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ROUSH CleanTech Remains a Strong Propane Advocate Despite Electric Unveil


WITH RYAN GRAY | RYAN@STNONLINE.COM P


rior to last month’s Advanced Clean Transpor- tation Expo in Long Beach, Calif., ROUSH CleanTech was synonymous—at least in the school bus industry—with propane autogas fuel injection systems built for the Blue Bird Vision and the Micro Bird G5, as well as comparable CNG and gasoline systems. Te alternative energy division of ROUSH Enterprises was still riding the high of last year, when it produced the first and only propane engine in the Class 4 through 7 market to achieve the optional 0.05 grams per brake horsepower per hour level of NOx. Te company was also named this spring as offering the first alternative-fuel


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system certified to the heavy-duty, on-board diagnostics standard from the California Air Resources Board and the U.S. EPA. Todd Mouw was promoted to president of ROUSH


CleanTech earlier this year and made a big splash at ACT Expo by unveiling an electrified drivetrain for the Ford F-650. It was a move that turned plenty of heads on the exhibit floor. As STN reported at the time, Mouw commented that the company would first seek a “dance partner” to collaborate with on bringing the truck to the Class 6/7 market, a vital part of alternative fuel vehicle technology efforts. But he added both during a press conference


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