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Hamburg to test the eCitaro with fuel cell range extender in 2021

Hamburg will be the first city to test the Mercedes eCitaro with fuel cell range extender. The public transport company Hamburger Hochbahn is going to purchase 530 electric buses between 2021 and 2025. Also hydrogen applications will be in the spotlight. Starting in 2021, the operator will be field-...

BVG Berlin presents the first Mercedes eCitaro

The first Mercedes eCitaro for BVG Berlin arrived at destination. It’s the first unit out of a 15 electric bus order. Berlin public transport company also ordered 30 Solaris Urbino Electric (15 solobuses and 15 articulated. Those will be the first articulated electric buses in Berlin bus fleet...

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Driver shortage pushes bus depots toward automation

Europe’s public transport operators are entering a period where staffing pressure and fleet electrification meet in the same place: the bus depot. Around 105,000 bus and coach driver positions remain unfilled across Europe (IRU figures cited in sector analyses), and a meaningful slice of working tim...

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Hamburg to test the eCitaro with fuel cell range extender in 2021

Hamburg will be the first city to test the Mercedes eCitaro with fuel cell range extender. The public transport company Hamburger Hochbahn is going to purchase 530 electric buses between 2021 and 2025. Also hydrogen applications will be in the spotlight. Starting in 2021, the operator will be field-...

BVG Berlin presents the first Mercedes eCitaro

The first Mercedes eCitaro for BVG Berlin arrived at destination. It’s the first unit out of a 15 electric bus order. Berlin public transport company also ordered 30 Solaris Urbino Electric (15 solobuses and 15 articulated. Those will be the first articulated electric buses in Berlin bus fleet...

Mercedes eCitaro elected City Bus of the Year 2019 in Spain

In Spain the Mercedes eCitaro has been awarded with the Spanish prize City Bus of the Year 2019. The ebus from Stuttgart was chosen by a jury made up of 46 experts from transport companies and associations, and the vote is run by the Editec publishing house, Mercedes points out in a press release. M...
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