Setra [SEP] parent company
Setra
Setra is a German bus division of EvoBus GmbH, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of the Daimler AG.
The name "Setra" comes from "selbsttragend" (self supporting). This refers to the integral nature of the construction of the vehicles back in the 1950s when competitor vehicles still featured a separate chassis and body (often manufactured by separate companies). It is also possible that, with an eye to export markets, the company was mindful that for non-German speakers, the name "Kässbohrer
). In 2002, Daimler (the parent company of Freightliner) reorganized its bus manufacturing operations, shifting Thomas from the acquisitions of Freightliner to DaimlerChrysler Commercial Buses North America, grouping the company with Orion and Setra, along with Sprinter.
In spite of previous efforts to move beyond school bus production, during the early 2000s, Thomas began to wind down its presence in the transit bus segment. In 2000, the TL960 (derived from the Transit Liner ER) replaced the aging Chartour/CL960 (from the early 1980s