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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.
Produced as school bus, commercial bus, and MFSAB/activity bus; Uses Freightliner C2 chassis, derived from Freightliner M2 106 Business Class medium-duty truck; Replaces both Saf-T-Liner Conventional and Saf-T-Liner FS-65; Produced as diesel-electric hybrid (C2e) from 2007 to 2013; Propane version released in 2013; CNG Version released in 2016
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.
As of May 2022, the MT-series step van (called MT50e) is available as an all-electric vehicle, [36] and so are school buses built on Freightliner's chassis. Also, the eCascadia , an all-electric semi-truck by Freightliner, was handed to customers for field tests in 2019, then officially premiered in May 2022. [ 37 ]
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.
2003- Thomas Built Buses debuts the Saf-T-Liner C2, a revolutionary school bus design. 2004- Freightliner opens its high-tech wind tunnel center in Portland, Oregon. FCCC introduces the hybrid electric walk-in van chassis. 2005- Opening of a high-tech cold chamber in Portland, Oregon. 2007- Daimler and Chrysler split. The new Daimler AG is founded.
The Freightliner FS-65 is a cowled school bus chassis (conventional style) that was manufactured by Freightliner from 1997 to 2008. Derived from the Freightliner FL-Series medium-duty trucks, the FS-65 was produced primarily for school bus applications, though commercial-use buses and cutaway-cab buses were also built using the FS-65 chassis.
The C2 is a cowled chassis (bodied without a cab); for applications outside of school bus use, Freightliner designates the cowled bus chassis as the S2. [27] Developed specifically for the Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 school bus (assembled by Freightliner subsidiary Thomas Built Buses), the C2 departs from previous precedent in its higher parts ...