Mannheim – High-ranking EU politicians have been learning first-hand about the Mercedes-Benz eActros and eCitaro in Mannheim, Germany in the margins of a congress of the German Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure. Mannheim is the birthplace of the eCitaro and it is also here where the first fully-electric, series-production urban buses will be delivered to customer Rhein-Neckar Verkehr GmbH (RNV). Last week also saw the practical trials of the eActros kick off in Mannheim: TBS Transportbeton will be putting the fully-electric truck through its paces for a whole year, during which it will be used for the transportation of fly ash between the coal-fired power station and the cement mixing facility at the town's port.

In the picture (from left to right):

• Dr Peter Kurz, Lord Mayor of Mannheim
• Enak Ferlemann, Parliamentary Secretary of State for the German Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure
• Willem van de Voorde, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium in Germany
• Christian Specht, First Mayor of Mannheim
• Martin in der Beek, Technical Director of Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH
• Christian Volz, Business Director of Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH