industry transportation founded november 2007 headquarters 7 lake station road 1 warwick new york 10990 key people john phraner jose vazquez timothy downey products electric school buses school buses commercial buses mfsab buses parent transportation collaborative inc. website www.transtechbus.com trans tech bus a division of transportation collaborative inc. is an american manufacturer of conventional and environmentally friendly electric type a school buses . established in 2007 as a successor to the defunct u.s. bus corporation the company produces type a & type a ii school buses and various models of commercial buses all built on cutaway vehicle chassis . trans tech bus headquarters and production are located in a 70 000 square foot 6 500 m2 facility located in warwick new york united states . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 e trans 3 external links 4 references history edit in november 2007 the shuttered school bus manufacturer u.s. bus corporation was reorganized and re located to warwick new york . renamed trans tech bus the new company introduced three different models of school buses . single and dual rear wheel models were based on ford and gm van chassis while the medium duty model was built on a gm medium duty truck chassis . the medium duty bus was discontinued after 2009 following the end of general motors production of the c4500 5500 chassis . for 2012 the trans tech model line saw a complete redesign . the new st aero sst and roadstar feature a redesigned bodyshell with a focus on aerodynamics . the cst child safe transporter is a version of the sst available for mfsab multi function school activity bus use . products edit trans tech dual rear wheel on ford e 450 chassis 2012 present model name st aero sst roadstar etrans 2 available versions school bus school bus mfsab cst school bus school bus configuration type a type a type a type a 2 chassis provider general motors chevrolet express gmc savana ford motor company e 350 e 450 general motors chevrolet express gmc savana motiv power systems 1 notes single rear wheel type a school bus standard dual rear wheel type a bus mfsab model sold as cst child safe transporter narrow body dual wheel type a school bus battery powered fully electric school bus . 2007 2011 model name single rear wheel 3 dual rear wheel 4 5 medium duty available versions school bus commercial bus mfsab activity bus school bus commercial bus mfsab activity bus school bus commercial bus mfsab activity bus configuration type a type a type a 2 maximum seating capacity 34 ford 30 gm 42 6 chassis provider ford motor company ford e 350 general motors chevrolet express gmc savana ford motor company ford e 350 ford e 450 general motors chevrolet express gmc savana general motors chevrolet gmc c4500 5500 transtech bus prides itself on its progressive flexible manufacturing facility which allow a wide variety of options transtech buses may include ; flat floor configurations wheelchair lifts ricon braun etc. track seating l track or slide track air conditioning bus air mcc act etc. acoustic ceilings child check systems camera installations electric bi fold doors including street side bi fold mounting complete led lighting options vandal lock systems e trans edit in october 2011 at the yearly conference of the national association of pupil transportation trans tech debuted the first factory built battery powered electric school bus . 2 a 42 passenger vehicle based on the newton electric truck from smith electric vehicles . with the chassis manufactured in the bronx new york city the entire bus was manufactured in new york state . a set of two lithium ion batteries give the etrans an approximate range of up to 130 miles between charges taking an average of eight hours to fully recharge . 2 this initial vehicle was never certified to operate and the grant project 7 was later taken over by motiv power systems . 8 the motiv powered sste has been shown at shows including the green california summit 9 and is commercially available from transtech . 10 external links edit buses portal trans tech website references edit http www.transtechbus.com lists corporate contact information a b c trans tech goes green with electric school bus . retrieved 31 august 2013 . trans tech single rear wheel . retrieved 2010 01 29 . trans tech dual rear wheel ford chassis . retrieved 2010 01 29 . trans tech dual rear wheel gm chassis . retrieved 2010 01 29 . http www.transtechbus.com listed capacity of medium duty model on front page . http www.arb.ca.gov msprog aqip demo demo % 20final % 20reports central valley electric schoolbus final report 061314.pdf http motivps.com http www.transtechbus.com news press releases april 13 2015 trans tech % e2 % 80 % 99s eseries big hit at california green summit.aspx http www.transtechbus.com news press releases march 3 2014 all electric school bus expected to save california school district over 10 000 a year in fuel and maintenance costs.aspx v t e north american bus builders active blue bird corporation dina s.a. environmental performance vehicles ford motor company gillig corporation girardin minibus glaval bus ic bus lion bus millennium transit services new flyer industries motor coach industries new flyer north american bus industries nova bus optima bus corporation proterra inc. prevost car rev group champion bus incorporated collins bus corporation eldorado national goshen coach setra stallion bus and transit corp. starcraft bus thomas built buses trans tech van con defunct acf brill aerocoach am general amtran beck canadian car and foundry carpenter body company crown coach corporation dupont industries eagle bus fageol fifth avenue bus company fitzjohn flxible general motors diesel division gm coach gm truck and coach division kenworth lag motorcoach les enterprises michel corbeil mack trucks marmon herrington masa neoplan usa orion international pullman standard st. louis car company superior coach company transportation manufacturing corporation twin coach u.s. bus corporation ward body works wayne corporation wayne wheeled vehicles white motor company yellow coach manufacturing company v t e school bus manufacturers north america active manufacturers full size and small buses blue bird corporation small buses made by girardin minibus ic bus lion bus full size buses only thomas built buses inc small buses only collins industries collins mid bus corbeil girardin minibus renamed micro bird by girardin starcraft bus trans tech van con defunct manufacturers including date of closure or last school bus manufacture 2000s carpenter industries inc 2001 american transportation corporation amtran 2002 ; became ic bus les enterprises michel corbeil 2008 ; acquired by collins liberty bus 2005 u.s. bus corporation 1990s coach and equipment manufacturing 1999 ; still in business crown coach corporation 1991 gillig corporation 1993 ; still in business mid bus 1998 ; acquired by collins tam usa 1991 wayne corporation 1992 ; became wayne wheeled vehicles wayne wheeled vehicles 1995 1980s ward body works 1980 ; became amtran new bus company 1989 superior coach company 1985 1970s northern coach perley a. thomas car works 1972 ; became thomas built buses 1960s hackney brothers body company 1966 1950s kenworth pacific 1957 ; still in business list of school bus manufacturers this bus related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about an automotive industry corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title trans tech & oldid 693391341 categories school busesschool bus manufacturersbus manufacturerswarwick new yorkmotor vehicle manufacturers of the united statesamerican companies established in 2007transport companies established in 2007manufacturing companies established in 2007american brandsbus stubsmotor vehicle company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 2 december 2015 at 07 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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