Allison Transmission: "Safe Messenger" escorted by the vehicle

Throughout North America, more than 500,000 school buses provide students with safe, reliable and reliable transportation services every day. Almost 100% of these school buses are equipped with automatic transmissions.

Excellent safety performance Blue Bird Vision? School bus equipped with Allison automatic transmission

Thomas SAF-T-LINER? HDX is equipped with Allison automatic transmission

IC Bus BE series school buses equipped with Allison 1000PTS gearbox

In North America, the total number of students on school buses is up to 30 million each day, and almost every school bus is equipped with an automatic transmission. Let the school bus owners and school bus companies relish the benefits of data validation such as student safety, fuel saving, emission reduction, and reliable performance. However, to ask the parents of students, they only focus on “safety”!

"I hope my son's school bus driver will hold the steering wheel with both hands and focus on the road." Said Dale Spence, a father of three children. "In remote areas, students need to ride for 30 minutes or more in one way. To school; In this time, the school bus driver should concentrate on driving, pay attention to the safety of students, and do not worry about constant shifting and clutch slipping."

In North America, Allison 2000 PTS is commonly used on Type B and Type C school buses

In North America, Allison 3000PTS is commonly used in C-type and D-type school buses

Felisberto Redrigues, a school bus driver from the San Diego Unified School District, agrees that the automatic transmission makes it easy for them to work. “You just press the 'D' button and concentrate on driving, especially in California. There is nothing better than this under traffic conditions."

With fewer distractions, drivers can focus on safely transporting students; unmatched reliability guarantees school bus operators and service managers less downtime and greater operational efficiency. Manufacturers such as Bluebird, Thomas, Freightliner and Navistar’s IC Bus Company produce more than 20,000 school buses equipped with Allison automatic transmissions each year. Most school buses in North America have automated Allison’s The reason for the gearbox as a standard configuration is that Allison has earned the reputation of being the best gearbox for school buses.

About Allison Transmission

Allison Transmission is the world's largest manufacturer of full-automatic gearboxes for medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles and medium-heavy American military vehicles and hybrid systems for urban passenger cars. Allison transmissions are available for a variety of vehicles, including trucks (distribution vehicles, garbage trucks, construction vehicles, fire engines and emergency ambulances), passenger cars (mainly school buses and city buses), RVs, off-highway vehicles and equipment ( Mainly used in energy and mining industries) and military vehicles (wheeled and tracked). Founded in 1915, Allison is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, and employs approximately 2,800 people. It has factories and product remodeling centers in China, the Netherlands, Brazil, India, and Hungary. Allison Transmission provides customers with a full range of services in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America and Africa through more than 1,500 independent distributors and agents worldwide.