To beef up the City of Tshwane’s electrical department’s fleet, the council has taken delivery of 22 Mercedes-Benz Atego 918/42 trucks.

These vehicles will be used in the maintenance of street lights and other facilities.

Clinton Savage, Mercedes-Benz Trucks divisional manager says: “The Mercedes-Benz Atego is the ideal truck for the City of Tshwane’s Electricity Department. This vehicle can manoeuvre in narrow city streets and copes well with rugged terrain. Additionally, given the economic climate, the Atego is an outstanding match for the City’s mandate that called for a vehicle that is durable, economical and robust.”

“The Atego also offers low fuel consumption and its low carbon emissions align well with the global drive to reduce and minimise carbon emissions.”

Adds Savage,  “In line with other innovative fleets in our customer base, the City has opted for our progressive CharterWay Service plan – our MBSA commercial vehicles value chain offering for service and maintenance contracts.”

Ndwamato Tom Mutshidza, Acting Strategic Executive Director in the Services Infrastructure department at the City of Tshwane says: “This monumental project marks the continuation of our longstanding relationship with Mercedes-Benz South Africa. It is a result of consolidated efforts by Mercedes-Benz and their suppliers. We are glad that these vehicles will further boost our efforts to delivering a superior service to the residents of the City.”