StreetsLA used a ROUSH CleanTech Ford F-650 battery electric truck to set traffic control for cool pavement installation in North Hollywood. It’s the first time the Bureau of Street Services has used an electric vehicle for this purpose. The agency also featured this BEV during the launch of its Center for Green Innovation.
Propane autogas is an affordable, flexible, and scalable fuel choice that can help cut emissions in your fleet—without sacrificing performance. The Propane Education and Research Council outlines the questions to consider when beginning the process.
ROUSH CleanTech received the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) 0.02 grams per brake horsepower-hour certification for 2022 model year vehicles. According to the company, it is the first original equipment manufacturer to receive the certification. The optional ultra-low CARB certification is 90 percent cleaner than current emissions standards for nitrogen oxides (NOx). The new engine certification covers the Roush CleanTech Gen 5 propane engines for Blue Bird school buses.
ROUSH CleanTech is the first original equipment manufacturer to receive California Air Resources Board’s 0.02 grams per brake horsepower-hour certification for 2022 model year vehicles. The optional ultra-low CARB certification is 90% cleaner than current emissions standards for nitrogen oxides. The new engine certification covers ROUSH CleanTech Gen 5 propane engines for Blue Bird school buses.
01.18.22 — ROUSH CleanTech is the first original equipment manufacturer to receive California Air Resources Board’s 0.02 grams per brake horsepower-hour certification for 2022 model year vehicles. The optional ultra-low CARB certification is 90% cleaner than current emissions standards for nitrogen oxides.
The diesel engine has been the backbone of the medium-duty truck and school bus markets for many decades. However, recent federal legislation coupled with a multi-state coalition that pledged zero emissions by 2050 could be the final straw that breaks diesel’s back in these vocational applications.
In the first episode of Rated ROUSH, our founder Jack Roush talks about his early mechanical projects. He shares some of his favorite memories from his lifetime, including the first engine he built, his first car and his first racing incident. Jack is “like an Edison,” one viewer commented.
Congratulations to our customer, Charlevoix County Transit, for being recognized as this year’s Outstanding Rural System by Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA). In 2019, the agency saved $130,000 in fuel costs with 13 propane vehicles, plus $20,000 in alternative fuel credits.
Propane school buses have enjoyed tremendous national adoption in just the last five years alone, and that should only increase with the passage into law of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the new $1.2 trillion law to improve America’s infrastructure.
