EvoBus

EvoBus GmbH is a leading bus manufacturer and is integrated into the Daimler AG Group. Setra is also a member of the EvoBus GmbH.

History

In 1995, Mercedes-Benz and Setra, two pioneers in the bus and coach business, amalgamated under the umbrella of EvoBus. Mercedes-Benz brought in more than 100 years of experience in the bus and coach industry, starting with the invention of the [http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedkingdom_website/en/home_mpc/trucks/home/magazine/truck_history/mercedes-benz_truck0/the_first_bus.html/ ombibus] by Carl Benz in 1895 in Mannheim.

EvoBus is headquartered in Stuttgart in Germany, with its largest bus factory in Mannheim in Germany. Licensed buses are also manufactured in Turkey.The city buses, e.g. the Citaro, are completely manufactured in Mannheim.

The chassis for coaches - meaning the frame plus the "running gear" like engine, transmission, driveshaft, differential, and suspension - are produced in Mannheim.A body (sometimes referred to as "coachwork"), is built on the chassis to complete the coaches in Ulm/Neu-Ulm, where the final assembly takes place. Other factories of EvoBus are in Ligny-en-Barrois in France and in Sámano (Castro Urdiales) in Spain.

Its wide-ranging product portfolio for worldwide customers include:
* Bus-specific service range from insurance and consulting to concepts for financing and the procurement of original parts and accessories.
* Sales network for new and used vehicles covering all of Europe,
* Service network of more than 500 bus stations

On the European bus and coach market EvoBus has become the leading full-line supplier and is also present on the global market.

In 2004, EvoBus had a workforce of 10,604 employees.

Innovations

In April 1951, the first Setra bus had been shown revolutionizing coach industrial design with its self-supporting structure – a concept that quickly established itself everywhere.

By 1955 the company was able to exhibit a coach with the first independent air suspension at the German Motor Show in Frankfurt. Today Setra buses and coaches are produced by Evobus at Mannheim and Ulm.

Since the 1990s, EvoBus has been experimenting with hydrogen fuel cells to use hydrogen as a primary source of power for the locomotion of buses.

ee also

* Daimler AG
* Mercedes-Benz buses
* Setra
* Seida

References

* [http://www.industryeurope.net/servlet/processUserPage?action=showfeature&feature=939 Article in Industry Europe]

External links

* [http://www.evobus.com/ Official company website]
* [http://www.mercedes-benz.com/content/mbcom/international/international_website/en/com/international_home/home/products/buses.html Mercedes-Benz Buses]
* [http://www.mercedes-benz.com.tr/Internet/TR/int_sales/Bus/Bus.htm Mercedes-Benz Turkey]
* [http://www.setra.de/englisch/index_english.html Setra website]
* [http://www.setra-coaches.com/ Setra USA]
* [http://www.transbus.org/construc/evobus.html EvoBus France]