Chamber Member Navistar to Help Design Hybrid School Buses

The U.S. Department of Energy has chosen Navistar Corp.'s Fort Wayne facility to help create an electric hybrid school bus. Navistar will receive up to $10 million over three years for the project, which involves developing a bus that can be driven in electric-only or hybrid modes and recharged from a standard electrical outlet. The federal government plans to deploy 60 vehicles for a three-year period in fleets across the nation.