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Oct 14, 2021 Livermore, California

I-Cummins Inc. (i-NYSE: i-CMI) kunye ne-GILLIG yazisa namhlanje ukuveliswa kwe-100 ye-GILLIG ibhasi yombane yebhetri eyakhiwe ukususela ekubeni iinkampani ezimbini zaqala ukusebenzisana kwisithuthi esinzima.Ibhasi ehamba phambili iya kuhanjiswa kwiMetro Transit eSt. Louis, eMissouri kule nyanga.Iinkampani zisebenzisane ukusukela ngo-2019 ukuzisa iibhasi zombane ezithembekileyo ezingakhuphiyo kuluntu kwilizwe liphela.

“Siyavuya kuba ibhasi yethu yombane ye-100 iya kwiMetro, i-arhente ebesisebenzisana nayo ngokusondeleyo iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabini,” utshilo uMongameli we-GILLIG kunye ne-CEO uDerek Maunus.“Esi siganeko sibalulekileyo sisiphumo somzamo wenzondelelo wombutho wonke we-GILLIG kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo.Bendingenakuzingca ngakumbi ngeqela lethu.Ibhasi yethu yombane iyaqhubeka nokumisela umgangatho wokugqwesa ukuthembeka, ukuqina, ukusebenza kakuhle kweendleko kunye nokusebenza. "

Ngaphezulu kwe-50 yee-arhente zokuthutha sele zithengile okanye zine-odolo zebhasi yombane.UGILLIG ngoku ubhukisha iiodolo zebhasi ezintsha ngo-2023.

Ibhasi yombane yesizukulwana sesibini seGILLIG yakhiwe kwiPlatform ye-Low Floor eqinisekisiweyo yenkampani.Iinkampani ziphuhlise imveliso enikezela ukusebenza okukhokelayo kwishishini ngeNkqubo yoMbane yebhetri yaseCummins, ebonisa ukuxilongwa okude kunye noqhagamshelo emoyeni oluxhaswa luthungelwano olubanzi lwenkxaso yeCummins yamagcisa afanelekileyo kwilizwe lonke.

"Eli linyathelo elikhulu kwiCummins, iGILLIG kunye neMetro Transit, kodwa sisaqala," utshilo u-Amy Davis, uSekela Mongameli kunye noMongameli, icandelo laMandla amatsha eCummins.“Ukwamkelwa kobuchwephesha bokukhupha i-zero kubalulekile ekufezekiseni usukelo lozinzo kunye nokunciphisa utshintsho lwemozulu.I-Cummins ilapha ukuze idibane nabathengi ukuze i-decarbonize kwaye izibophelele ekuboneleleni ngezisombululo zombane webhetri ngokuyila, inkxaso kunye nenkonzo elindelwe ngabathengi kwiCummins. "

I-GILLIG kunye neCummins banamava amaninzi ekufakeni umbane kwisithuthi.I-GILLIG yaseka iindlela ezifanelekileyo kwaye yaqinisekisa uninzi lwetekhnoloji esetyenziswa kwiibhasi zombane zanamhlanje kwizizukulwana ze-diesel-electric hybrid kunye neebhasi zombane zetroli ezingaphezulu ezakhiwe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kunye neebhasi zayo zokuqala ze-fuel cell, eziye zafakwa kwi-2001. I-Cummins yabonisa okokuqala kwayo okokuqala. zonke iilori zombane ngo-2017 emva kweminyaka engaphezu kweshumi yophando kunye nophuhliso lobuchwephesha, kwaye ukususela ngoko kuhanjiswe amakhulu ombane ombane wombane kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo zezicelo.Ukusukela oko ibhasi yombane yombane yesizukulwana sesibini seGILLIG yatyhilwa ngo-2019, iinkampani zisebenze kunye ukuhambisa eyona bhasi yombane ithembekileyo neyomeleleyo kwinkonzo.Ibhasi yakhela phezu kwelifa lokugqwesa kunye nokusebenza okuqinisekisiweyo kokuhamba kweebhasi ze-GILLIG ezingaphezu kwe-27,000 ezisebenza kulo lonke elase-United States namhlanje.

Iinkampani zibambisene ukwenza uvavanyo lokuqinisekisa ngokucokisekileyo ukuqinisekisa ukhuseleko kunye nokusebenza kwebhasi kunye ne-powertrain kwiimeko ezinzima.Ukongeza, ibhasi yombane igqibe uvavanyo kunye neNkqubo yoVavanyo lweBhasi yeFederal Transit Administration eAltoona, ePennsylvania, ngoJulayi, apho ifumene amanqaku abalaseleyo kuzo zonke iindidi zokulinganisa, ngakumbi ukuqina nokusebenza.