August Tuesday Tune-Up
Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. Excelerator training workshops, Bendix Intellipark Maintenance Mode How-To, Parts Specials, and more!
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Your New Electric Bus: EV Service & Maintenance
If you’re navigating the adoption of electric school buses for your district, you’re probably wondering what happens afterward. Am I on my own? What if something goes wrong? What does service on my new electric bus even look like? How do I train my service technicians to work on these new vehicles? At Sonny Merryman, we’re … Continued
Long-time Sonny Merryman Body Shop Technician ‘Pa John’ Retiring
After 45 years, “Pa John” Evans is finally hanging up his paint brush and sprayer at Sonny Merryman. There is no telling how many buses and vehicles John has painted in the past four plus decades – but it surely numbers in the thousands. John began working for his Uncle Sonny not long after his … Continued
June Tuesday Tune-Up
Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. New Jouley electric school bus training video, SESPTC/VAPT conference this weekend, Excelerator parts ordering, and more!
May Tuesday Tune-Up
Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. VAPT Conference Returns, Bus Tech Round Table Workshops, Electric School Bus Rebate Funding Program Open, 3G Network Update, and More!
The Electric School Bus Series: An Electrifying Partnership in Fairfax County, Virginia
In collaboration with partners and communities, WRI’s Electric School Bus Initiative aims to build unstoppable momentum toward an equitable transition of the U.S. school bus fleet to electric by 2030, bringing health, climate and economic benefits to children and families across the country and normalizing electric mobility for an entire generation The Electric School Bus … Continued
April Tuesday Tune-Up
Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. Bus Technician Round Table Workshop dates released, there’s still time to sign up for the Thomas Institute East, parts ordering online, and more!
Electric school buses prevent more than 600,000 pounds[1] of greenhouse gas emissions in Virginia
Sonny Merryman, Virginia’s exclusive Virginia dealer, and Proterra Inc, a leading innovator in commercial vehicle electrification technology, today announced that the 50 zero-emission Proterra Powered Saf-T-Liner eC2 Jouley™ electric school buses operating in Virginia have already displaced more than 600,000 of pounds of greenhouse gases. Since first being launched in Virginia in 2020, 15 local school … Continued
Sonny Merryman and Team Receive Top Honors at Annual Thomas Dealer Meeting
“Life is like a box of chocolates.” In the heart of Savannah, Georgia – the same setting of this famous line – #TeamSonny delighted in some of the sweetest of treats earlier this month at the 2022 Thomas Built Buses Dealer meeting. Twelve members of Team Sonny attended the four- day event which featured a golf … Continued
Top 5 Safety Considerations for Fleets Going Electric
There’s a lot to think about when taking your fleet electric. Things like EV safety standards, electric battery chemistry and testing. For electric school buses, the risk of a thermal incident is often top of mind for customers as well. The Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner® C2 Jouley® is an excellent example of an electric school bus that exceeds safety … Continued