Solaris wins contract to supply of 130 articulated electric buses to Warsaw
By Jim Gibbins - 1st August 2019
Poland - Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. of Bolechowo, Poland (a subsidiary of Spain’s CAF Group - Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles) is to supply Warsaw transport operator, Miejskie Zakłady Autobusowe w Warszawie (MZA) with 130 electric buses. The contract is worth nearly PLN400m (EUR92m) and is the biggest commission for Solaris zero-emission buses in Europe to date. The articulated Urbino 18 electric buses will be delivered to the Polish capital in 2020. Jan Kuźmiński, CEO of MZA remarked: “The order for these 130 electric articulated buses is supported by European funds. In two years’ time, we will have a fleet of nearly 400 zero and low-emission buses.”
