Electric buses for Darmstadt: 10 eCitaro handed over to HEAG Mobilo
With the handover of 10 Mercedes eCitaro electric buses on last Wednesday, the share of electric buses in the fleet of the mobility service provider HEAG mobilo in the German city of Darmstadt will increase to around 65 percent. E-buses from Mercedes‑Benz are now used on all lines in the operating area. 24 eCitaro buses (eleven solo and […]
With the handover of 10 Mercedes eCitaro electric buses on last Wednesday, the share of electric buses in the fleet of the mobility service provider HEAG mobilo in the German city of Darmstadt will increase to around 65 percent. E-buses from Mercedes‑Benz are now used on all lines in the operating area.
24 eCitaro buses (eleven solo and 13 articulated buses), ordered in October 2020, were already deployed in 2021.
Mercedes electric buses in Darmstadt
The vehicles were handed over by Rüdiger Kappel, Head of Sales Public Transport Germany at Daimler Buses, and André Herrmann, Sales Public Transport Hessen at Daimler Buses, to HEAG mobilo Managing Directors Johannes Gregor and Arne Rath with the symbolic presentation of a charging plug at the Böllenfalltor depot.
The new eCitaro is equipped with the NMC3 battery generation. This means that the eCitaro articulated bus, with its seven installed battery packs, achieves a total capacity of 686 kWh and a range of around 220 kilometres, Daimler Buses states. The vehicles are charged in the depot via plugs. The charging sockets are located on the right and left near the front axle.
HEAG mobilo buses with ADAS
The electric drive aside, HEAG mobilo attaches particular importance to safety and equipment. In addition to a reversing camera, a large driver protection window and Active Preventive Brake Assist, all vehicles are also equipped with Sideguard Assist, a turning assistant that supports the driver in critical turning situations. In addition, the interior of the eCitaro is fully video monitored with six cameras.
The equipment is completed by two special-purpose areas with wheelchair support surfaces and integrated mother/child seats, as well as double USB charging ports distributed in the side walls and two ultra-wide displays in 29-inch 32:9 format for the Infotainment range.
Like all buses from Daimler Buses, the new eCitaro from HEAG mobilo are equipped as standard with the Bus Data Center as an interface to the digital services from Omniplus. The Darmstadt-based company uses the Omniplus On Uptime pro service, for example, to improve the availability of the fleet.
