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Daimler Citaro Hybrid Bus

Daimler Citaro Hybrid Bus

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The Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCell Hybrid city bus was presented by Daimler at a conference of public transport authorities recently in Vienna.

The bus is unique in that it employs Daimler's hydrogen powered fuel cell along with their diesel electric hybrid powertrain called Citaro G Blue Tec Hybrid.  This bus combines both advanced technologies that are separately in use by Daimler into one bus.

The bus displayed runs with little to no noise and emits few pollutants making it ideal for congested, polluted inner city environments.

Daimler is the worldwide leader in buses by volume and as such would like to position themselves as the makers of the cleanest operating buses in the world.  They expect to make 30 of these revolutionary buses and test them through the use of the European mass transit system.

The buses will hit the roads this fall and testing will be carried out throughout Europe.

Source:    Edmunds





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  1. By Jason M. Hendler Posted: 6/30/2009 6:08am PDT

    Behold the future. This approach is already used in the latest tugboats. Now it is in buses, and it will eventually make it to trucks (longhaul, dumptrucks, delivery trucks, garbage trucks), then vans and SUV's, then passenger vehicles. It is the natural order of transportation technologies.
     
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  2. By jeffhre Posted: 6/30/2009 11:07am PDT

    How much more will an already very expensive Citaro G Blue Tec diesel electric hybrid cost with the addition of a fuel cell. If it can somehow be popularized though (will heavy subsidies Help) maybe they can help lower fuel cell costs. Someday maybe, but perhaps not the best or most pragmatic route. Viable vs. electric trollies & buses?
     
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  3. By jeffhre Posted: 6/30/2009 11:11am PDT

    New tech has to be paid for and adopted by some process, who knows what will work in the long run. A step by Daimler in working through the problems created when billions of folks have to be moved around economically and sustainably.
     
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