MAN Truck & Bus to showcase its electrified models at Busworld Europe 2019

At this year’s Busworld in Brussels, MAN Truck & Bus will be exhibiting a broad portfolio of city and intercity buses, coaches and minibuses.

The company will première include the eTGE Combi as well as offer to the public for test-driving for the first time the all-electric MAN Lion's City E.

At the trade fair in Brussels, MAN will be exhibiting a 12-metre solo version of its all-electric Lion's City E, which comes with 35 seats. The e-bus completes this new generation of city buses - also available with diesel, natural gas and hybrid propulsion - with its emissions-free drive. Its inimitable design elements highlight the unique quality of the electric drive, which visitors to Busworld will experience for the first time live in the outside area.

The most obvious differences are the absence of the engine tower, the position of the batteries on the roof and the 4 additional seating places that this creates in the rear. In the solo bus, the all-electric driveline can produce an output of between 160 kW and a maximum of 270 kW. As a result, the Lion's City E can be relied upon to provide a range of 200 km, or up to 270 km in good conditions, across the entire service life of the batteries.

To be exhibited by MAN for the very first time is the Lion's City 19 EfficientHybrid - the new conventional brother within the family of city buses. The bus spans 18.75 metres in length and sees MAN growing its new generation of scheduled-service buses with an appealingly cost-efficient solution for inner-city transportation. In the three-axle trade fair display vehicle, there is space to seat 38 passengers - four more than in a Lions City 18 with a similar configuration.

A highly efficient D1556 LOH diesel engine with 360 hp (265 kW) powers the vehicle and, like all internal combustion engines presented by MAN, meets the Euro 6d emissions standard that takes effect from 1 September 2019. If equipped with MAN EfficientHybrid, the bus becomes an even more economical and environmentally friendly solution. The stop-start function ensures that the vehicle is also near silent and emissions-free when it stops.

As well as the MAN TGE Intercity intended for intercity transportation, which premièred at the IAA 2018, MAN will be exhibiting its new minibus design at Busworld: the MAN eTGE Combi. The eTGE Combi is the first fully electrically powered minibus amongst MAN's range of buses. The e-minibus is based on the series-produced MAN eTGE electric van and has been approved for a passenger capacity of up to eight people.

This new minibus is particularly suited for inner-city transportation in low-emissions zones and in residential and health resort/healthcare areas where there is a focus on keeping noise to a minimum. To save space, the batteries of the fully electrically powered eTGE Combi are built in underneath the slightly raised floor. In theory, they should enable a range of up to 173 kilometres (NEDC), or 114 kilometres (WLTP).