Plauen starts: Four new electric buses for clean city traffic
Plauen starts: Four new electric buses for clean city traffic
Plauen, Deutschland - In Plauen, public transport becomes green: On June 4, 2025, the official commissioning of four new electric buses of the standard version of the Ecitaro solo buss took place. With their length of 12 meters, the buses offer space for up to 85 passengers and reach a range of around 260 kilometers per charging. This marks an important step towards sustainable mobility in the city, as Mayor Steffen Zenner emphasized in his opening speech.
District Administrator Thomas Hennig, Managing Director of Plauener Stadtwerke Karsten Driver and sales manager of Daimler Buses, Ulrich Piotrowski, were present at the ceremonial handover. They all share the common goal of decarbonizing the traffic in Plauen and working to a 100 % electrification of city traffic. After construction of the new Elster Bridge, which is to be completed in September 2025, only three buses are required during the day. Stadtwerke - Stromer Plauen GmbH, which delivers green electricity, ensures the nightly charging of the buses. Local Reiher-Nausfahrzeuge GmbH takes care of the maintenance of the new e-buses.progress in electromobility
The step into electromobility is part of a larger trend that can be observed in many cities in Europe. A report by energy -turn.eu notes that electric buses are now also very popular in Germany. The market is increasingly changing, and better improve the conditions for a broader introduction through better battery technologies and state subsidies. According to a 2020 survey, 480,000 electric buses were already on the road worldwide, and the trend clearly shows steeply.
In Germany, for example, around 1270 electric buses are now in use, almost twice as many as in the previous year. The proportion of new registrations increased by 60%in 2021, with North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse and Hamburg considered a pioneer. Cities like Berlin are planning to expand their fleet to over 1500 e-buses by 2025. The advantages of electric buses are obvious: Despite higher acquisition costs, they are characterized by lower operating costs.
innovations at Mercedes-Benz
On another side of the German market, Mercedes-Benz introduced innovative solutions in the form of the Ecitaro G-Fuel-Cell. In Mannheim and Heidelberg, the first three fully electric articular buses with fuel cell were handed over as extensive extensions. These buses reach a range of up to 400 kilometers in city traffic and are equipped with modern security features. In the context of large demonstration projects for hydrogen mobility in Germany, 45 more buses of this type are to be delivered by the beginning of 2024, which further supports the efforts for emission -free drives.
Developments in electrical and hydrogen buses show that there are many ways to clean mobility. While some cities clearly choose electric buses, others and Lower Saxony cities have to master challenges with the infrastructure.
Plauen takes a big step into the future of local public transport through the introduction of the new e-buses and thus sets a sign of more environmentally friendly city traffic in Germany.
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