| | Investment of over 70 million euros in 2007. |
Mannheim, 26 February 2007 - DB Stadtverkehr purchases around 285 buses from DaimlerChrysler's subsidiary EvoBus GmbH for a total of 70 million euros. A corresponding contract was signed in Mannheim today. The order encompasses city buses, intercity buses and coaches of the Mercedes‑Benz and Setra brands. DB Stadtverkehr has an option to purchase a further 550 vehicles in 2008 and 2009.
12,000 buses are run on behalf of DB Stadtverkehr. They are used daily by approximately 2 million customers. "We are thereby Germany's largest bus company. We therefore place utmost value on reliable, comfortable vehicles that are inexpensive to purchase and operate. EvoBus buses and coaches precisely fulfill these criteria" said Hermann von der Schulenburg, Chairman of the Board of Directors of DB Stadtverkehr.
"EvoBus is a longtime partner of DB Stadtverkehr. We are therefore pleased that we could prevail again with a complete package in an international invitation to tender" said Harald Landmann, Head of EvoBus Gmbh.
The biggest part of the order involves the purchase of around 230 solo buses, for which DB Stadtverkehr requested a standardized vehicle for the first time. For example, the use of identical screws in the engines, powertrains, interior equipment and air conditioning systems significantly reduces purchasing costs. “We use the cost advantages of standardization to increase our competitiveness,” said Hermann von der Schulenburg. Other key criteria for awarding the contract to EvoBus GmbH were the company’s dense network of professionally run service centers, its attractive range of aftersales products, and the fact that the vehicles are equipped with the ultramodern and extremely low-emission BlueTec exhaust system, which can also lead to substantial reductions in fuel consumption.
“This major order is a very positive signal for our production plants in Mannheim and Neu-Ulm,” said Landmann. “It demonstrates that DaimlerChrysler Buses remains on track for success and that we will rightly be able to secure our internationally leading position in the hotly contested bus market.”
DaimlerChrysler's worldwide bus operations are bundled within the DaimlerChrysler Buses product division. EvoBus GmbH is responsible for the European bus business. |
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