Cummins Westport receives first order for LNG-powered bus engines in China

VANCOUVER, July 30 -- Cummins Westport Inc., announced today that it has received its first order for bus engines to be fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) for transit service in Beijing.

Beijing Public Transportation Corporation has ordered 75 buses powered by the Cummins Westport B5.9G natural gas engine. These low-emissions LNG engines will be installed into new, 14-metre (40-foot), articulated buses and 11-meter buses. Deliveries have already commenced with the full order to be delivered by this fall. Cummins Westport's largest customer in Asia remains Beijing Public Transportation, which already has over 2,000 Cummins Westport natural gas engines in transit bus service.

"We are pleased to be working with Beijing Public Transportation to introduce LNG technology in their transit buses," said Hugh Foden, President of Cummins Westport. "The use of Cummins Westport engines in articulated LNG buses demonstrates that we are expanding our market in China into other bus applications and fuel formats."

Ching Gettman, General Manager of Cummins Westport's Asia operations added, "This order represents the first time that LNG-fueled buses will be used in transit operations in China. With two new LNG terminals approved for construction in China and local liquefaction facilities like the one to be used in Beijing, we feel there is a significant opportunity for wider use of LNG in the transportation sectors across the country."

Cummins Westport, a joint venture of Cummins Inc. and Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT), develops and markets low-emissions alternative fuel engines manufactured by Cummins. Cummins is a global power leader in engines, electrical power generation systems and related technologies. Westport Innovations is the leading developer of clean natural gas- and hydrogen-fueled engines. Cummins Westport Inc., formed in 2001, develops and markets low-emissions alternative fuel vehicle engines manufactured by Cummins.