Daimler electric city bus Mercedes eCitaro PREMIERE - Autogefühl

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[@Rebel.s197]

You know you have an amazing presenter when the audience is utterly amazed by a bus review. Fantastic as always, Autogefuhl!

[@autogefuehl]

:-)

[@IliasJoels]

Well Thomas, you've got a new objective. Get your bus driver license!

[@dIsAstErTR]

I wouldn't have expected you to review this, nice one.

[@gordonbennett6057]

no worries - Thomas reviews all sorts, eBikes, vans, buses, food, travel, tyres - he could review a coffee cup or a brick and we'd get all the little interesting details, and we'd really enjoy watching the video! We hope he gets a chance to review more interesting machines and devices. Cheers.

[@RalfSRobotRalf]

Next review: boeing 747

[@autogefuehl]

hehe

[@henson2k]

e747

[@user-26394]

Great

[@erikandrehoglund55]

In Full HD Full Lenght also ? 😂

[@CLima97]

This channel just got x10 times better! I'd love more videos about buses !

[@SimJoy]

Nice Mercedes review :) I hope to see this on the streets soon. We have in Nürnberg also an electric bus, from Solaris.

[@miraklara457]

Mb citaro is by far the best city bus and all the transport organizations should have it in their lineup. Brilliant that they keep up with the latest tech and produce the electric version.

[@gery4870]

Thank you so much to show us not only Electric cars !

[@NAVYusmarines007]

Amazing German quality, design and city transport by Mercedes!!! Thanks for great video!

[@user-wr9wh2yn4v]

Agree, good transportation from Mercedes! ⚡👍

[@emiliofernandez7117]

I think I’ll buy this

[@autogefuehl]

are you a bus fleet owner?

[@aviationon689]

Autogefühl I guess that was just a joke.

[@JeS-ii6yp]

Thomas, you forgot to mention the 0-100 KPH time.(Just kidding of course). I never thought I would find a review of a bus so interesting!

[@autogefuehl]

=)

[@verliebt3465]

might not be able to reach 100, it will be limited to a max of 90 kph depending on the regulations in the country

[@d947]

Nice review! Please more bus reviews! 😀

[@jrdk9276]

As if buses aren't torquey enough, people standing in this bus are bound to lose their balance from the bus accelerating🤔😂

[@autogefuehl]

We addressed this issue in the film, watch full length

[@jrdk9276]

Autogefühl yep, realised that after watching it fully. Still, it would be funny thou

[@autogefuehl]

it sure would =) racing bus

[@jrdk9276]

Autogefühl haha

[@sbomorse]

The two best things about electric buses are obviously no emissions in town but also no noise! Buses are so loud.

[@fpm1979]

I am a big supporter of electric mobility and I can’t wait to commute with an electric bus! Gone would be the roaring Diesel engine noise.

[@NAVYusmarines007]

Отличный немецкий автобус от "Мерседес"! Спасибо за классный обзор!

[@ACS607]

@Autogefuhl, I think it's great that you are branching out to other forms of mobility as mobility is starting to play an even bigger role not just in the need for the world to be truly sustainable but for how people will live, work and socialise in the future. As you also pointed out in the video that air quality is being recognised as a major factor in the deterioration of people's health and well being today, and the number of people watching your videos from big cities is increasing all the time which means that this is starting to become a lot more relevant to people. London already has a few only electric bus routes with the USB charging ports and it won't be long before we start seeing these ECitaros buzzing about. Citaros were once popular in London in the form of the 15m bendy bus but that caused so many problems in terms of causing traffic, catching fire and killing a lot of cyclists which is why they were taken off. These Citaros will be a welcomed sight once gain and i look forward to seeing them.

[@autogefuehl]

thanks for the feedback!

[@kingdom753]

Germany always at the forefront on electric power technology. Mercedes Benz producing the necessary, technology to protect our environment. Gorgeous bus.

[@ronkemperful]

Enjoyed your review as always. Cheap fuel, the infrastructure of the roadways, and the low density of housing still limits the use of buses where I live in Colorado USA. But the day is coming sooner than we think when driving an automobile, especially one propelled by a fossil fuel, will be a luxury. I am one who appreciates the broad coverage that you always do of automotive-vehicle transportation.

[@autogefuehl]

appreciated !!

[@Nara-kun]

I was like.. "What the hell are you doing now Thomas..." yet i stayed and had to watch. Keep it up, Thomas!

[@autogefuehl]

=)

[@salipander6570]

(City)buses are probably the most useful to make electric, for all the reasons you have mentioned!

[@andi3olotic]

Headroom must be amazing! ;) Great to see buses on this channel as well! Good review!

[@autogefuehl]

=)

[@manligheten]

As always, a very well presented and produced video! I wonder what comes next, electric tractors? :)

[@chengyoujiang6076]

The future of bus travel. Well done! I will never smell the horrible exhaust fumes anymore!

[@desroin]

Awesome video

[@Progan666]

As batteries take over, disposal and recycling of old batteries should become more cost effective. I think that the manufacturer should be responsible for changing out the batteries and recycling or refurbishing old ones.

[@BitsAndPieces2024]

Thank you very much. I will keep this in mind when I am buying a bus! 😁

[@user-vt5hm5wu3g]

This would have been quite the driving segment. I like the variety on this channel, keep it up

[@autogefuehl]

thanks !!

[@marjanbatic2913]

As always awesome video. Loved the music :)

[@YusukeShirogane]

I hope more electric buses is coming soon

[@dzonikg]

Shenzhen has all electric buses...16 000 off them

[@BrokenNinja]

There are loads, go look around, they're no where near the first. A few places already have a bunch of electric buses in service

[@YusukeShirogane]

IoSouLzZoI There is not a single electric bus in Sweden. That is why i said i hope more is coming.

[@kurylenkoolga1102]

Beautiful bus ! You're floating on the chair ,like you're on a water bed:)5:53

[@praveenneevarp4822]

This bus looks lit in my opinion

[@InteriorDesignAnderson]

To Mercedes logos on the front, bit over kill. Also what a good idea cause busses are the biggest polluters. Nice review Thomas

[@AltarenGalil]

cars pollute way more per person

[@briandowling7577]

Mercedes body and drivetrain. Buses and coaches are different than cars in that the body could be built by one manufacturer and platform & drivetrain by another. Hence it could have two different logos... But yeah, in this case they should the dropped the little one.

[@hseochin]

You're absolutely correct. .i'll say that what should have been done in this case of the eCitaro is to size a smaller size star logo & increase the space seperation between the M-B coin badge & the star logo, like how it's done with the last generation facelift Citaro. That placement is about right in the proportion & spacing. They should not go overboard with change for the sake of change & instead stick with what's 'proven' & only 'change' if there's any 'real case' to do so. High time Daimler exercise more consistency across their entire product portfolio & communicate this philosophy to their various design people in the various vehicle types so that everybody can speak the same design language ! This makes it also easier on the customer perception on what to expect each time they look at a Mercedes-Benz irregardless of type or model.

[@WindOF80s]

Jan Šinkovec Cheap farm products, animal shit, people shit, animal breathing and overall dead bodies of "civilization" produces waaaay more CO2, NOx and other nasty stuff.

[@kladpapier]

Nice futuristic look on the front.

[@ManCave1972]

Thomas could review a toothbrush and make it interesting.

[@miyamohammed]

Duitsland = autogefül..If they gonna make planes, Thomas gonna review it😉.

[@foersom5928]

@Autogefühl; Electric buses typical use nominal 600 V battery / motors. What is nominal voltage for the ECitaro? Is the CCS charger HPC CCS (350 kW class)? What is max kW charging? Are Oppcharge (reverse roof pantograph) planned for ECitaro?

[@charlesholland-keen2222]

These electric buses would transform an inner city environment currently using i.c.e. buses both in terms of noise and air pollution. Hopefully all metropolitan areas will introduce them very soon.

[@foersom5928]

Indeed. It is going that direction. City buses might be first domain where electric vehicles will dominate over fossil fuel vehicles.

[@Jalil4805]

I was waiting for Thomas Drive episode )))

[@isacriosloureiro5663]

In the city of Porto in Portugal, the Caetanobus a local company has already start to delivery there own electric bus. E-city gold. Totally developed um Portugal They are very good. Mercedes is been left behind.

[@heckdornenschwert2289]

Horse power -- also called pound×fathom^2×fortnight^-3 in non-SI base units

[@thatoneofmany]

"this bus will change thing", "revolutionary". Van Hool, MAN, VDL, Volvo and many more already have them...

[@Stephenb033]

So many buses in Amsterdam have USB sockets. They are so useful. Especially if you have just landed and you are low are charge...

[@vali20vali20vali20]

We have 2007 or so Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses in Bucharest, now the dumb mayor we have is buying a new round of some cheap no name diesel buses instead of following up with this. So impressive, congratulations to the cities buying this marvel of engineering.

[@TheLemonBird]

Why dont they just put 2 tesla like batteris in the bottom they only cost about 10.000 each to produce it would lower the center of gravity And it would allow for a lower overall height

[@pablomax3045]

I would love to see in areas like Essen or Düs, that all large state vehicles must be switched to electric. The garbage collection, buses and such. Maybe even DHL and other delivery vans. Those trucks are so loud if you live anywhere near the big roads.

[@Zeus-se9pv]

I would love to have quiet, clean busses in my city. No more hot air and exhaust blowing in your face while walking down the street.

[@ossme]

This is nice ! Really nice !!! I hope they get them in my city! ... nice review btw

[@autogefuehl]

cheers !

[@min-hokim1614]

Estonia has one of these buses. This bus is on the test ride in Tallinn.

[@ImAFanboy]

There is so much bus outside the wheel base it’s crazy

[@kenllacer]

Forget the S Class... This is what I want!

[@user-wr9wh2yn4v]

Отличное видео ⚡и репортаж! 👍

[@tharu101]

you guys should do review on Alstom Aptis as well. tx

[@foersom5928]

And also Irizar EBus (e.g. used in Luxembourg).

[@Turboman_64]

Excellent! Finally i might stop despising busses if they replace those loud dirt machines with such sweet e-busses.

[@Yahuah007]

Great informative review. Only on this channel view can get a real treat.

[@autogefuehl]

thanks for following !

[@tarassu]

200kWh is tiny. Why. 300-400kWh should be easy to fit. But no. Mercedes did a "retrofit" for regular ICE bus. Battery should be under the floor, not in the roof. I like bus episode. Do trains, ships etc too :)

[@Luca148S]

There are already USB charging ports in many buses -- at least in Paderborn if you take the Pader-Sprinter 😂

[@foersom5928]

Diesel powered handy. ;-)

[@khaledsakkaamini4743]

we want Thomas test drive citaro 😇 😜

[@autogefuehl]

yes! =)

[@benjibatch]

You always make me laugh when you say thmoose instead of smooth, haha XD

[@MarioDallaRiva]

Talk about the ideal "Driving Lounge" by Thomas!!

[@autogefuehl]

=)

[@buksi6342]

Finland already has 6 Linkker electric buses in service.

[@mtumasz]

Polish SOLARIS buses (also available as full electric) offer many USB sockets to passengers already. We have different generations of them in our city and if it has LED headlights, the USB’s are usually there too:)

[@amithkumart.k6679]

Superb !

[@newfguy1826]

Great video Thomas!

[@autogefuehl]

appreciated !

[@Dreadologist]

FUTURE SKOOLIE!!! LOVE IT!

[@TheKacper2001]

Every public city transportation vechicle and city commercial vechicles should have been all electric. They're responsble for most of vechicle air polution.

[@chengyoujiang6076]

The design of the front reminds me of 300 SL.

[@kimroos8110]

More buss reviews pls! (Bus driver in Sweden)

[@TerecRazvan]

In Cluj Napoca(Romania) we have like 10 Solaris electric buses

[@SDav21]

It is so great that it is modular. So they can swap out the old batteries for better ones in the future when they can store more energy in the same space. Great!

[@AchimKlapper]

Nice review! Want to add though that the eCitaro is RWD only (having 2 motors - one on each side of the rear axle)

[@autogefuehl]

thanks! Oh yes, you are correct.

[@mahinahmed2316]

Really like ur bus vids Keep them when you can

[@autogefuehl]

appreciated !

[@johnmfjw]

Another excellent review as always, they could do with this bus in Chester UK as they have diesel buses running through the city centre.

[@autogefuehl]

cheers !

[@gkflaaaaaaaau]

Would like to try this in our conditions :) 2 drive axels sounds very good

[@stevieosyka]

Glad to see public transport cleaning up its act.

[@MrTechfreak95]

Thanks for that very interesting and detailed review of an Electric Bus, very nice. :)

[@autogefuehl]

thanks for following !

[@DarcersTech]

I saw the concept in person in Frankfurt. This still looks great, but I would be slightly concerned about the battery modules on the roof. Doesn't that make them really unstable? Also, do they have any of the self-driving features of the concept?

[@volvocars5189]

Nice coverage, it's really fun see the progress in the auto industry. And it's so quiet and relaxing riding an electric bus. Volvo has a fullscale test of electric busses in regular traffic in Gothenburg. Come and visit Thomas! :-)

[@volvocars5189]

And nice that Autogefühl also covers the transport evolution.

[@autogefuehl]

cool :)

[@Da_StormtroopeR]

Quite interesting, thanks for sharing. What about inductional charging at the bus stop or station, that would be a good option I think.

[@clnelson321]

It's a start, but they can and will do so much better with a roof full of PV's. Lose the fabric seats...bad idea! They will most likely go to high power recharging with a high power charger mounted on the roof that could allow ultra fast recharging modules perhaps in 440V?

[@Simon-dm8zv]

They probably wouldn't do much better with PV.

[@Poxenium]

Awesome! We already have 10 Solaris electric buses in the city, with 120km range ... but as I understand it, they are manufactured in low volume, so all manufacturers need to switch to electric ASAP.

[@dzonikg]

Maybe in europe..in China there are already 400 000 electric busses in service

[@KimSkid2k]

Nobody cares about that shithole

[@MrTechfreak95]

12:40 i'am sure that the motor management could be reconfigured to Ludicrous acceleration ;DD Would be fun..... for the driver. :D

[@higuys6292]

In the video at 00:05 saying that its not a car. Looks like description is saying something else.

[@roadpanzir]

This is just wonderful!

[@vladimir2646]

Does this electric bus cost expensive for low budget country like Macedonia-Skopje.Mayor of center city gave info on tv he will import new electric bus for city because 2floor buses from a China spend alot of oil and fuel.

[@andreapaglia4255]

Thomas, we want you to make an oversteer in the track with this tool, let's drive it😂

[@autogefuehl]

=)

[@sportsfreundberlin]

Will consider to add one to the garage xD

[@michaeljones4465]

This was interesting

[@panathaninf]

Great Video! thanks

[@autogefuehl]

great to have you with us!

[@eranbaruch]

Great video, as always. 😊 Thomas you need to get a bus license.. You really wanted to drive it! 😂 I'm Israel 🇮🇱 we have electric busses for years now. They are working great. The charging solution is different here.

[@autogefuehl]

Cool!

[@ChristianrnstrupRasmussen]

The VDL Citea E-Worker changing system is smarter and faster (it's like the electric transfer of a tram og electric train on certain destinations) But what's next from Daimler? Wouldn't it be smarter to mount the battery pack like a normal PKW lower in the chassis? But all the advantages of an electric system is know news, it is just smarter. No matter the system I really hope for this future sooner.

[@nolife02]

We have had a full electric Volvo buss running in traffic in Volvos hometown of Gothenburg since 2017. Wellcome to the “future” Mercedes 😉

[@shanematkorah]

Seems like there is a lot of vibrations.... suspension too stiff???

[@whatevernevermind5960]

Those seats look funny. Comic textures lmao

[@86501freightliner]

Coming soon to Hamburger Hochbahn's Innovationsline 109?

[@akramkour1015]

WoooooooooooW just... Woooooooow very good very good..... Very good 👏👏👏

[@eternitynaut]

It rattles like cheaper buses but less squeaks, still have work to do in noise reduction.

[@lennyman3629]

Next Double deck citaro

[@energiewender143]

Volvo, Proterra, Solaris, BYD and many others say: „Welcome to the club, Mercedes. You are late, though.“ Btw, China puts 9.500 electric buses on the road every month.

[@lenmediastudio]

But so far Merc did it the best, in terms of first impression. Volvo is alright. Solaris has the stupid touch screen thing in place of buttons, which doesn't quite output a feedback to the driver. BYD is a bit crappy. Mercedes, on the other hand, hasn't any of those problems. What's even better, they've made the extra bit on the roof look like an integrated part of the bus, rather than some bit sticking out like on other battery-electric buses.

[@akmorf6609]

that would make an awesome motorhome!

[@danielpenov]

So, it is a trolleybus without the need to go in a certain route where the electricity flows.