Cummins is joining the likes of AT&T, Boeing, General Motors and Wal-Mart with its induction into the Billion Dollar Roundtable, a prestigious advocate for best practices in corporate supplier diversity.

Heavy-duty truck drivers demand reliability, so it’s no wonder so many choose Cummins to power their vehicles. Cummins engines are known for their long lives and outstanding uptime. In fact, many drivers exceed the million-mile mark in their Cummins-powered machines. When they do, they are invited to join the Cummins Million Mile Club. Today, we’ll hear from Cummins Million Mile Club member, Pierre Morissette, an owner-operator out of Corbeil, Ontario…

Fuel economy is of a chief concern across the trucking industry, and improving it can have a huge impact on your fleet. There are many forces pushing to improve heavy-duty truck fuel economy, from new government standards to cost-savings efforts throughout the industry.

Check Out Cummins PowerSpec To make sure we’re all on the same page, let’s define the difference between 6x2 and 6x4. In a 6x2 configuration, only one of the two rear axles receives power. In a 6x4, both of the tractor’s rear axles are drive axles. Historically, many drivers prefer the 6x4 configuration, but 6x2s are garnering new attention as fleet managers and owner-operators look to optimize performance.

Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles about Valvoline and Cummins' attempt to compete at the 49th SCORE Baja 1000 in November 2016. Read the first article here.  The Valvoline-Cummins team expected to make some repairs after the first of its two trucks was “thrashed” during testing this summer at the Badlands Off-Road Park in northwestern Indiana (U.S.A.) – but not quite so quickly.

Think you have what it takes to help Cummins improve the company's environmental impact? Cummins has launched a new program that connects with the supply chain to help improve the company’s impact to the environment and reduce its carbon footprint.  Called the Environmental Gateway, it aims to discover innovative submissions from suppliers to Cummins’ UK facilities, whose goods and services can assist the company in achieving and surpassing environmental targets.  It will look to increase diverse supplier inclusion, increase innovation and reduce costs.

What happens when the cloud runs out of power? Behind every zoom meeting, AI prompt and viral TikTok video upload is a data center. The need for power, speed and reliability is growing by the minute in this field. Supporting that demand requires more than technical expertise; it demands speed, strategy and scale. That’s where Paul O’Hara and the Cummins Sales and Service Data Center team come in. 

Cummins India Limited (“Cummins”), one of the leading power solutions technology providers, today announced the launch of its Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), expanding its sustainable solutions portfolio in line with Destination Zero strategy. This state-of-the-art energy storage solution is designed to support India’s clean energy transition and strengthen the reliability of country’s power infrastructure.

For nearly 20 years, biodiesel has been approved by Cummins for use in its on-highway diesel engines. Cummins’ iconic workhorse, the X15 diesel, is approved to run up to B20 which contains up to 20% biodiesel mostly obtained from soybeans.  Fleets and owner-operators using biodiesel in the X15 have long-enjoyed greater lubricity, lower emissions and higher cetane values over conventional diesel.  A low carbon fuel like biodiesel will get even better when paired with Cummins’ new 2027 X15.

You don't become the world's largest rental truck fleet without making some pretty savvy moves. Starting in 2013, Jack Doheny Companies invested in a transition that continues paying dividends for its customers and the bottom line, converting its medium- and heavy-duty truck fleet to Cummins engines. Headquartered in Northville, Michigan, Jack Doheny rents and sells commercial sewer vacuum trucks and street sweepers to contractors and municipalities via twenty-two service locations across the U.S. and Canada, generating more than $250 million in annual sales.