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Both of those products are described as bridge or transition technologies to help reduce carbon emissions for vehicles and other equipment in the run-up to 2050, when the UK has pledged to go net zero. First, Cummins reported that an unnamed vehicle OEM is planning to launch an internal engine combustion vehicle in 2025-2026 running on hydrogen rather than diesel. What is envisaged is a spark-ignited engine using a conventional engine block, with an engine head adapted for hydrogen. (Last year it launched the concept, including the 15-litre X15 engine with heads for diesel, natural gas or hydrogen gas fuel; US versions will burn gasoline or propane.) At a technical press day in Huddersfield on 8 June, Cummins shared these figures: a 15-litre, 444bhp hydrogen-powered engine offering 500 miles of range from 80kg of hydrogen stored at 700bar. It said that this vehicle would be 2,500 lbs (1,134kg) heavier than a comparable diesel Class 8 sleeper cab truck, referring to the American designation of an artic, and attributed the weight premium to the H_2 tanks. |