After starting in traditional fuel injection systems, the company has branched into alternative fuels.
Many in the trucking industry have likely heard of Phinia. The company first began offering fuel injection systems, among other internal combustion engine staples, for vehicles ranging from passenger cars to heavy-duty commercial vehicles over a century ago.
But while they have more than a hundred years of traditional fuel systems, according to Todd Anderson, CTO at Phinia, the shift into cleaner, alternative fuels has been a far more recent one.
Alternative fuels include a whole host of substances, including hydrogen, ethanol, and even ammonia biofuels. Anderson views them as an “evolution” of the legacy systems, more focused on improving efficiencies.
Phinia also provides gasoline direct injection systems, which they began dabbling in roughly 15 years ago. Compared to traditional fuel injection systems, direct injection is…
