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What's Underneath the Jouley Electric School Bus? Take a Look at This Chassis!
Get an inside, up-close look at Thomas Built Buses’ C2 electric bus chassis in this walkaround video on location at Freightliner Custom Chassis.
by Amanda Huggett and Wayne Parham
November 5, 2026Ever seen what’s under your school bus body or gotten an up-close look at its chassis? Now, you can!
Mark Childers, powertrain and technology sales manager at Thomas Built Buses, gives School Bus Fleet a walk-around tour of the Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley second-generation chassis for Thomas Built’s electric school bus, powered by Proterra batteries. He walks us through Jouley’s chassis construction, safety features, charging port locations, range, and the importance of regenerative braking.
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