Increasing number of electric buses appear in the streets of Polish cities. Local self-government authorities appreciate the ecological and economic advantages of using zero-emission means of public transport.
According to Zbigniew Palenica, vice-president of Solaris – after 2025 only zero-emission buses will be purchased.
The company Solaris Bus & Coach is the largest supplier of buses in Poland and well-known in Europe. It increases its production rate, recently it sold 40 electro buses to the Czech Republic. This year, Solaris will start manufacturing a new electric bus model – Urbino 18 which increases production by 10%. In 2017, it produced 1,400 buses.