Buses Drive 'Greener'
The motor coach industry wants a wider public to know its environmental initiatives amount to more than a thin green patina.
From its Canadian factories to its clean diesel, low emission buses, Schaumburg-based Motor Coach Industries International maintains its green message resonates with its motor coach operator clients.
"We are getting a lot of calls from out customers asking what we're doing so they can tell their customers," said Richard L. Hausman, owner of Chicago Classic Coach, based in Mount Prospect.
Hausman this week took delivery of two Motor Coach Industries buses that use ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel along with a high-tech filter that captures 90 percent more soot than what buses emitted even last year, according to Motor Coach Industries, or MCI. Read more.