Daimler Buses plans third public e-bus charging site, at Hamburg Central Bus Station, for 2027

Daimler Buses is continuing to expand its public charging infrastructure for electric buses and plans to establish a third charging location of its own at Hamburg Central Bus Station (ZOB Hamburg), following Cologne and Munich. The company has signed a lease agreement with ZOB Hamburg GmbH, the operator of the facility, with the approval of the municipal owner, and has submitted the building permit application. Initially, four fast-charging stations are planned, with the option to expand to as many as eight charging points. Commissioning is scheduled for 2027, making Hamburg the third charging location planned within one year.

Implementation and operation will be handled by Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler Buses, so the station gets its charging infrastructure from a single source without the operator having to make its own investments or manage technical operations. Daimler Buses Solutions refinances the offering through the sale of charging electricity. As the only bus manufacturer in Europe to date, Daimler Buses is building its own public charging stations for electric buses, and it sees significant potential in the infrastructure sector, investing through the subsidiary to expand its infrastructure business over the coming years.

With its own charging stations, Daimler Buses aims to improve public charging infrastructure particularly for its first battery-electric intercity bus, the Mercedes-Benz eIntouro. The vehicle has been available to order since spring 2025, and the first customer handover is scheduled to take place in the coming weeks. The eIntouro is suitable not only for routes between urban and rural areas but also for excursion services and shorter trips, currently the most practical use cases for electric buses outside urban public transport. A broader deployment of battery-electric intercity and coach buses, including services to more distant tourist destinations, would require further expansion of public charging infrastructure, and Daimler Buses wants its own charging points to provide an impetus for that development.

Demand for charging infrastructure for battery-electric buses continues to grow, and Daimler Buses Solutions therefore continuously evaluates additional public charging locations at highly frequented sites. The company works closely with experienced partners during construction, and once facilities have been commissioned its own service team handles maintenance and technical operations. Property owners, operators and long-term users of sites where intercity and coach buses regularly stop can contact Daimler Buses Solutions with potential location proposals, and further information is available on the websites of Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH and OMNIplus CHARGE.