The municipal public transport operator TPER within the metropolis of Bologna goes to buy 130 hydrogen buses from Solaris. The supply will embody 127 models of 12-meter Urbino 12 hydrogen buses for TPER Bologna and three models for TPER Ferrara. The service shall even have the correct to increase the order by a further 140 automobiles as an possibility.
The Italian cities of Bologna and Ferrara have simply began one of many largest tasks encompassing hydrogen gas cell buses in Europe.
Every bus includes a 70 kW gas cell fueled by hydrogen from 5 composite tanks positioned on the bus roof. With the total tanks that may maintain 37.5 kg of hydrogen, the bus will be capable to cowl about 350 km.
The primary batch of 37 hydrogen models will likely be delivered to town in 2024. The remainder of the automobiles will arrive in 2025-2026.
Solaris is a European e-mobility chief, together with within the manufacturing of hydrogen buses. To this point, the corporate has delivered morethan 120 hydrogen-powered models to a dozen or so purchasers in 8 international locations. In 2022, Solaris prolonged its hydrogen supply with an articulated Urbino 18 hydrogen bus.