Cummins to Power Diesel Hybrid Electric Drive System for MTA New York City Transit.Business Editors COLUMBUS, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000 Cummins Engine Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CUM) today announced its partnership with Orion Bus Industries For the spaceplane from , see . Orion Bus Industries (also known as Ontario Bus Industries) is a Mississauga, Ontario, Canada-based bus manufacturer established by the government of Ontario in 1975. and Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. Control Systems. Cummins will provide the diesel engine and soot filter for the hybrid electric drive system on the 2001 delivery of 125 Orion VII hybrid buses to MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Transit. The engine, a modified Cummins ISB-275 with a catalyzed soot filter developed by Cummins' subsidiary, Fleetguard/Nelson, will power the hybrid drive A hard disk drive that contains a built-in, non-volatile cache comprised of flash memory. Reads and writes go through the cache first, enabling the platters to remain at rest most of the time. For laptop computers especially, the less the disk rotates, the less power is used. system used in the new buses. The combination of these technologies will both increase fuel economy and reduce bus emissions to a level below 15 grams NOx (oxides of nitrogen) per mile and 0.06 grams of PM (particulate matter particulate matter n. Abbr. PM Material suspended in the air in the form of minute solid particles or liquid droplets, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant. Noun 1. ) per mile. This system will be available for urban vehicles with hybrid engine needs up to 275 horsepower. The partnership allows Cummins to power the mass-transit industry's first large-scale purchase of hybrid electric drive buses. The order comes after more than a year of technology demonstration by New York City Transit, which has operated a test fleet since the fall of 1998. Orion Bus Industries, headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, will build the new Orion VII buses in Oriskany, New York Oriskany is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 1,459 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from the Iroquois word for "nettles." The Village of Oriskany is in the Town of Whitestown, southeast of the City of Rome. . "Cummins is pleased to join Orion and Lockheed Martin in order to provide the best available technology to our customers," said John Wall, Cummins Chief Technical Officer. "Our work on this project will expand the use of Cummins power and aftertreatment technologies with low emissions drive system strategies to produce the most reliable products with minimal environmental impact. Cummins is unique in its development of the total system, which includes engines, filtration and aftertreatment components as a complete package for our customers." By modifying the ISB engine with a catalyzed soot filter to perform with a hybrid electric drive system, Cummins will supply its customers with a product that meets emissions requirements equal to or below alternative fueled conventionally equipped vehicles. The hybrid electric diesel also provides the reliability and durability demonstrated by previous Cummins' diesel engines without the need for major infrastructure change. Cummins, headquartered in Columbus, Ind., is the world's largest producer of gas and diesel engines above 200 horsepower. The company provides products and services for customers in markets worldwide for engines, power generation and filtration. In 1999, Cummins reported record sales of $6.6 billion. Press releases by fax may be requested by calling News on Demand (toll free) at 888-329-2305. |
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