There's a moment when you're standing under a gray curtain of clouds and wonder if you actually felt the first rain drop or just imagined it. That was the moment when the crowd gathered in the courtyard of the Cummins Technical Center, the power generation company's incubator for innovation. Julie Furber, executive director of Cummins' electrification business, stood at a podium in front of a uniquely shaped truck draped in a dark veil, undeterred by the swelling sky. After all, this was the moment that she had been looking forward to since Cummins launched its electrification business group; the moment the industry had been talking about in what-ifs and whispers-the unveiling of the industry's first fully electric Class 7 "urban hauler" tractor.
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