Aside from the BlueTec 5 diesel technology, the Mercedes-Benz buses are now being made available in EEV (Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle) versions, the manufacturer announced today. The EEV ...

It may sound boring at first: a bus in the Netherlands recently drove from Schipol Airport to the town of Haarlem. Except, of course, this was no ordinary bus; otherwise, The Drive wouldn’t be writing ...

Hamburger Hochbahn AG operates the city of Hamburg’s bus system, and they’ve just placed an order with Daimler Buses for 350 fully electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses to be delivered to the northern ...

More than one year ago, Mercedes-Benz introduced the Highway Pilot, an autonomous driving feature for trucks that was supposed to make long distance hauling both safer and more economical. Now, the ...

Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (rnv) received the first three of 48 fully electric eCitaro articulated buses with a 60 kW fuel cell as range extender. NMC3 high-performance batteries and fuel cell increase ...

Mercedes-Benz is working to bring autonomous technology to not only cars but virtually all forms of road transport. One of the most logical areas to introduce the technology is public transport, where ...

CityPilot has taken a key early step towards fully autonomous public transportation: The Mercedes-Benz self-driving bus program saw one of its Future Bus vehicles drive 20 km (or around 12.4 miles) in ...

Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler isn’t just preparing for a future of self-driving cars. Because the German manufacturer produces everything from passenger vehicles to commercial trucks, it’s ...

Mercedes-Benz just passed a major milestone in autonomous public transportation. The company's semi-autonomous bus, called the Future Bus, drove a little more than 12 miles from Amsterdam's Schiphol ...

Lithium-ion battery technology has made impressive gains over the years. Today’s cells are cheaper than they’ve ever been, but lithium-ion still leaves a lot to be desired in terms of energy density ...