Hexagon Agility, a provider of natural gas (CNG/RNG) fuel systems, recently received new orders for fuel-system installations on trucks powered by Cummins’ X15N natural gas engine, which is designed for the North American heavy-duty commercial truck market.
The new orders are valued at $4.3 million and include over 20 Class 8 fleets, Hexagon reported. This brings the total accumulated value of orders the company has received for natural gas fuel systems for X15N powered trucks to $20 million, including the UPS order announced in May 2024 and additional orders announced in October 2024.
At the end of April, Daimler Truck North America officially announced it had opened orders for Freightliner Cascadia trucks equipped with the Cummins X15N. Daimler, Kenworth, and Peterbilt all now offer natural gas truck options powered by the X15N engine.
“Despite freight market and macro-economic uncertainty, we see a strong uptick in the interest for natural gas solutions,” Eric Bippus, chief commercial officer at Hexagon Composites—the parent company of Hexagon Agility—said in a news release. “The new 15-liter engine (X15N) is now enabling fleets to access the fuel cost and emissions reduction benefits of natural gas, with performance that matches diesel in both power and range. Equipped with a fuel system from Hexagon Agility, Class 8 trucks with the X15N can achieve a range of up to 1,200 miles.
“This has unlocked a whole new segment of the truck market previously constrained to just diesel fuel.”