COLLINS BUS PARTNERS WITH CLEANFUEL USA
Collins Bus Corporation announced today an exclusive agreement with CleanFUEL USA to develop the first Type A small school bus to operate on autogas with a Liquid Propane Injection (LPI) system.
CleanFUEL USA is a specialist in the development of Liquid Propane Injection and the only company that will currently offer an EPA and CARB certified system on the GM 6.0L gasoline engine cutaway chassis. Collins, as the largest builder of Type A school buses will soon be offering this system as an option for several of its GM dual rear wheel models. Propane fuel, when compared to diesel and gasoline, provides a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and has the potential to reduce fuel costs with the federal tax credit of 50 cents per gallon for propane. The Department of Energy also states that the low carbon and reduced oil contamination of propane has resulted in a higher documented engine life of up to two times that of gasoline engines.
