Blue Bird was the first to market last year with the next generation of gasoline Type-C models.
have many components to maintain, such as diesel particulate filters, that are not present in gasoline buses. He added that gasoline buses are also generally much quieter. “For bus drivers, that means they can hear their students versus not being able to hear as much on the bus because of the diesel engine,” he said.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Jenkins stated that Blue Bird has been taking orders for the bus since announc- ing its availability last year. Initial deliver- ies will take place this month. “We’ve been taking orders for the
last several months and we’re expecting those orders to increase over time as the emissions standards on diesel continue to get more stringent,” he said. While it is perhaps too early to tell
just how much of an impact the return of gasoline will have on the school bus industry as a whole, the fact that com- petition appears to be coming is perhaps indicative of the fact that demand will continue to grow. “I don’t think that you’ll ever see gasoline completely replace diesel but I definitely think you’re going to see a growth in gasoline in the school bus market,” Jenkins said. ●
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Te U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) listed school bus replacements and engine repowers as eligible projects to receive a
portion of the $2.7-billion trust that Volkswagen was ordered to fund for deliberately designing software to cheat federal emission laws for diesel cars. As part of a settlement reached with federal and state regulators, and to rectify the ex- cess NOx emissions spewed into the atmosphere from the 500,000 cars that Volkswagen sold under fraudulent pretenses, the German automotive company has agreed to endow the Mitigation Trust Fund to replace or repower older diesel engines or help transition diesel fleets to zero-emissions electric power. Te National School Transportation Association lauded the decision to include school buses as eligible projects. “NSTA welcomes this agreement by EPA, CARB and Volkswagen. Continued funding for the purchase of newer or the repowering of older school buses is a win- win for the communities (that) school bus contractors serve and the children they safely transport every day,” said NSTA President Todd Monteferrario in a statement. Te Mitigation Trust Fund represents only a small portion of the total penalty handed
down, as Volkswagen must pay $14.7 billion for its criminal negligence. “Today’s settlement restores clean air protections that Volkswagen so blatantly vio- lated,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.
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