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MAN “will in future be offering an electric bus chassis for the global market“, the group announces. It’ll be based on technologies from the Lion’s City E, for which a total of over 1,000 orders have been received to date (the vehicle will be in roadshow outside the old conti...

The MAN Lion’s City E continued to tour Europe in 2021, and now targets Morocco, where it is expected to ‘dock’ in early 2023. While the all-electric city bus was still touring 15 European countries in 2020, by 2021 it was already touring 20 countries. 20 countries to be ‘tou...

An order from Hamburg bring to over 700 the number of MAN electric buses on order so far. According to the German group, “90 percent of MAN city buses will be delivered with battery drive by 2030”. Hamburger Hochbahn AG and Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH (VHH) placed an order for...

UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2019 sees the ‘consecration’ of battery electric buses and relaunches hydrogen buses (at least in the world of product novelties). Solaris presented its Urbino 12 hydrogen, that promises an autonomy of 350 kilometers. This model is not just a concept: ...

MAN is approaching the beginning of its ‘electric’ era and invests 27.4 million euros in Starachowice plant, where the complete electric bus will be produced. MAN Lion’s City E, the first electric bus realized by the company that belongs to Traton group, will begin mass production ...

For the first time, a hybrid bus is operating within Slovenian borders. Arriva Group and the municipality of Jesenice (near to Austria) are developing the pilot with a MAN Lion’s City Hybrid. The vehicle has now been on the road in Slovenia for a few weeks. Hybrid bus premiere in Jesenice with...

MAN Truck & Bus is ready to launch its fully electric Lion’s City E at this year’s International Motor Show (IAA) for Commercial Vehicles in Hannover, Germany. The vehicles will be equipped with central electric motor and depot charging. The mass production will start in the second half of 2020....

Mobilis, Poland’s largest bus company, recently put 61 Man Lion’s City Hybrid buses into service on the roads of Warsaw. Consumption lowered by 30 per cent Man Lion’s City hybrid bus cuts fuel consumption by as much as 30 percent, is underlined in a press release by Man Truck &...

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 elect...