Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles pick up two Environmental Awards
Vito E-Cell
In the "electric drive" category, the jury awarded top honours to the Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell. With a payload of around 900 kg, this van is the first commercial vehicle in its class to roll off the assembly line with a purely electric drive (maximum output: 70 KW), powered by extremely powerful lithium-ion batteries capable of withstanding heavy loads.
Thanks to its emission free drive system, the Vito E-Cell is ideal for urban use and for particularly environmentally sensitive areas. The Vito E-Cell operates with no emissions and almost silently, and imposes no restrictions on the operator in terms of load capacity and payload.
Commenting at the award presentation ceremony, Volker Mornhinweg, Head of Mercedes-Benz Vans, said: "It is only by maintaining our unrivalled strength for innovation that we can continue to emerge as victors in the future. And this means focusing our development efforts squarely on our goal of sustainable mobility. Cars have to be environmentally compatible, efficient, emission-free and quiet - while at the same time also being safe, comfortable and quick."
Atego BlueTec Hybrid
The title of "Green Commercial of the Year" in the hybrid category was also awarded to a Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle. The victor in this case was the Atego BlueTec Hybrid. The platform of the distributor vehicle with hybrid drive is based around the Atego 1222 L EEV. The basic vehicle already meets the environmentally-friendly EEV standard and travels toll-free on German roads.
Hubertus Troska, Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, is delighted by the awards from the Irish specialist publication and sees them as a endorsement of the company's long-term development work: "We are about to embark on series production of the Atego BlueTec Hybrid, which will mark the start of a new phase of our CleanDrive Technologies. Daimler is already the world's market leader in green commercial vehicles and has delivered around 15,000 vehicles using alternative drives to customers. We expect to continue to make further advances in this area with the hybrid model of the Atego."
- Vito E-Cell and Atego BlueTec Hybrid chosen as "Green Commercials of the Year"
- Vito E-Cell completes daily workload with zero emissions
- Atego BlueTec Hybrid reduces fuel consumption and exhaust emissions by up to 15 percent
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