO, Norway's largest grocery wholesaler. Focused on resource efficiency, low emissions and sustainable development for its extensive distribution network, ASKO has entered a new phase with the trucks being put on the road as part of the

In times of hardship and adversity, we often seek guidance from personal experience or past occurrences: What did we do the last time this happened? But how do you respond when there is no previous experience to lean on?  Times like these haven't dawned on us before, certainly in our lifetimes, but also in our company's history. At the Fridley, Minnesota manufacturing plant, our leadership

Hadler is an engineer whose duties include helping customers install new Cummins engines on boats pushing tons of cargo up and down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Like many Cummins employees, he is still very much on the job despite the COVID-19 pandemic, carrying out an essential function that ultimately helps ensure critical products get to the people who need them.  "My job reall

Four percent of the world's energy is estimated to be used by the mining sector according to the International Energy Agency. Mines use energy for tasks ranging from mobile machinery operation to ventilation, yet heavy mobile mining equipment such as haul trucks, excavators and loader use a considerable portion of a mine's energy, making efficiency an important consideration.  Efficiency i

COVID-19 continues to impact many aspects of our lives; most notably making flexibility the cornerstone of our lives. Flexibility comes in many forms in our daily routines. Sometimes, flexibility is working from home instead of going to the office every day. Other times, flexibility is our kids participating in on-demand or online education lessons, instead of being physically at a school for cert

These four steps are not the only measures the company has taken, but they are four significant steps to be sure: 1.    PLANET2050 ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY Cummins’ PLANET2050 strategy, released late in 2019, establishes science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals for the company timed to 2030 and aspirations for 2050 to reduce Cummins’ impact on environmen

The recognition reflects the company's broad approach to sustainability, including everything from Cummins' efforts to shrink its environmental impact to corporate responsibility, health and safety, diversity and inclusion, financial success, innovation and governance and ethics. The company, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2019, is committed to staying in business for the next 100 years

The following was authored by Amy Adams, Vice President - Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Technologies at Cummins Inc. Since 1919, Cummins has turned challenges into opportunities. We're always looking for new solutions to power a more prosperous world - but the world has changed a lot since Cummins first opened for business. That's why we're living out our brand promise of innovation and dependabilit

The plant and canteen are partnering with a not-for-profit group to make the best of the COVID-19 crisis, delivering prepared lunches to vulnerable children. Here's how it all came together. The canteen is operated by an outside supplier. It's local manager and his staff have been working at the plant so long they are part of the plant family. As the plant implemented social distancing and

By continuously powering its frontline partners and customers, the company has played a critical role in helping the country win more time in its race to outrun the virus. "While our operations slowed or shut down through the worst of the outbreak - many of our employees were still working around the clock to support our customers and their equipment that was re-purposed to support the fig

"It won't surprise you that our employees have stepped up in every respect," Linebarger told host Gerry Dick of the program Inside Indiana Business, which ran on various television stations in the state over the weekend. Linebarger cited employees across the company who are helping to power key institutions like hospitals and grocery stores  as well as the food distribution network. He als

Although the transportation fleet has not yet deployed, the customer was asked to prepare the buses for deployment. Altoona is relatively close to several east coast cities hit hard by the crisis. There was only one problem. The customer's 60-bus fleet included eight ISX12 powered coach buses needing air compressor replacements and four more buses needing to be inspected and prepared for servic

"Check with each other more often, call or text them; and also remind each other to be careful," suggests Richard Evelyn, a 24-year veteran Cummins Sales and Service Technician.  Richard lives in the New Jersey area and for the last 12 years has been helping nearby hospitals, schools, data centers and other businesses ensure their back-up power systems are well maintained and ready to