Freightliner, an American truck and bus company, was founded in 1929 by a young chauffeur named James Leeland. Initially, he planned to create a small-scale truck with a cab located above the power unit, for the needs of the company in which he previously worked.

However, the first model became widespread in the United States of America market, making serious competition for the established giants of the truck segment. Since 1930, Freightliner engineers have been developing new types of suspension for future models of the company. In 1932-1935 buses and the first trucks leave.

In 1939, the company switched to the assembly of trucks under the American Bantam license for the US Army, returning to the production of tractors only in 1948. However, the following years were marked by a struggle for the existence of Freightliner in the tractor market. All new models brought only one loss, but thanks to the success of refrigerated trucks in markets around the world, the company was able to hold the balance sheet and make a small profit. However, by 1980 the situation had become so disastrous that the company's management had already started bankruptcy proceedings, however, in 1981, the brand was completely bought out by the Daimler concern, which had previously suffered several setbacks in the American tractor market. Freightliner's engineers have received adequate funding and access to all Daimler resources. From 1982 to 1993, 16 Freitliner models of all classes and modifications of buses were presented, and the company was able to take a leading position in the sales of trucks in the USA and Canada. By 2009, the entire line of tractors and trucks of the company was completely renewed, which led to an increase in market share to 81%.

The famous yellow American school buses are known all over the world - thanks to Hollywood films. And one of their oldest manufacturers, Thomas Built Buses, owned by the Daimler concern. The novelty was named Jouley.

It is converted from a conventional SAF-T-Liner C2 bus, which is based on the Freightliner M2 truck chassis. Accommodates an electric bus up to 81 small passengers.

The electric motor and batteries with a total capacity of 160 kWh are located under the body. It is stated that they should provide a range of up to 160 km on a single charge. At the same time, it will take about eight hours to fully restore energy reserves in them.

The dynamic characteristics are also indicated. The electric bus accelerates to 60 mph in 45 seconds and has a top speed of 65 mph. And these numbers are really relevant for the United States.

As for the general idea with the school electric bus, it seems more than reasonable. After all, its routes are fixed and not very long, and the time while classes are going on at school should be enough for charging. And most importantly, children will not breathe in exhaust gases.