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Many fleets have been eyeing propane-fueled vehicles over the past few years as viable alternatives to their aging diesel-powered buses. Tighter transportation budgets, paired with aftertreatment maintenance issues have caused fleet managers to rethink diesel and look for alternatives that are more cost-effective, cleaner and easier to maintain. “Nowadays, fleet managers are looking for different … Continued

HIGH POINT, N.C. — Thomas Built Buses and its dealer network received high marks in customer surveys, resulting in a top Net Promoter Score for 2018, the school bus manufacturer announced on Monday. Through research conducted by The Daniel Group, Thomas Built Buses achieved a “World Class” Net Promoter Score. The “World Class” rating, within … Continued

BraunAbility is offering technical training webinars for its Dual Parallel Arm (DPA) lift products, including the Century, Millennium, and Vista lifts. The training is intended to educate customers on how to properly maintain and repair their lifts. The webinars are offered every Thursday from 1-2:15 pm (ET) starting January 3rd. Every Thursday Jan.3-March 28 1-2:15pm … Continued

For newly hired Lynchburg City Schools’ Director of Transportation Angel Garcia-Ablanque, “transportation should be completely transparent.” “You shouldn’t know we exist unless there is a problem. That’s my goal. You shouldn’t be worried about that. That’s my responsibility,” Garcia-Ablanque said this week after being announced as the new director at the Lynchburg City School Board … Continued

From its newly announced pedestrian detection technology to its engines created to eventually anticipate faults before they even occur, Caley Edgerly says that all of Thomas Built Buses’ technology is born out of a simple vision: to safely transport children to and from school every day. Spurred by the fatal accident in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in … Continued

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) on Thursday, December 20, delivered the first vehicle in its Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet – a Freightliner eM2 – to Penske Truck Leasing, fulfilling the truck maker’s commitment to put an electric commercial truck in customer hands in 2018. DTNA President and CEO Roger Nielsen handed over the eM2 key to Penske Truck … Continued

UPDATE: Application deadline extended! Applications are now due March 26. WASHINGTON, D.C. — More grant funding is now available in the Diesel Emission Reduction (DERA) program. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Thursday that about $40 million is available for projects that significantly reduce diesel emissions, particularly in areas designated as having poor … Continued

HENRICO, Va. — Thomas Built Buses recently delivered its first Saf-T-Liner C2 school bus equipped with the new Detroit DD5 engine to a Virginia school district. The Nov. 28 delivery comes one month after Thomas Built officially sold out of its 2018 allocation of DD5 engines. Onsite at Thomas Built Buses to accept the keys … Continued

Electric transportation specialist Proterra and Thomas Built Buses, which manufactures school buses in North America, recently unveiled a new high-performance electric school bus featuring a Proterra battery system. The Saf-T-Liner eC2 electric school bus powered by Proterra represents Proterra’s entrance into a new commercial vehicle sector, demonstrating the mass-market shift toward electrification of commercial transportation, the company said. The eC2 bus … Continued

Customer interest in electric commercial vehicles is happening quicker than expected, but Roger Nielsen, president and CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, said DTNA will continue its efforts to dominate the electric commercial vehicle space in North America. “In 2020 we’ll have the highest number of [electric] vehicles on the road in trucking segment,” said Nielsen during a … Continued