Daimler Buses has delivered ten battery-electric 12-meter Mercedes‑Benz eCitaro city buses to German transit agency Stadtwerke Bonn (SWB). Daimler has also delivered a turnkey charging system with ten charging points. The eCitaro buses will be used in scheduled service in the city of Bonn, coexisting with electric buses from other manufacturers, which have been part… Read more »
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Over 2,500 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses are in use by European transport companies
The Mercedes-Benz eCitaro has reached a milestone: since series production of the low-floor electric bus began in 2018, more than 2,500 units have been delivered to customers. Large numbers of the eCitaro are plying the streets of German cities such as Stuttgart, Hamburg, Bonn, Dresden, Bremen, Wiesbaden, Nuremberg and Mannheim, and they are also in… Read more »
Daimler supplies 5 next-gen eCitaro electric buses to transport company in Darmstadt, Germany
Darmstadt, Germany-based public transport operator HEAG mobilo operates over 150 buses and trams, and transports almost 50 million passengers per year. The company began electrifying in 2020 and now has 55 electric buses in its fleet, 46 of them Mercedes models. The latest addition to HEAG’s fleet consists of five battery-electric Mercedes‑Benz eCitaro 12‑meter solo… Read more »
Daimler Buses opens 100th service center for eCitaro customers
Daimler Buses has opened its 100th e-bus service center in Lemgo, North Rhine-Westphalia, under the Omniplus service brand, which specializes in the maintenance and repair of Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses. Of the total of 100 Omniplus e-bus service centers, 44 are in Germany and the rest are in Belgium, Denmark, France, the UK, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,… Read more »
Vienna’s Wiener Linien orders 60 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buses
The Wiener Linien transport company, which operates the subway, bus and streetcar networks in Vienna, Austria, has ordered 60 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buses, to be delivered between 2023 and 2025. Wiener Linien plans to convert 9 of its 127 routes to electric operation with the low-floor eCitaro by the end of 2025. The 12-meter solo… Read more »
Mercedes eCitaro G electric bus to be available with solid-state batteries
Scientists around the world are hard at work on solid-state batteries, which could offer significant technical and safety advantages over current lithium-ion designs. However, while micro-solid-state batteries are already in commercial use in some applications, most experts believe that large-scale automotive solid-state batteries are still years away from commercialization. Apparently, Mercedes didn’t get the memo,… Read more »
AKASOL begins mass production of batteries for Mercedes eCitaro electric bus
This fall, AKASOL is set to begin mass producing batteries for Mercedes-Benz’s eCitaro. AKASOL’s first-generation battery systems will contain ten battery modules for up to 243 kWh per vehicle and a charging rate of up to 300 kW. In order to make this possible, AKASOL uses a water-cooling system to keep its batteries at 25° C in various… Read more »
Daimler Buses’ new public EV charging stations enable electric coaches to serve more remote travel destinations
Starting in 2026, Daimler Buses will install its own public charging stations for electric buses and coaches, focusing on high-traffic European tourist destinations such as bus parking lots at amusement parks or in cities. The company aims to drive the expansion of high-performance charging infrastructure away from highways, enabling electric buses and coaches to serve… Read more »
Daimler Buses installs pantograph charging infrastructure for Stuttgart electric buses
German transit operator Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen (SSB) has energized a new electric bus charging installation at its Stuttgart‑Möhringen bus depot. The entire charging system, which features 28 charging points and a charging capacity of up to 180 kW, was installed by Daimler Buses as general contractor, in cooperation with partners Omexom and Power Electronics. Daimler Buses… Read more »
Daimler Buses to build a new electric bus depot for German transit agency
Daimler Buses has won a contract to plan and construct a complete electric bus depot and associated charging infrastructure as a general contractor. The client is the newly founded transit agency MOIN (Mobilitätsinfrastruktur und -betriebs Landkreis Lüneburg) in Lüneburg, Germany. The depot will be built on a greenfield site in the industrial area at the… Read more »