* Tennessee - Nissan aims at truck relevance with Titan-Cummins diesel deal
Franklin,TN,U.S.A -Forbes -21 Aug 2013: -- It didn’t take Nissan long to turn its poaching of Fred Diaz from Ram into a daring gambit on the product side. With his bid to use a diesel engine and a co-branding relationship with Cummins to provide new relevance to the tired Titan pick-up truck line, the new U.S. chief of Nissan sales and marketing has wasted no time in going after one of his old employer’s most important franchises... Diaz already struck a deal with Cummins to provide a 5.0-liter, V-8 turbodiesel engine that will be offered as an option on the overhauled Titan that Nissan plans to introduce for the 2015 model year... It’ll take a lot more than a Cummins engine and logo on a Titan for Nissan to make its pickup-truck brand relevant, even in a rising market, because each of the Detroit Three seems to be taking full advantage of the new lease on life being enjoyed by the pickup segment. But if Nissan has a shot, Diaz certainly is the man to take it...
* Indiana - Engine maker Cummins to
add 500 jobs at Indiana plant
Columbus,IND,USA -News Sentinel -August 20, 2013:
-- Engine maker Cummins Inc. says it will add 500 jobs over several years at its Columbus Engine Plant to build V8 turbo diesel powerplants for Nissan Motor Co.'s next generation Titan pickup truck... The Columbus-based company said Tuesday its V8 program is planning to add to its current 300-person workforce over the next several years and eventually expects to employ about 800 workers... Cummins says it's also developing a version of the V8 turbo diesel for commercial vehicle customers...
* Massachusetts - American Power Group receives additional EPA approval for dual fuel systems 
(Photo - Wisconsin natural gas trucking pioneer Paper Transport, Inc. runs a 2008 APG-converted Detroit Diesel DD15 engine in this 2009 Freightliner Cascadia tractor. Note rail-mounted CNG tank)
Lynnfield,MASS,USA -Fleet Owner -Aug. 16, 2013: -- American Power Group Corp. has received notification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that its recent clean alternative fuel vehicle and engine conversion submissions have been approved for additional engines, including Detroit Diesel Series 60 engines... Depending on the age and mileage of the targeted engine year to be converted, APG performs either an on-road emissions test to meet the OUL requirements or tests on an engine dynamometer for the more difficult intermediate useful life requirements, the company said. An EPA engine family approval allows APG to commercialize that specific engine model conversion in the market without further emissions testing...
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