2015 Press Release

1.14.2016 — Eleven alternatively fueled school buses roll out this month for the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township. The fleet represents the largest deployment of propane autogas school buses in the state of Indiana.

11.3.2015 — Anne Arundel County students boarded the first school bus fueled by propane autogas in the state of Maryland. The Blue Bird Vision Propane bus, from contractor Jubb’s Bus Service, Inc., went into operation for the 2015-16 school year.

9.16.2015 — ROUSH CleanTech has developed an extended range fuel tank for the Ford E-450 chassis, which allows transit agencies to make fewer trips to the pump. With 64 usable gallons of propane autogas, the new tank holds 56 percent more fuel than the standard 41-usable gallon tank option.

9.2.2015 — Beginning this school year, many Detroit Public Schools students will ride to and from school in cleaner-operating buses fueled by propane autogas. The 35 alternative-fueled Blue Bird Vision Propane buses will lower costs while improving the environment by reducing Detroit’s carbon footprint.

8.10.2015 – Many school districts across the nation are implementing a cleaner, lower total cost of ownership solution for their school transportation needs with Blue Bird propane autogas school buses. Monongalia County Schools is the first in West Virginia to reduce emissions and experience the savings other districts have experienced through its purchase of the Blue Bird Propane-Powered Vision from their local dealer, Blue Bird Bus Sales of West Virginia.

5.13.2015 — ROUSH CleanTech propane vehicles have been tested by U.S.-based energy company ConocoPhillips in the field since 2011, logging thousands of miles in sometimes challenging conditions in northwest New Mexico and southwest Colorado.

4.8.2015 — The nation’s largest retail propane supplier has operated fleet vehicles with the fuel it sells for well over 30 years. Now, AmeriGas Propane, Inc., will more than double its propane autogas medium-duty fleet.

3.4.2015 — After a successful alternative fuels pilot, AmeriPride Services, one of the largest textile rental and supply companies in North America, is expanding its program to include additional propane autogas fueled trucks.

1.13.2015 — ROUSH CleanTech has earned California Air Resources Board (CARB) retrofit certification for all Ford 6.8-liter vehicles for model years 2012 to 2015. ROUSH CleanTech is the first company to receive this certification for propane autogas.