The mass adoption of alternatively fueled school buses is sweeping the nation. Every day, hundreds of thousands of students are transported to school in buses operating on propane autogas. Last year 10 percent of Type C buses sold in the U.S. ran on autogas.
April 7, 2014 — Broward County Public Schools, the nation’s sixth largest school district, purchased 98 alternative fuel school buses to lower its operating costs while supporting school district’s environmental stewardship program, “Learn Green. Live Green.”
04.07.2014 — Broward County Public Schools, the nation’s sixth largest school district, purchased 98 alternative fuel school buses to lower its operating costs while improving the environment.
03.21.2014 — DISH announced that it deployed 47 customer service vans fueled by propane autogas in the Los Angeles area today. The fleet will emit 3.2 million fewer pounds of carbon dioxide emissions over its lifetime.
Alternative-fuel technology supplier ROUSH CleanTech, based in Livonia, Mich., named Rob Stevens vice president of strategy. Stevens, formerly Ford Motor Co.’s chief engineer and a 37-year veteran with that company, will be responsible for future product and customer strategy, Roush said… (Truck Fleet Management)
Being “green” is a good business philosophy and company’s that employ it find federal, state and local governments more open to their services. However, when it comes time to replace worn-out trucks with new ones, a lot of those in the work truck world are still quick to shun the benefits of CNG and LPG over good old diesel and gasoline power. After all, it’s a hard pill for many truck buyers to swallow shelling out the extra cash to get a diesel package, let alone thinking about going the “green” fuel route… (Hard Working Trucks)
Textile services company Mission Linen has added a number of alternative fuel vehicles to its fleet as a part of its corporate sustainability efforts. “We are excited to expand our alternative fuel vehicles within our fleet,” says John Ross, president and CEO. “In just a short period of time, we have seen positive effects on the environment, natural resources and on route optimization… (NGT News)
Leaders at municipal law enforcement agencies, parks and recreation depts., school & hospital maintenance dept., landscape companies, and anyone interested in propane as in alternative to gas or diesel could learn the benefits of fueling their fleets with propane during an event hosted by South Shore Clean Cities Inc… (Portage Life)
Hard Working Trucks borrowed a ROUSH CleanTech F-250 demo vehicle to test out on the track. See how it performed below.
Listen to ROUSH CleanTech vice president of sales and marketing, Todd Mouw, discuss DISH Networks roll-out of propane autogas vehicles in southern California…. (KNX 1070 Newsradio)
