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 of the SWB fleet for several years.

Daimler Buses assumed overall responsibility for all planning, civil engineering and construction services in this project, which will result in the gradual electrification of all of Bonn’s buses.

Each of Bonn’s eCitaro buses features five NMC3 battery packs with a total capacity of 490 kWh. Each can be charged via a CCS2 charging socket or via a roof-mounted pantograph system.

The charging infrastructure at the SWB depot in Friesdorf comprises two CCS2 charging points and eight pantograph charging points. The pantographs are mounted on a steel traverse, which is equipped with mobile concrete foundations, making the structure “reasonable easy to move to another location” if desired.

Source: Daimler Truck