 |
LOS ANGELES — The second-largest school district in the country has placed a big order of compressed natural gas (CNG) buses.
Los Angeles Unified School District purchased 71 Saf-T-Liner C2 CNG school buses from Thomas Built Buses.
In 1994, LA Unified implemented a long-term replacement strategy to decrease its environmental impact and refresh its older fleet of buses. Through a $300,000 grant from the California Energy Commission, the district has been replacing many of its older buses with CNG units and updating its CNG infrastructure.
Today, LA Unified operates 1,300 school buses, including 475 CNG, 100 ultra-low emission, and 126 propane models. The district reportedly has the largest fleet of CNG-powered school buses in the U.S. and operates several CNG fueling stations.
“LA Unified has made great strides over the past few years by incorporating alternative-fueled vehicles into their fleet,” said Caley Edgerly, president and CEO of Thomas Built Buses. “The addition of Thomas Built’s Saf-T-Liner C2 CNG school buses paves the way for other school districts to deploy Type C CNG buses into their own fleets.”
The new Saf-T-Liner C2 CNG utilizes the Cummins Westport ISB6.7 G 6.7-liter natural gas engine and an Allison 2000 series transmission. It is California Air Resources Board (CARB)-certified, meets CARB’s optional low NOx standard of 0.1 g/bhp-hr., and meets Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2016 emissions and 2017 EPA greenhouse gas requirements, according to Thomas Built.
Related Topics: alternative fuels, California, CNG, emissions, propane, Thomas Built Buses
Lafayette Parish Schools uses its share of the state’s Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust dollars to buy 10 Blue Bird Vision Propane buses. Louisiana is the first state to disburse its VW funds.
Customers in California and Ontario will operate a total of seven Blue Bird Type D electric buses and one Micro Bird Type A electric model.
In this guest editorial, Allen Schaeffer from the Diesel Technology Forum says that for the same fixed investment, many more older and higher-emitting school buses can be replaced with new-technology diesel than with an all-electric choice.
Nicholas Voisard brings nearly a decade of management experience in the industry to the electric school bus manufacturer.
Township High School District 211’s new Blue Bird Vision Propane buses are expected to save about $15,000 per year in fuel costs and reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by almost 14,000 pounds.
Superior Propane installs 15 refueling dispensers from Superior Energy Systems in five provinces, with plans to add more in 2019.
The state plans to use two-thirds of its Volkswagen settlement money to buy around 300 new school buses in low-income communities.
Workshops will cover such topics as school choice, employee retention, and school shootings. A live-action event will demonstrate school bus fires and evacuations.
A new storage cabinet from JohnDow Industries is designed to hold up to 12 different assortments of the most popular smaller service parts.
The engine, developed in partnership with Roush CleanTech, is certified at 0.02 g/bhp-hr of nitrogen oxide.
Nine California districts and a New York school bus company will receive a total of 20 electric school buses this fall.
Malinda Sandhu brings more than 10 years of industry experience to the electric school bus manufacturer.
Pruitt has been the subject of multiple ethics investigations. President Trump accepts his resignation while continuing to defend his work at the EPA.
The major engine manufacturer will purchase Efficient Drivetrains Inc., which is supplying powertrains for forthcoming electric school bus models.
The state earmarks $130 million for electric buses. The mitigation funding is expected to become available starting in early 2019.
Q&A: Phil Horlock Points to Strong School Bus Sales, Despite Impact of Steel Tariffs
