Cummins’ new X12 engine has been chosen for Heavy Duty Trucking’s Top 20 award for 2018. The company says the award is recognition for the innovation in creating the lightest heavy-duty engine in North America.
The company says the new engine will weigh in at just over a ton (2,050 pounds) and can deliver up to 500 horsepower, the highest power-to-weight ration of any heavy duty engine, between 10 and 16 liters in size. Combined with the aftertreatment system, the entire package still weighs only 2,340 pounds, the company says.
The engine will be available this year. Last year, the Cummins X15 engine platform won the same award.
Cummins Inc. is based in Columbus.