Potential safety problems in a new-generation propane-powered school bus have sparked a precautionary recall by CleanFUEL USA, marketwatch.com reports. The recall relates to fuel hose fittings on the Blue Bird Propane Vision school bus, which Propane.pro featured last week. The ‘Vision’ boasts 362 horsepower and meets stringent Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board […]

The latest in eco bus technology has just been unveiled and it runs on clean-burning domestically-produced propane autogas. Georgia-based bus manufacturer Blue Bird has just launched its next generation Propane-Powered Vision school bus. It seats 77, boasts 362 horsepower and meets stringent Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board certification requirements, digitaljournal.com reports. The […]

This week, FleetOwner Magazine took a look at one of the propane-powered school buses from Blue Bird. And anyone expecting some kind of futuristic hovercraft will be disappointed. This bus is big and yellow (and it probably has a tiny fan by the driver seat, like school bus drivers always use). The difference between a […]

Memo to the cash-strapped school boards across the country: consider the propane-powered school bus. At the end of November, a school district in Northern Iowa announced its plans to lease six propane buses as a cost-cutting alternative to the standard field-trip carrier, the diesel bus. Mark Egli, superintendant for schools in Manson, Iowa, told the […]