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The first Newton Chassis from Smith Electric Vehicle’s arrives at Trans Tech Bus’s facility in Warwick, N.Y. The chassis will undergo a number of modifications as Trans Tech Bus engineers prepare the chassis to receive its new aerodynamic Trans Tech Bus conversion body.


What really sealed the deal for Trans Tech, “was that Smith has


commercial truck applications on the road in the U.S. today: It’s not a science project for them,” said Daniels. Four Newton-based all-electric, nonrefrigerated delivery


trucks have been in use for more than a year at Lee’s Summit R-7 schools in Kansas City, the first school district in the U.S. to operate an all-electric delivery fleet. Te trucks were expected to save the schools a minimum of $250,000 in fuel costs during the serviceable life of the trucks. Te eTrans could help school districts meet first-ever CAFE


fuel standards for commercial vehicles. Daniels added that the rounded design of the Trans Tech body is meant to reduce drag and thus incrementally boost fuel efficiency. “I want the first one here in California if I can be convinced this


still isn’t just R&D,” said Ralph Knight, director of transportation for the Napa Valley Unified School District, about the eTrans. Knight, who received his first all-electric transit-style bus in


1997, said he also seeks assurance that the providers of the chas- sis, bodies and battery chargers won’t enter a “circle of blame” with maintenance or warranties. Daniels said the eTrans will have Trans Tech’s three year-, 60,000-mile warranty on the bus body. Smith’s Carson did not return inquiries about the drivetrain or the battery terms. First attempts at all-electric school buses failed in the mid- 1990s with 35-foot transit-sized buses with weaker batteries. “You couldn’t get more than 50 miles out of them,” said Ken


McCoy. As former CEO for California’s Antelope Valley Schools Trans-


See Us At Booth # 701 46 School Transportation News Magazine October 2011


portation Agency, McCoy received the nation’s first purpose-built, all-electric school bus on Sept. 6, 1994 – a 72-passenger Blue Bird with a Westinghouse drivetrain. McCoy now serves as public governing board member of Antelope Valley’s Air Quality Man- agement District. ■


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