Cummins Confidential is the independent Cummins news and investigations series from The Cummins Accountability Project (TCAP). We examine Cummins Inc. beyond the corporate press releases, glossy sustainability claims and carefully managed newsroom narratives.
From diesel emissions scandals, employee treatment, recalls and financial results to employment practices, executive conduct, Destination Zero and corporate accountability, Cummins Confidential compares the company’s public messaging with the documentary record.
Expect independent scrutiny, evidence-led investigations, sharp satire and the occasional magnificent corporate own goal. Every edition challenges the official narrative, distinguishes documented facts from editorial opinion and invites factual corrections.
Cummins has its newsroom. TCAP has a few questions.
And we are not particularly interested in the approved answers.
Cummins India profits fell 28.4%, its shares plunged 14.11%, and its American parent suffered a sharp two-day sell-off. TCAP investigates the midterms, the Indian earnings disappointment and Cummins’ curious regional newsroom chronology. Featuring AI, corporate communications and a vindaloo that apparently wasn’t finished claiming victims.
Yesterday, the TITs misplaced billions. Today, they’ve dressed an exhaust catalyst for the laundrette. Cummins’ international publishing department has another quality-control problem.
Cummins reported $1.14 billion in quarterly net income. Its Serbian-language newsroom apparently turned that into $114 billion. Del Boy, Boycie and the TITs translation department investigate.
Record earnings, abandoned hydrogen ambitions and billions in Accelera losses. Cummins has its Bonfire Night fireworks, but who’s paying for the Guy?
Cummins’ events diary extends into 2027 with agriculture, marine, construction and trucking exhibitions. TCAP follows the itinerary as the shares take a tumble ahead of Q3 earnings.
Cummins sells emergency generators because failure is unthinkable, then sells maintenance to reduce the risk of the backup itself failing. A Ghanaian hospital experienced the nightmare, while AI operators face enormous infrastructure costs. TCAP examines the commercial genius of selling salvation and charging to keep the bastard operational.
Cummins’ international newsroom has apparently recruited Trotters Independent Translators. Daventry goes on and off the grid, Roy Free becomes older than Trigger’s broom, and a quality manager acquires three names. Bonjour, monsieur!
Roy Free discusses Cummins’ Daventry expansion, safety and solar generation. Unfortunately, the accompanying article appears to misplace 2,110 megawatt-hours of annual electricity. TCAP investigates the figures, the 2023 unit error and the manufacturer’s approach to continuous improvement.
As governments warn about infrastructure threats and power outages, Cummins discusses the hidden cost of losing electricity. TCAP follows the money from its 2022 generator marketing to a retailer’s October 2026 grid-emergency sales pitch.
