Warsaw transit operator Miejskie Zakłady Autobusowe w Warszawie (MZA) has purchased 130 articulated Urbino 18 electric buses from Polish manufacturer Solaris. Solaris has already delivered 20 electric buses to Warsaw. The buses’ batteries will have a capacity of 150 kWh. Delivery of the new e-buses is scheduled for 2020. MZA CEO Jan Kuźmiński said, “Our… Read more »
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Berlin orders 15 more electric buses from Solaris
Berlin’s public transport operator BVG has ordered fifteen articulated electric buses from Solaris, a Polish bus and trolleybus manufacturer. The Solaris Urbino 18-meter buses will be delivered in 2020. The value of the contract, including charging infrastructure, is €13.2 million. Each of the buses will have a battery capacity of 174 kWh. They will be… Read more »
Polish city of Poznan orders 21 Solaris electric buses
Solaris Bus & Coach has secured an order of 21 electric buses from transit operator MPK in its home city of Poznań, Poland. The 15 articulated and 6 standard length buses are to be delivered by February 2020 at a total price of around 70 million złoty ($18.5 million). The new buses will be fitted… Read more »
Berlin orders 15 Solaris electric buses
Berlin’s public transit operator BVG has ordered fifteen 12-meter electric buses from the Polish manufacturer Solaris. The new e-buses will arrive in the German capital in 2019, joining five Solaris electric buses already in BVG’s fleet. The Berlin battery buses will be powered by axles with integrated traction motors, and will use a set of… Read more »
Spanish train maker CAF to acquire Polish bus builder Solaris
Spanish rail equipment manufacturer CAF plans to acquire Polish bus builder Solaris, a move intended to “broaden the company’s range of products in electric mobility and multimodal door-to-door solutions.” Solaris is a global supplier of legacy and electric buses with a presence in 32 countries and a workforce of more than 2,300. Its main markets… Read more »
This week in electric bus news: e-bus fleets growing in Sweden, Italy, Brazil and Uganda, managed charging pilot in Scotland
Hundreds of new electric buses coming to Sweden Scandinavian public transport operator Nobina has ordered 103 Urbino 15 LE electric buses from Solaris Bus & Coach. The new e-buses will be delivered in 2027, and will be deployed in the cities of Stockholm, Skåne and Göteborg. Solaris also recently secured an order for 101 electric… Read more »
The week in electric bus news: e-buses motor past inflection point in Europe
Electric city buses have reached critical mass in Europe, Transport and Environment reports. Sixty percent of new EU city buses ordered in 2025 were electric (56% battery-electric and 4% fuel cell). At the current rate of growth in sales, all new city buses are expected to be electric by 2028. A variety of OEMs from… Read more »
Three hydrogen buses join 203 battery-electric buses in Sardinia’s capital
Cagliari, the capital of the Italian island of Sardinia, has deployed 3 Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen buses, part of a batch of 15 vehicles funded and procured through central purchasing body Consip. Transport agency CTM Cagliari now operates 236 electrified vehicles, including 203 battery-electric buses, 30 trolleybuses and the 3 new fuel cell buses. The… Read more »
Prague to deploy 20 Trollino 24 bi-articulated trolleybuses
A consortium comprised of Solaris Bus & Coach, Solaris Czech and Škoda Electric has submitted a winning bid in a tender for 20 bi-articulated Trollino 24 trolleybuses to Prague public transport operator Dopravní podnik. The deliveries will be carried out within 24 months of the signing of the contract, and the vehicles will roll onto… Read more »
Madrid transit agency orders 50 electric buses from Irizar and BYD
The city of Madrid has confirmed plans to phase out all diesel buses. By January 2023, the Spanish capital’s entire fleet will be made up of electric, natural gas and hybrid buses. Transit agency Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid (EMT) ordered 30 BYD electric buses last September. Now EMT has awarded a tender for… Read more »