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ARTICULATED ELECTRIC CITARO LAUNCHED A fully electric articulated version of the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro city bus – known as the eCitaro G – has already received more than 60 ‘definite orders’, the company has announced.
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HE NEW eCitaro G complements the electric range from Daimler Buses, marking the “next milestone on the way to locally emission-free local public transport”, it states. With the new fully electric articulated bus, Mercedes-Benz is further expanding its role as a technological pioneer, it says; shortly after the eCitaro G’s market launch, it was confirmed it would be available with new battery technologies, such as being the first bus in its category to be equipped with innovative solid-state batteries, the company states. The first deliveries to several European transport operators are planned for 24
this year, according to Daimler. The ‘artic’ version comes two years after Daimler Buses presented the regular fully electric ‘solo’ eCitaro city bus, which is now a series production vehicle manufactured at the Mannheim, Germany, plant. To date, hundreds of eCitaros are now in regular operation in many European towns and cities, Daimler says. Depending on which version is ordered, the eCitaro G can transport up to 146 passengers, the company adds. “I am really very pleased that our Mercedes-Benz eCitaro has established itself very well since its market launch. This shows that we are on the right track, offering products that our society wants
and that our customers can work with,” said Till Oberwörder, head of Daimler Buses. “With the eCitaro as an articulated bus variant, we are consistently continuing the electrification of city buses: the eCitaro G will be equipped with innovative solid state batteries on request. “In doing so, we are setting the course for sustainable and efficient passenger transport in urban centres,” Oberwörder explained.
HIGH CAPACITY The eCitaro G is being launched with the NMC variant of lithium-ion batteries that have proven their worth many times in the regular-length eCitaro version, the
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