Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid – drive for environmental protection
Dienstag, 20.März 2012Electromobility is nothing new either to local public transport or more specifically buses. Today more than two thirds of German public transport services are electrically run. As early as 1969 Mercedes‑Benz presented the world’s first hybrid bus at the IAA.
Nevertheless this drive technology has still not been able to assert itself on a wide [...]
Public transport in Istanbul shifts into a higher gear with a major order for 221 Mercedes-Benz city buses
Mittwoch, 15.Februar 2012The brand with the star shines: A new major order for 221 Mercedes-Benz Conecto articulated buses has been placed by the public transportation provider IETT to update its fleet of city buses in the metropolis on the Bosporus.
The new order allows Daimler subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Türk to strengthen its partnership of over forty years with [...]
5,000th second generation Tourismo delivered to Omnibus Hauser
Dienstag, 14.Februar 2012No other Mercedes-Benz coach has achieved sales figures approaching those of the permanently best-selling O303 and certainly none has been as successful in the medium price segment. Its name says it all: we’re talking here of the Mercedes-Benz Tourismo.
Some 17,500 vehicles have been sold since the start of the O350 series in 1994. The [...]
17 Setra touring coaches for Belgium
Dienstag, 31.Januar 2012Belgian 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 2012Daimler 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 [...]
Setra offers new seats for regular service intercity buses
Mittwoch, 22.Juni 2011More 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 [...]
The future of urban public transport is based on bus systems
Freitag, 27.Mai 2011Red 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 2011There 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 [...]
OC 500 chassis for buses and coaches now with ESP
Montag, 18.April 2011The Mercedes-Benz OC 500 RF chassis for buses and coaches produced in Sámano (Spain) is now available for two-axle touring coaches with ESP (Electronic Stability Program). This measure greatly enhances safety for buses and coaches based on chassis units and bodies.
ESP helps to greatly reduce the risk of skidding, within the laws of physics, [...]
The new Mercedes-Benz Citaro is coming
Freitag, 15.April 2011With more than 30,000 examples delivered to date, the bestselling Mercedes-Benz Citaro now has a successor. And with numerous innovative features for both the interior and exterior, the new Mercedes-Benz Citaro is sure to make urban public transport even more attractive.
The design of the Citaro leaves no doubt that this is a fundamental, new development, [...]
Two Mercedes-Benz hybrid buses in operation with Bremen transport authority
Dienstag, 12.April 2011In the next few days, bus passengers in Bremen will have a new experience on the main regular service routes operated by Bremer Straßenbahn AG.
The Mercedes-Benz Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid arrives at bus-stops almost silently, and moves off again just as quietly. In the presence of Dr. Reinhard Loske, Senator for the environment, construction, [...]
Mix of mobility solutions for public local transport – Vehicle and aftersales from a single provider
Donnerstag, 10.März 2011The bus plays a key role in shaping the future of mobility. The bus is the backbone of public local transport, accounting for an impressive share of more than 45 percent of the total transport volume in this segment. No other means of public local transport is as flexible, environmentally friendly, safe and economical.
With its [...]
Setra used bus and coach fair IGOM with increased exports
Mittwoch, 12.Januar 2011With the 18th International Used Bus & Coach Fair (IGOM), Setra Buses & Coaches has made a successful start to the anniversary year 2011, in which the brand is celebrating its 60th birthday and 100 years of bus engineering.
Around 1700 visitors and potential buyers followed the invitation and attended this already traditional sales fair [...]
Medenbach puts their trust in Setra for new rural bus routes
Mittwoch, 15.Dezember 2010With the acquisition of 15 Setra model S 415 UL rural service buses, Hessian company “Medenbach traffic” carried out the largest investment in its 50-year-long company history, thus underscoring the great trust it has for many years placed in this brand of the Daimler AG group.
Upon taking formal delivery of the units in a [...]
Setra provides forum for young bus operators
Dienstag, 7.Dezember 2010The Setra Bus and Coach unit supports young bus operators from across Europe. On the initiative of the Ulm-based bus brand, 40 bus operators from Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland as well as the Netherlands and Turkey came together in Prague for the mutual exchange of information and thoughts.
The overriding topic this [...]
Profitable growth at Daimler Trucks – Returns target of eight percent is within reach
Mittwoch, 1.Dezember 2010The positive trend in the commercial vehicle sector, which last year had to cope with an average sales decline of 50 percent, was confirmed in the figures from Daimler Trucks for the third quarter of 2010.
Compared to the result posted for the same quarter last year, Daimler Trucks’ sales increased by 44 percent to [...]
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