Mercedes-Benz Hybrid bus makes its world premiere

Mercedes-Benz is celebrating the world premiere of its new Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid city bus at the Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP) World Congress and Mobility and City Transport Exhibition in Vienna.

The first vehicle in Daimler’s new generation of fuel-cell buses, the Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid combines the advantages of the diesel-electric Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid with those of the hydrogen-powered Citaro fuel cell buses, which have delivered impressive performance in fleet tests.

The Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid runs without emitting any pollutants and is virtually silent, making it ideal for use in highly congested inner cities and urban areas. ‘As the world’s largest bus manufacturer with a claim to technological leadership, we always strive to be at the forefront of developments leading to zero-emission local public transportation’, says Hartmut Schick, Head of Daimler Buses.

The Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid was developed within the framework of Daimler’s global commercial vehicle initiative, ‘Shaping Future Transportation.’ The initiative is to be aimed at using clean, efficient drive systems and alternative fuels to make zero-emission commercial vehicles a reality in the future. ‘Our new fuel cell hybrid bus is the next step on the road to zero-emission transportation. The objective of this development is to emphasize our technological leadership on a sustained basis,’ says Schick.

Daimler Buses will produce a small batch of about 30 vehicles of this new generation of fuel cell buses this year, and offer them to European mass transit companies.

Source: www.indiaautomotive.net