Leinfelden-Echterdingen/Mannheim – Winfried Hermann, Minister of Transport for the state of Baden-Württemberg, today visited the Daimler Buses plant in Mannheim. During a guided production tour and a ride on the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G city bus, Hermann gained in-depth insights into the latest developments in modern city buses with alternative drive systems. The Mannheim site serves as the center of competence for city buses of all drive types and is part of the Daimler Buses production network. Till Oberwörder, CEO of Daimler Buses, Bruno Buschbacher, Chairman of the General Works Council of Daimler Buses, and other political representatives accompanied the visit. 

At the Mannheim site, Daimler Buses manufactures fully electric models of the eCitaro series. These include the purely battery-electric variant, which has been in production since 2018, as well as – since 2023 – the eCitaro fuel cell, equipped with a hydrogen-based fuel cell for extended range.