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The first eCitaro for Hamburger Hochbahn has been delivered

The first public transport company to order the Mercedes eCitaro has today received the first unit of the vehicle. Mercedes delivered the first series production model of an urban bus with a fully-electric drive system to the public transport company Hochbahn AG in Hamburg. It is part of an order fo...

Germany 2030: 3,000 electric buses in 5 biggest cities

Five German cities, 3,000 electric buses on the road. It’s the 2030 outlook published by Wirtschaftswoche following a survey. Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne have been the first to commit to the electrification of the bus fleet. Frankfurt and Munich are following. German cities investing in electr...

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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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The first eCitaro for Hamburger Hochbahn has been delivered

The first public transport company to order the Mercedes eCitaro has today received the first unit of the vehicle. Mercedes delivered the first series production model of an urban bus with a fully-electric drive system to the public transport company Hochbahn AG in Hamburg. It is part of an order fo...

Germany 2030: 3,000 electric buses in 5 biggest cities

Five German cities, 3,000 electric buses on the road. It’s the 2030 outlook published by Wirtschaftswoche following a survey. Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne have been the first to commit to the electrification of the bus fleet. Frankfurt and Munich are following. German cities investing in electr...