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Large school buses include Type C (bodied on cowled medium-duty truck chassis) and Type D (bodied on bare "forward control" or "pusher" chassis). Type C buses are the most common design, while Type D buses are the largest vehicles. All school buses are of single deck design with step entry. In the United States and Canada, bus bodies are ...
Trans Tech is the first school bus manufacturer to produce a fully electric school bus (eTrans, based on the Smith Electric Newton). Van-Con, Inc. Type A Type B 1973 Middlesex, New Jersey: Van-Con, Inc. is New Jersey's only school bus manufacturer. Van-Con, Inc produces 16, 25, 30 passenger and wheelchair accessible school buses.
Saf-T-Liner C2 Interior view, looking back. The Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 (often shortened to Thomas C2) is a bus manufactured by Thomas Built Buses since 2004. The first cowled-chassis bus designed by Thomas following its acquisition by Freightliner, the C2 debuted the first all-new body design for the company in over three decades.
The Freightliner C2 is a Type C conventional bus chassis manufactured by Daimler Truck North America, used for school bus applications. It was introduced in 2004 as the replacement for the FS-65. The C2 uses the hood, firewall, steering column, and dashboard of the Freightliner Business Class M2 medium-duty conventional.
In addition to school bus applications, variations of the Saf-T-Liner have been produced as activity buses, specialty vehicles, and commercial/transit buses. It can also be used to describe the Saf-T-Liner C2 or Saf-T-Liner FS-65, but they are not considered part of the Saf-T-Liner family.
School bus Thomas Built Buses: 1978 USA Saf-T-Liner C2: School bus Thomas Built Buses: 2004 USA Saf-T-Liner EF: Single deck Thomas Built Buses: 1978 School bus United States Saf-T-Liner EFX: Single deck Thomas Built Buses: 2011 School bus United States Saf-T-Liner ER: Single deck Thomas Built Buses: 1978 School bus United States Saf-T-Liner FS ...
During the late 1930s, school bus manufacturers were beginning to develop transit-style school buses. In comparison to a cowled-chassis bus mounted on a truck frame, a transit-style bus allowed for greater seating capacity within the same body length; manufacturers also experimented with engine configurations.
Mid Bus: The Mid Bus SC is a school bus built on the International 3400 cutaway-cab chassis (with a truck cab and driver-side door); the SC was built during the mid-1990s. New Bus Company 1988-1989 Superior Coach Company: Superior Pioneer (1979–1985) Superior ended production of Type C buses in 1985 to concentrate on Type A buses (see Mid Bus)