Solaris has confirmed MZK in Konin will become the first public transport operator in Poland to add a hydrogen bus to its fleet.

Phillips Poland is making substantial investments in its European production facility in response to rapid growth in demand for its products in Europe. These investments are also to align its capabilities more closely with European and world wide markets.

Solaris Bus & Coach has appointed Olivier Michard as CEO of its Solaris France subsidiary.

Daimler Buses has its first order for fully electric city buses from Poland. The order is for eight articulated Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses and 16 solo buses.

The total number of alternative drivelines in city buses in Western Europe (+Poland) totalled 7,747 units accounting for 58.9% of total city bus registrations in 2020 of 13,140 units, according to market analysis by Wim Chatrou of Chatrou CME Solutions of The Netherlands.

Solaris Bus & Coach of Bolechowo has won a tender bid to supply 250 Solaris Urbino 12 CNG buses to Madrid.

Solaris Bus & Coach is trialling its new 15-metre intercity version of its Urbino LE Electric bus as part of a demonstration programme involving several Norwegian operators from Oslo and the surrounding area.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA has joined a consortium including battery system manufacturer and supplier to Solaris, and power generation and energy distributor, TAURON Polska Energia SA to implement a project titled ‘Second Life ESS’ aimed at creating a prototype system to store electric energy based on used bus batteries.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA has joined the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance. Its aim is to scale-up, by 2030, production and deployment of hydrogen as a fuel, produced by means of low-emission technologies and renewable energy sources.

Johnson Matthey Plc, a specialist chemicals company which manufactures catalysts, pharmaceutical materials, and pollution control systems, has confirmed its new battery cathode materials plant which is under construction, is to be powered solely by electricity from renewable sources from the very start of production.

As part of its mission to develop ‘intelligent trailers,’ Wielton SA, has announced it is now offering customers a broad range of advanced trailer telematics monitoring systems through cooperation with three proven specialists in this field ZF’s Wabco Transics1, BPW Idem2 and Webfleet Solutions3.

ZF Fleet Management Services, a division of ZF Friedrichshafen AG has signed a long-term agreement with Europe’s third largest trailer builder, Wielton SA to supply advanced telematics and real-time monitoring services.