Amazon orders more than 1,000 natgas engines for U.S. truck fleet

Westport Fuel Systems

05/02/2021 20:59

By Laura Sanicola
    Feb 5 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc  AMZN.O  said on Friday it
has ordered more than 1,000 truck engines that run on compressed
natural gas as it tests ways to shift its fleet away from
heavier polluting trucks.
    The engines, supplied by a joint venture between Cummins Inc
 CMI.N  and Westport Fuel Systems Inc  WPRT.TO , are for heavy
duty trucks that run from warehouses to distribution centers,
and can run on both renewable and non-renewable natural gas,
according to two sources familiar with the matter. 

 (Reporting by Laura Sanicola; additional reporting by Tim
Aeppel and Lisa Baertlein
Editing by Marguerita Choy)
 ((Laura.Sanicola@thomsonreuters.com;))