Hino Motors: First domestic ‘hybrid articulated bus’ appearance: Competing with Daimler ‘Sitalo G’
Hino Motors: Isuzu Motors
The first domestically produced ‘hybrid articulated bus’ jointly developed by Isuzu Motors and Hino Motors debuts.
Yokohama City Transportation Bureau: ‘Hybrid Articulated Bus’
The total length of the two vehicles is 18 meters.
Up to 113 passengers (1.5 times the size of a general large-sized bus)
The price is about 88 million yen (excluding tax) per vehicle, more than three times the size of a single vehicle
It was handed over to the City of Yokohama in February, and training for drivers to commence operations has begun.
Bus line: “Bayside Blue”
In June 2020, we can see the east exit of Yokohama Station, Red Brick Warehouse, Yamashita Park, Motomachi and Chinatown. ,
A new municipal bus route “Bayside Blue” opens, connecting popular tourist spots in the Yokohama Bay Area.
Yokohama City expects about 580,000 passengers a year on a new route designed to improve tourists’ migration.
Mercedes-Benz “Sitalo G”:
Currently, most of the articulated bus vehicles introduced in Japan are Mercedes-Benz “Sitaro G” manufactured by Evobus, a Daimler company
The Mannheim plant in Germany produces 1,000 articulated buses every year.
Domestic sales results: 61 units
It was first delivered in Japan in 2007, and has sold 61 units in Japan.
Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu,
Keisei Bus (Chiba),
Nishitetsu Bus (Fukuoka),
Gifu bus,
Shinki Bus (Hyogo),
Omi Railway (Shiga) has already been introduced.
Mitsubishi Fuso trucks and buses under Daimler are sales outlets.
In 2019, eight vehicles were delivered to Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu and four to Nishitetsu Bus Kitakyushu.
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