Cummins establishes Accelera for zero emission technologies

Cummins has founded a new business unit called Accelera, which will be devoted entirely to the company’s zero- and near-zero emissions technologies.

Citing the need to magnify its zero- and net-zero emissions efforts, Cummins has founded Accelera, a new company focused on green power technology and transportation.

Cummins is known the world over for its advanced diesel engines. But the company has changed quite a bit over the past two decades. Cummins today is a global leader in many emerging green transportation technologies, including battery-electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells, green hydrogen infrastructure and fuel-agnostic internal combustion engines. But the extent of those efforts tends to get lost in the OE’s century-plus role in developing and expanding the use of diesel engines in a wide array of applications.

Cummins explained that the launch of Accelera is a significant step forward in Cummins’ efforts to achieve its Destination Zero strategy, focused on evolving Cummins technologies to reach zero emissions across its product portfolio.

Noting that Cummins already produces a wide range of electric products, including batteries, battery packs, energy management systems, invertors, motors, traction systems, and control systems to tie all of those components and systems together, Davis said that Accelera’s early efforts will be focused on industrial and stationary green power applications, which she said will become more important over time.