“Where performance, emissions and efficiency matter, Westport™ HPDI 2.0 offers benefits that will be irresistible to fleet customers shifting to natural gas in their operations,” said David Demers, CEO of Westport. “As the potential for natural gas is now apparent in all global vehicle and off-road markets, it will allow OEMs to introduce high performance, fully integrated products that match state of the art diesel performance, but can be produced without expensive and challenging investments.”
The Vancouver-based company is now working with seven OEM applications with engine sizes ranging from trucks to trains at various stages of development with the goal of vertically integrated Westport™ HPDI 2.0 OEM product lines. They anticipate first availability of customer products in late 2014 and 2015.
It is worth mentioning that Westport™ HPDI is the only natural gas technology capable of delivering performance and fuel economy equivalent to that of current high performance diesel-fueled engines, but with diesel substitution of over 90%. This combination of high performance and high efficiency is critical for heavy-duty engines in demanding commercial applications.
Source: Westport.
