BPT’s most recent order comes in addition to its purchase of 1,400 Cummins Euro 4 diesels and 250 Cummins Westport (a joint venture of Cummins and Westport Innovations) Euro 3 natural gas engines in the second quarter of 2007. With this new order, Cummins and Cummins Westport will power more than 14,000 BPT buses—more than half of the transit agency’s fleet.

The order of 900 Euro 3 diesel engines from HZPT marks an important breakthrough for Cummins in the large urban transit market in China’s booming Eastern region, as the city has increased its commitment to the environment in recent years.

China has implemented Euro 3 emission standards countrywide this year, and plans to move to Euro 4 by 2010. Beijing will move to Euro 4 in 2008 in time for the Summer Olympics. Cummins is the largest supplier to China’s nationwide Euro 3/4 diesel bus engine market and is the largest supplier in the country’s natural gas transit bus engine sector.