Mercedes-Benz supplying 129 Citaro G hybrid 18m articulated buses to Belgium’s TEC Group
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
A 14 kW, 220 N·m electric motor is positioned between the engine and the automatic transmission. On overrun or when the bus is braking, the energy recovery phase, the motor acts as a generator to produce electric power, which is briefly stored by the Citaro hybrid in capacitors. Mercedes-Benz calls this the support phase.
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