advised Jay Craig, president and CEO of vehicle suspension and brake system provider Meritor. Meritor is now offering fully electrified
drive axles for Peterbilt, as well as drivetrain and battery management solutions. Te company has embraced an open architecture, to give customers, as Craig added, “whatever they want or need.” Following Craig’s remarks, Cliff Glad-
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as over 1,300 school districts have chosen this route, according to Blue Bird and propane-autogas system provider ROUSH CleanTech. Prior to the roundtable, Craig also told the several thousand attendees gathered that specified electrification is at a “fork in the road,” a statement supported by a research team using proprietary analysis developed by Meritor to examine the commercial vehicle industry. Teir job was to predict what percentage of the different vehicle types would be running on electric drivetrains over the next few years. Craig reported that less than two percent of all school buses on the road are currently electric powered, but the research team predicted that 60 percent would be electrified by 2025. Craig also urged attendees to not get ahead of themselves, but to remain relevant to customer needs today amid the changing technology, continuously updating competitor list and new federal or state mandates. “In times of rapid change, you can quickly lose touch with your customers, and that is the best way to fall out of relevance,” he said.
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