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Industry Updates

1/29/2019 -Thomas Built Buses Receives Top Customer Feedback Rating

Thomas Built Buses and its dealer network received high marks in customer surveys, resulting in a top Net Promoter Score for 2018, the school bus manufacturer announced on Monday.

Through research conducted by The Daniel Group, Thomas Built Buses achieved a “World Class” Net Promoter Score. The “World Class” rating, within the range of 70 to 100, is the highest that a company can receive in a Net Promoter Score. Read More

8/9/18 – Changing the Game: Thomas Built Buses C2 with the Detroit DD5 Engine

DUNCANNON, PA, August 9, 2018 –  Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 school buses are available now with the Detroit DD5 engine.

The Detroit DD5 is a medium-duty diesel engine that has been tested for millions of miles since its developmental stages. It has been a widely-used platform across Europe since its official debut overseas in 2013. The Detroit DD5 is built in Detroit, Michigan. Read More

3/9/2018 –School Districts Are Seeing a Dramatic Decrease in Diesel Engine Aftertreatment Maintenance Issues With New Stay Warm Feature

In early 2017, Thomas Built Buses announced a revolutionary new feature for diesel engines: Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Temperature Stabilization, also known as the Stay Warm feature. This new feature optimizes the regenerative parameters of diesel engines, increasing active regeneration and decreasing aftertreatment DPF maintenance issues. Over the past year, Thomas Built dealers have been implementing the Stay Warm feature in diesel school buses across North America, and school districts could not be more pleased. See a customer success story here!

2/5/2018 – Thomas Built Buses Receives “World Class” Net Promoter Score

Thomas Built Buses, the leading manufacturer of school buses, and its dealer network, has received top marks from its customers, resulting in an outstanding Net Promoter Score℠ (NPS®) for 2017. Through research conducted by The Daniel Group, Thomas Built has achieved a “World Class” NPS, which is any score within the range of 70 – 100. Being classified as “World Class” is the highest achievement that a company can receive through their NPS.  Read More

1/2/2018 – Total Cost of Ownership Tip: Test Your DEF

DEF is an important component of any diesel engine. But since contaminants or impurities in your DEF could cause the SCR system to malfunction or fail, it is important to test your fluid for contaminants or impurities whenever the DEF quality light is on, if you receive a code for poor DEF quality, or you suspect someone has added incorrect fluid. Luckily, performing a DEF test is pretty easy. Watch this video to learn how

11/30/17 – Thomas Built Buses – Think you know diesel? Think again.

Did you know that diesel emissions are 90% cleaner today than in 2006? Based on EPA-regulated emissions, diesel is comparable to or even cleaner than other fuel types. In fact, 60 of today’s Saf-T-Liner C2 buses produce fewer combined emissions than one school bus from 2002. Diesel also has the lowest carbon footprint over the operational life of a school bus. Diesel. It’s no longer a dirty word.  Read More

11/5/17 – Thomas Built Buses Debuts “Jouley”

Thomas Built Buses has been moving the industry forward for more than 100 years. Now we’re driving it in a whole new way with Jouley, the first generation Saf-T-Liner® C2 electric bus.

Named after the joule unit of energy, Jouley is our first electric bus and a working example of not only how important electric vehicles are to us, but how important they are to Daimler as a whole. Read more and watch the video

Watch the “Jouley” walk-around video

9/26/17 – Thomas Built Buses Debuts New Diesel Engines

Thomas Built Buses, along with Detroit, soon will launch some of the most efficient, powerful, reliable and, most important, clean diesel engines on the market. In 2018, the new Detroit™ DD5™ and DD8™ will debut, after being engineered from the ground up to change the diesel engine as you know it.

Meet the DD5 – The DD5 engine, which is the latest in medium-duty engine technology, will deliver power, performance and best-in-class fuel economy and reliability. Suited for the Saf-T-Liner® C2, it was designed to offer a low overall total cost of ownership and make serviceability a breeze.  Read More