Know when to fold ‘em
Summary
Cummins is positioning for what NACFE calls the messy middle: the transitionary period we are entering between traditional fossil fueled trucks and a zero-emission future. Covering all the bases is easier if there are only four of them, but trucking’s baseball diamond is growing rapidly into an increasingly complex polygon. Cummins growing portfolio of solutions to help move trucks down the road reflects the challenges facing the industry. Ultimately decisions need to be made on which projects get priority funding and which are placed on the shelf for future reconsideration or just outright dropped. Throwing more fuel on that train fire, that same period saw the development of the national highway system and the explosion of diesel trucking took a major share of rail freight.