Hexagon Agility reaches milestone with additional orders supporting X15-N natural gas trucks
Additional natural gas fuel system orders at a value of $4.3 million include more than 20 Class 8 fleets.
Source | Hexagon Agility
(Costa Mesa, Calif., U.S.), a subsidiary of Hexagon Composites ASA (Ålesund, Norway) providing natural gas (CNG/RNG) fuel systems, has over the past months received new orders for natural gas fuel systems installations on trucks powered by ’ (Columbus, Ind., U.S.) X15N natural gas engine, designed specifically for the North American heavy-duty commercial truck market.
The new orders are valued at $4.3 million and include more than 20 Class 8 fleets (read “Hexagon Agility receives wave of RNG fuel system orders for Class 8 trucks”). This brings the total accumulated value of orders that Hexagon Agility has received for natural gas fuel systems for X15N-powered trucks to $20 million, including the UPS order announced in May 2024 and orders announced in October 2024.
At the end of April 2025, Daimler Truck North America announced it had opened orders for Freightliner Cascadia trucks equipped with the Cummins X15N. Daimler, Kenworth and Peterbilt, three leading Class 8 truck OEMs in North America, now offer natural gas truck options powered by the X15N engine.
“Despite freight market and macro-economic uncertainty, we see a strong uptick in the interest for natural gas solutions,” says Eric Bippus, chief commercial officer at Hexagon Composites. “The 15-liter engine [X15N] is now enabling fleets to access the fuel cost and emissions reduction benefits of natural gas, with performance that matches diesel in both power and range. Equipped with a fuel system from Hexagon Agility, Class 8 trucks with the X15N can achieve a range of up to 1,200 miles. This has unlocked a whole new segment of the truck market previously constrained to just diesel fuel.”
With power ratings up to 500 horsepower (~370 kilowatts) and torque up to 1,850 pound-foot, the X15N engine is reported to meet the needs of long-haul/heavy-load demands for high horsepower and offers a range of up to 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers), matching the capabilities of diesel.
Natural gas trucking is supported by a robust network of more than 1,600 public and private CNG/RNG fueling stations across key transport corridors in North America.
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