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    17 Setra touring coaches for Belgium

    Dienstag, 31.Januar 2012

    Belgian coach operator Voyages Léonard is giving its fleet of vehicles a facelift with 17 Setra TopClass touring coaches. The coaches form part of an order for a total of 32 new vehicles which the Sales-Lentz Group has placed with the Daimler brand. Luxembourg’s largest bus company became the Belgian tour operator’s new owner in [...]

    Free app for FleetBoard telematics system now available for buses

    Freitag, 20.Januar 2012

    Daimler FleetBoard is the first supplier of telematics solutions to offer a fleet management and driving analysis app for the Apple iPhone and iPad. Operators can use it to control their fleet of buses or coaches at any time and from any location.

    The trip recorder also makes it possible to display the most recent [...]

    1500th Setra coach for Sweden

    Samstag, 3.Dezember 2011

    Landmark figure in Scandinavia for the Setra Bus and Coach Unit. The Ulm-based Daimler brand delivered its 1500th new vehicle to Sweden. Managing directors Lena Persson and Lennart Robertsson received the milestone vehicle, a Setra ComfortClass S 416 GT-HD, at the Customer Centre in Neu-Ulm from Michael Frey, Head of Market Management Setra Export Markets.

    With [...]

    Mercedes-Benz Bus and Coach Show (MOT) 2011 in Mannheim

    Montag, 21.November 2011

    The biennial in-house show attracts private bus and coach operators and public transport specialists from throughout Europe.

    Around 6000 visitors from over 20 countries attended this year’s Bus and Coach Show held from 17 to 20 November – in the anniversary year of the automobile – in the hometown of the inventor of the automobile, [...]

    Ebneter AG takes delivery of 50th Setra coach

    Samstag, 19.November 2011

    The delivery of an S 415 GT-HD at the end of October was a special cause for celebration for the company Gebrüder Ebneter AG in the Swiss town of St. Gallen.

    The Setra ComfortClass coach was the 50th new vehicle from the production line in Neu-Ulm to come to the long-established, family-run company. With the [...]

    The Setra brand at a click

    Montag, 24.Oktober 2011

    The Setra bus and coach brand presents itself with a new look on the Internet. The newly designed website www.setra.de goes online in good time for the “Busworld 2011” bus and coach show taking place from 21 to 26. October 2011 in the Belgian city of Kortrijk (Courtray).

    Roman Biondi – new head of Sales Mercedes-Benz Bus and Coach unit

    Dienstag, 20.September 2011

    Roman Biondi assumes responsibility for the sale of Mercedes-Benz buses and coaches at Daimler Buses/EvoBus GmbH on 1 October 2011. The bus manager joined the group in 1994 and has been with EvoBus GmbH since it was founded in 1995.

    Hartmut Schick says: “Roman Biondi is a proven bus expert and has long been appreciated [...]

    ÖkoGlobe 2011: Daimler Trucks and Daimler Buses among the prizewinners

    Dienstag, 13.September 2011

    The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system and the Mercedes-Benz Atego BlueTec Hybrid were among the prizewinners at ÖkoGlobe 2011, which was held on Tuesday evening at the Centre for Art and Media Technology (ZKM) in Karlsruhe.

    The annual ÖkoGlobe awards are presented to the most eco-friendly products and for innovations in the automotive industry, in [...]

    Daimler Buses further expands its global presence and defends its leading position in the bus business

    Montag, 12.September 2011

    In the first six months of the year, Daimler Buses sold 18,308 Mercedes Benz, Setra, and Orion brand buses and chassis worldwide (January-June 2010: 19,226). During this period, the unit posted revenues of slightly more than €2 billion (January-June 2010: €2.22 billion).

    “Thanks to our global presence, Daimler Buses can easily deal with disparate economic developments [...]

    The first fuel cell buses with hybrid technology are now in service in Hamburg

    Freitag, 19.August 2011

    The bus of the future is up and running in Hamburg – ultra-quiet and with zero emissions. Hamburger Hochbahn AG has acquired four Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrids under the German “NaBuZ demo” scheme to promote sustainable bus systems for the future. Three more buses are to follow next year.

    Hartmut Schick, head of Daimler Buses, [...]

    87 Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated buses for Geneva

    Donnerstag, 28.Juli 2011

    Daimler Buses has won another large-scale order. The customer is Transports Publics Genevois (TPG) from Switzerland. The 87 Mercedes‑Benz articulated buses are to be deployed on TPG’s 305 km long network in the city of Geneva and its outskirts.

    The company has a workforce of over 1700 and operates 82 trams together with around 320 [...]

    Setra presents three coaches at the RDA Workshop

    Montag, 25.Juli 2011

    On the ocassion of the brand’s 60 anniversary, Setra will present the S 8, the first self-supporting coach built in 1951, as well as TopClass models S 415 HD and S 416 HDH, two vehicles of the current Special Edition, at the 2011 RDA workshop to take place in Cologne from the 26th to the [...]

    Setra offers new seats for regular service intercity buses

    Mittwoch, 22.Juni 2011

    More and more people will now be able to sit comfortably on new Setra seats thanks to the Ulm-based bus brand of Daimler AG offering a new generation of seats as an optional extra for all MultiClass 400 regular service intercity buses since 1 June 2011.

    This move marks the completion of the third step [...]

    Three awards for Setra ComfortClass

    Sonntag, 29.Mai 2011

    The brand Setra Omnibus is the proud winner of another trophy by being awarded its third successive title as “Coach of the Year”. The prize was presented for the Setra ComfortClass S 416 GT-HD during the “UK Coach Awards” in Manchester. Its nomination was based on the large number of customer votes which praised in [...]

    The future of urban public transport is based on bus systems

    Freitag, 27.Mai 2011

    Red means wait – green means walk: that is the basis of a simple, trailblazing idea in the bus of the future. An idea which will optimise passenger flows both inside and outside the bus. In simple terms, the system uses illuminated door entries which quickly and clearly tell passengers where they may enter and [...]

    Hybrid fleet for Dresden urban transport company

    Dienstag, 24.Mai 2011

    There could hardly be a greater span between history and future than at the present time in Dresden. Anyone riding past Dresden’s most beautiful monuments and squares along bus route 62 can experience this at first hand as he or she will be sitting in a hybrid-drive Citaro – a Mercedes‑Benz brand articulated bus.

    The [...]

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