Crucial years are coming. 2018 and 2019 are supposed to be two important years for the beginning of the transition of European public transport to lower emission. Man has recently showcased the new Lion’s City. What about the electric version? The new Lion’s City will be the base for the electric bus, that will be delivered to selected customers for trial by the end of the year. Serial production? Coming at the end of 2019.

We asked more details to Stefan Sahlmann, head of Transport Solutions Man Truck & Buses.

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The bus industry’s smartphone moment

On 18 March 1895, at 6:25 in the morning, the world’s first motor bus line opened between Siegen, Netphen and Deuz. The vehicle was a Benz Landauer. It had eight seats, a one-cylinder engine of five horsepower, and fifteen kilometres of bad road ahead of it. On the steepest hill, the passengers had ...

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