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Cummins launches Accelera brand for its New Power business unit

The new brand will provide battery electric and fuel cell electric solutions across a range of commercial and industrial applications.

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The electric school bus rollout reality

Taking commercial vehicle battery electric technology to school.

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BYD unveils Type A school bus with V2G technology

BYD (Build Your Dreams) recently unveiled the Type A battery-electric school bus, “the Achiever,” at theTransporting Students with Disabilities and Special Needs (TSD) Conference. The Type A is equipped with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology that allows the school bus to serve as a power source that provides clean energy during the hours it’s not being operated.

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Thomas Built Buses celebrates 200th Proterra-powered electric school bus delivery

Thomas Built Buses (TBB) announced the delivery of TBB’s 200th Proterra Powered Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus to Monroe County Public Schools in Indiana. Monroe became the first county in the state to receive an electric school bus in fall 2020. Since then, the district has continued to grow its zero-emission fleet, ordering an additional two buses

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PRE-Q GALGO Corporation exhibits at the OSBMA 33rd annual workshop

PRE-Q GALGO Corp. exhibited at the annual Ohio School Bus Mechanics Association (OSBMA) workshop in Columbus, on October 18, 2022. OSBMA works to improve, promote and develop the professional status of school bus mechanics throughout the state of Ohio. “We were a showcase vendor again this year, providing an excellent opportunity to spend more time

BYD, AVSTA agree on battery electric school buses

BYD and the Antelope Valley Schools Transportation Agency (AVSTA) announced Monday a plan to bring 20 battery electric school buses to students in the Antelope Valley. The buses will be built in Lancaster, Calif., at the BYD Coach and Bus facility by members of the SMART Union. AVSTA CEO Morris Fuselier III expressed excitement about

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Sono Motors unveils production design of its Solar Bus Kit

Sono Motors recently held its first “Celebrate the Sun” Community event. During which, the Munich-based OEM celebrated the debut of its Solar Bus Kit, a scalable B2B retrofit solution that reduces fuel consumption and inner-city greenhouse gas emissions, thereby contributing to climate protection, the company noted. The Solar Bus Kit is optimized for the most

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Pegasus Bus introduces Atlas models using Peterbilt Chassis

Pegasus Bus Co. recently announced details surrounding the design of its all-new Atlas models today. The advanced, feature-rich Atlas bodies will be built for shuttle, paratransit and Type A school buses on the Peterbilt 535 chassis, and for shuttle, paratransit and Type C school buses on the Peterbilt 536 and 537 chassis. At 48 seats,

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Lightning eMotors, Collins Bus to expand electric school bus offering

Lightning eMotors, a provider of medium-duty and specialty commercial electric vehicles for fleets, and Collins Bus Corp., a manufacturer of Type A School Buses and a subsidiary of REV Group recently announced the expansion of their zero-emission Type A school bus offering to include both GM and Ford chassis platforms. Expansion of the Lightning eMotors-Collins

Zero-emission truck, bus availability grows, but is the pace fast enough?

According to the latest data derived from CALSTART’s Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero program and campaign, total models available for zero-emission trucks (ZETs) and buses (ZEBs) will have grown nearly 26% globally since 2020 by the end of this year, from 433 models to 544 models–in spite of global economic and supply chain challenges

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BYD introduces Type A battery electric school bus

BYD introduced its Type A battery electric vehicle, a zero-emission school bus that combines design, performance and safety together in a package built to meet the needs of students and administrators. The BYD Type A offers innovative vehicle-to-grid technology, allowing the vehicle to serve as a power storage resource when it’s not transporting students. The

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Daimler Trucks N. A. selects Meritor 14Xe ePowertrain for next-gen school bus

Meritor Inc. announced it will provide its Blue Horizon 14Xe integrated ePowertrain for the next generation, all-electric Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley school bus from Thomas Built Buses (TBB). This is Meritor’s first electric vehicle production award with a Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) brand. The intended agreement will span five years and is expected to start

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