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School Bus Bay: A Link Between High-Performance Race Cars and School Buses?
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009. A Link Between High-Performance Race Cars and School Buses? Perhaps it's all a bit premature, but an intriguing concept was reported last week on Wired.com. The technology is '100% conventional' [according to Ilmor] and doesn’t require any new manufacturing techniques. Ilmor says that the prototype five-stroke engine, based on a design by Gerhard Schmitz. Has an overall expansion ratio “approaching that of a diesel engine – in the region of 14.5:1. Tuesday, August 25, 2009.
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School Bus Bay: 6/28/09 - 7/5/09
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. CARB to Feds: Reinstate Hydrogen Funding. The Green Car Congress published an interesting blog. Indicating that, if the California Air Resources Board gets its way (which, on a separate note, it did. Today when the EPA granted a waiver enabling the state to enforce its own greenhouse gas emissions standard), hydrogen fuel cells may not be that far off after all. That is granted Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu's "four miracles" are performed by the scientific community.
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School Bus Bay: Visit School Bus Bay now at STNonline.com!
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Monday, October 26, 2009. Visit School Bus Bay now at STNonline.com! Over the weekend we launched a robust, newly redesigned magazine web site. That now hosts our blog network. The result is we will no longer be updating this external web site. Please be sure to bookmark our new page. Thanks for visiting! School Transportation News Blogs. Monday, October 26, 2009. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Visit the STNMagazine Web Site. Follow me on Twitter. Hybrid electric school bus. Stop oil speculaiton now.
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School Bus Bay: 7/5/09 - 7/12/09
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Friday, July 10, 2009. The 'New GM' Out of Bankruptcy, Still Committed to School Bus Market. As the industry has been closely watching the demise of GM, there seems to be some good news coming out of Detroit: the automaker is remaining dedicated to its small school bus business as it was emerging bankruptcy. Sooner than expected. A company spokesman recently told STN that the commitment to manufacturing chassis for the school bus market has not changed [Look for this article in the August STN issue].
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School Bus Bay: 8/9/09 - 8/16/09
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Friday, August 14, 2009. Navistar Points to CARB Research to Back Up Claims Against SCR. The aggressive marketing performed by Navistar this year has drawn criticism from many in automotive and fleet circles, such as Oliver Dixon's " Spiral of Dispair. Article earlier this week on The World Trucks Blog at UK's www.roadtransport.com. The letter goes on:. Although we are encouraged by findings to date, which suggest that the technology can deliver significant reductions of many species of toxicological rel...
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School Bus Bay: 9/6/09 - 9/13/09
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Thursday, September 10, 2009. Freightliner to Embark on Road Toward All-Electric Vehicles. While school buses are seemingly not part of the discussion — yet, anyay — Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation, a subsidiary of Daimler and the provider of chassis for Thomas Built Buses, has inked a letter of intent with Enova Systems to meet the demand for all-electric commercial vehicles. School Transportation News Blogs. Thursday, September 10, 2009. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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School Bus Bay: 7/19/09 - 7/26/09
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009. CTO Responsible for MaxxForce Leaving Navistar. The magazine reported that Endres e-mail inbox is automatically replying to incoming messages by saying that he left the company this month. School Transportation News Blogs. Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Visit the STNMagazine Web Site. Browse the latest news and trends in student transportation and child safety at www.stnonline.com. Follow me on Twitter. Hybrid electric school bus. Resou...
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School Bus Bay: Collins Bus at Frontlines of Alternative Fuel Technology
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009. Collins Bus at Frontlines of Alternative Fuel Technology. With recent statements made by school bus manufacturers that they expect an additional 20- to 30-percent downturn in school bus production this year amid the struggling economy, things seem to be looking up for Collins Bus Corporation. Today's news that company will be bringing to market a propane-powered Type A school bus. Speaking of which, Collins is already concentrating on interested school district and private f...
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School Bus Bay: 9/27/09 - 10/4/09
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Friday, October 2, 2009. North Carolina: Out with Thomas and in with Blue Bird? Though a final decision is pending, North Carolina appears to be set to award its 2010 bus bid to Blue Bird, marking an about face from a historic alliance with Thomas Built Buses. Not only is Thomas an in-state company but the way North Carolina's school bus specs were written called for items that Thomas was in the best position to provide, according to industry sources and Internet message boards. Friday, October 02, 2009.
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