Daimler Buses

<h2 id="history">History</h2>

<p>In 1995, the bus division of <a href="/facts/Mercedes-Benz/pGrJrQHC">Mercedes-Benz</a> and bus manufacturer <a href="/facts/Setra/0gGBoj1X">Setra</a> 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 omnibus by <a href="/facts/Karl_Benz/fJM2Gl63">Karl Benz</a> in 1895 in <a href="/facts/Mannheim/f5GsdPcG">Mannheim</a>.
</p><p>EvoBus is headquartered in Stuttgart in Germany, with its largest bus factory in <a href="/facts/Mannheim/f5GsdPcG">Mannheim</a> in Germany. Licensed buses are also manufactured in Turkey. The city buses, for instance the <a href="/facts/Mercedes-Benz_O530_Citaro/ezo0uA2U">Citaro</a>, are manufactured in Mannheim, as are the <a href="/facts/Chassis/YdnWbDFK">chassis</a> (meaning the frame plus the "running gear" like engine, transmission, driveshaft, differential, and suspension). A body (sometimes referred to as "<a href="/facts/Coachwork/hJMTBkRR">coachwork</a>"), is built on the chassis to complete the coaches in <a href="/facts/Ulm/HQFF1blv">Ulm</a>/<a href="/facts/Neu-Ulm/1UEL8Dch">Neu-Ulm</a>, where the final assembly takes place. Other factories of EvoBus are in <a href="/facts/Ligny-en-Barrois/pfdvqU5D">Ligny-en-Barrois</a> in France and in Sámano in Spain. In July 2023 EvoBus was rebranded Daimler Buses.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
</p><p>Its product portfolio include:
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<ul><li>Bus-specific service ranging from insurance and consulting to concepts for financing and the procurement of original parts and accessories.</li>
<li>Sales network for new and used vehicles in Europe,</li>
<li>Service network</li></ul>
<p>In 2016, EvoBus had a <a href="/facts/Workforce/rg2g6n5W">workforce</a> of 17,899 employees. 
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<h2 id="innovations">Innovations</h2>
<p>In April 1951, Setra introduced a coach with self-supporting structure.
</p><p>By 1955 the company demonstrated a coach with the first independent air suspension at the German Motor Show in Frankfurt.
</p><p>Since the 1990s, EvoBus has been experimenting with <a href="/facts/Hydrogen_vehicle/dMKIgm1F">hydrogen fuel cells</a> to use <a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">hydrogen</a> as a primary source of power for the locomotion of buses.
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<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071008000728/http://www.industryeurope.net/servlet/processUserPage?action=showfeature&feature=939">Article in Industry Europe</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>EvoBus (UK) to become Daimler Buses UK in mid-July Route One 22 June 2023 <a href="https://www.route-one.net/news/evobus-uk-to-become-daimler-buses-uk-in-mid-july/" target="_blank">https://www.route-one.net/news/evobus-uk-to-become-daimler-buses-uk-in-mid-july/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Re-Naming of EvoBus GmbH with effect from July 12th, 2023 Daimler Truck 3 July 2023 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230715055658/https://supplier.daimlertruck.com/docs/DOC-1461" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20230715055658/https://supplier.daimlertruck.com/docs/DOC-1461</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Daimler Buses