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More than 1,000 units of the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro low-floor electric bus have rolled off the production line in Mannheim in the nearly five years since its start of series production at the end of 2018. In 2018, the eCitaro was initially launched as a solo bus with a battery capacity of up to 243 kWh.
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—Chad Mirkin, director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and the George B. 2018) “Catalyst discovery through megalibraries of nanomaterials” PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1815358116. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern. Earlier post.). Kluender, Edward et al. 1815358116.
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