Clinton Savage, Mercedes-Benz Trucks divisional manager said: "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."
Savage elaborated that what sets the Mercedes-Benz Atego apart is its low maintenance cost. "The Atego also offers low fuel consumption and its low carbon emissions align well with the global drive to reduce and minimise carbon emissions.
"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 of the services infrastructure department of the City of Tshwane said: "This monumental project marks the continuation of our long-standing 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 deliver a superior service to the residents of the city."
The Mercedes-Benz Atego trucks are fitted with Scorpion 1490 Smart aerial platforms by the aerial platform, Germiston-based specialist, Smith Capital Equipment. The Scorpion 1490 Smart commonly finds application in overhead line works, telecommunications and street lighting maintenance.
Uven Moodley, operations director of Smith Capital Equipment said: "The platform fitted on the Mercedes-Benz Atego is class leading, with a unique ability to be set up and be ready to work faster than most of its competitors. It is very popular in Europe and we import this platform from Oils & Steel SPA in Italy. The City of Tshwane is the second municipality to have the Oil & Steel SPA platform in the country. We are indeed very proud to have partnered Mercedes-Benz South Africa on this flagship project for us."
