Szczecin orders fourteen additional electric buses from Solaris
The exact order comprises four 12-metre Urbino 12 Electric buses and ten Urbino 18 Electric articulated buses. Following delivery, Szczecin will have a total of 30 Solaris electric buses in its operational fleet, with the 16 electric buses from Solaris already running.
According to the announcement, both the Solaris Urbino 12 electric and 18 electric models will be equipped with a central electric motor and Solaris High Energy batteries, which feature high energy density and capacity. Both will be charged using pantograph as well as plug-in charging stations. Both vehicle models also come equipped with “full-vehicle air conditioning, electric heating, Wi-Fi access, monitoring systems, and an integrated driver alcohol detection system for driver and passenger safety.” The vehicles are also connected via Solaris’ fleet management system ‘eSConnect’.
The city of Sczcecin started electrifying its bus fleet with Solaris electric buses in 2020, when eight articulated buses were purchased. A follow-up order was then placed in April 2021.
Solaris has recently also been delivering fuel cell variants of its buses, for example in France and the Czech Republic in August, however, the company’s electric bus models remain popular, as a major order from Transdev Nederland showed last month.
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