Customer Magazine Spring 1/2018 (20) www.solarisbus.com LONG LIVE ELECTRICITY! page 22 RECORD YEAR FOR SOLARIS TROLLINO SUPERSIZE page 12 page 18 ISSN 1689-6076 In this issue: As an introducion 12/17 RECORD YEAR FOR SOLARIS 2017 was an exceptional year for the company in terms of the number of sold vehicles. Solaris has climbed the highest podium of Polish city bus market for the 15th time in a row and extended the list of countries with its products by two new ones: the Netherlands and Luxembourg. 18/19 TROLLINO SUPERSIZE - novelty products Dear Readers of the Solaris Magazine, A bi-articulated trolleybus of 24 meters lenght is a brand-new project As we sum up 2017, a record year keep improving what we already skilled staff that works in the various of Solaris’ Research and Development Office (BBiR). The premiere is for our company in terms of sales, have on offer and also design new segments of our company. Apart scheduled for 2018. it is becoming evident that 2018 products. One of these novelties is from recruiting new employees promises to be even better in this the bi-articulated trolleybus which on a dynamically changing labour respect. The great number of orders is to be unveiled in the second market, Solaris has been committed 22/29 we secured would not have been half of this year (see pages 18-19). to a dual education programme possible without the trust you have Lately our efforts in the area of which starts with vocational and put in our brand for over 20 years. research and development have technical secondary schools and LONG LIVE ELECTRICITY! You made that clear, among others, been focused mostly on battery continues up to the university in a recent customer satisfaction buses which are rapidly taking level. This means graduates of the E-mobility market still grows. By advocating eco-friendly technology, survey which we report about in new markets and which prove that aforementioned programmes gain Solaris meets demand expressed by public transport operators all across this issue of the magazine (see public transport vehicles can be at the same time knowledge and Europe. pages 34-35). a more environmentally friendly the corresponding professional alternative than passenger cars. experience (more on the dual Real success in business is not the That is also why a major part of this education system on pages 38-39). short-lived ravings of the media, edition is dedicated to the electric 04/09 Novelties nor some awards, but the long-term Urbino and to contracts for battery I truly hope that these and 10/11 ElekBu 2018 process of building one’s reputation buses. numerous other features on Solaris’ 30/31 Baltic Feats - a process which is affected by operations will entice you to read 32/33 Tramino in Cracow many factors, such as the innovative The execution of any project would this latest spring edition of our 34/35 Our greatest success – a satisfied customer nature of products. That is why we be impossible without the highly Magazine. 36/37 Road safety above all 38/39 Direction > Career. Solaris trains specialists My warmest regards and enjoy the read! Publisher: Solaris Bus & Coach S.A., ul. Obornicka 46, Bolechowo-Osiedle, 62-005 Owińska, Poland, tel.: +48 61 6672 333, faks: +48 61 6672 345, e-mail: [email protected], www.solarisbus.com Editorial staff: Karolina Sarmow, Mateusz Figaszewski, Marcin Napierała, Anna Kozłowska, Maciej Sankowski, Alicja Malewicz- Solange Olszewska Pełczyńska CEO Photos: Solaris Bus & Coach S.A., vblEveline Beerkircher, Stadwerke Solingen GmbH, Mateusz Hejmo Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. Design and typeset: Weave Studio Dominika Banaszak Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. is ambassador of the programme Marka Polskiej Gospodarki (Brand of Polish Economy). 2 / Customer Magazine / Spring 2018 Spring 2018 / Customer Magazine / 3 Similar tests will be taken in sum- in Switzerland. In October 2012 However, the recipient of the first Premiere of articulated Trollino in Gdynia mer this year, also over a span of the Solaris Urbino 8.9 LE electric electric Solaris Urbino 8,9 LE in a couple of weeks. The same model carried passengers in Lucerne. Switzerland will be the city of St. will visit cities in the other Swiss Zero-emission or low-emission Gallen. Deliveries are scheduled for The Gdynia city hall and local regions, too. vehicles of the Polish producer this year. transport operator Przedsię- are already in use in Lenzburg and biorstwo Komunikacji Trolej- Solaris is the first manufacturer La-Chaux-de-Fonds (hybrid buses) busowej have signed a contract electric buses of which were tested and in Winterthur (trolleybuses). with Solaris for 30 trolleybuses. Thanks to Solaris’ winning bid, the bus fleet of PKT will welcome a new addition – a batch of articulated Trollino 18, although the order also consists of Trollino 12 which are Low-emission hybrids take the stage already well-known in city. Apart from featuring traditional The latest version of hybrid Urbino 12 hybrid buses. Last year Presented last year, the new Solaris trolleybus drivelines, the Solaris buses included in Solaris’ the low-emission vehicles have Urbino hybrid in 12 or 18 metre ver- vehicles commissioned by Gdynia product range last year are in- also been added to the bus fleets sion is the result of widening the will be fitted with additional Photo: Visualisation of the new Trollino 18 for Gdynia. creasingly rousing the interest in Kielce and Tomaszów Mazowiecki product range of the latest vehic- batteries which enable driving off city lacking a trolleybus traction on some lines with trolleybuses”, of customers. Within one year – 25 for each town. The same num- le generation shown for the first the traction line. In the case of the line. The delivery of the trolleybuses says Katarzyna Gruszecka Spychała, since their debut, a total of ber of vehicles is going to Płock time in 2014. By choosing the serial 14 Solaris Trollino 12 trolleybuses, to Gdynia will begin in September vice mayor of Gdynia. The new 345 buses have been commis- this year. Meanwhile, Pabianice HybriDrive of the US manufacturer the batteries will have a capacity of this year and shall be completed articulated vehicles, which have not sioned. and Szczecin have ordered 18 and BAE Systems Solaris was able to use 58 kWh, whereas the 16 articulated by spring 2019. Upon completion been a common sight on Gdynia’s 16 buses respectively. Smaller tow- a low-capacity diesel engine (the vehicles will be equipped with 87 of this order the total number street until now, will carry nearly The company’s biggest order so ns also go for ecological drives. 210 HP Cummins ISB4.5E6) for its kWh batteries. This means that of Solaris Trollinos operating in twice as many people as standard far was placed by a public trans- Over the past months alone, bu- design. This eco-friendly, partially both types will be able to cover Gdynia will rise to 88. vehicles at a comparable cost port operator in the francopho- ses with a hybrid, diesel-electric, electric drive allows to significantly a distance of a few dozen kilometres of operation. Thanks to the new ne part of Belgium, i.e. by Société drive were ordered among others cap fuel consumption and pollu- in zero-emission mode without the “Trolleybuses have become a re- electric vehicles, over 1/3 of the Régionale Wallonne du Transport by Czechowice-Dziedzice, Legnica, tant emission into the atmosphere. use of a pantograph. Thanks to this cognisable quality mark for green passengers using public transport (SRWT). By 2019 the carrier’s fle- Luboń, Oświęcim, Piła, Pobiedziska, solution the trolleybuses for Gdynia transport in Gdynia. As soon as next in Gdynia will travel by trolleybuses. et will be enlarged by 208 Solaris Swarzędz and Wągrowiec. will be able to run in areas of the year we will be able to replace buses Solaris Urbino electric in Switzerland At the beginning of this year the benefits of the new Solaris Urbino 12 electric were demon- strated to residents of central Switzerland. Preparing for the launch of zero-emission trans- port in the future, operators from Lucerne and Zug tested the vehicles in regular passen- ger traffic. The public transport companies Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern AG vbl and Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe AG ZVB each had a test version of the Solaris Urbino 12 electric at their disposal for a few weeks. Consequently the two firms amassed knowledge about and experience in the use of Photo: vblEveline Beerkircher electric vehicles in winter weather. 4 / Customer Magazine / Spring 2018 Spring 2018 / Customer Magazine / 5 Ostrava chooses CNG 40 buses for Rzeszów The municipal operator in year the total number of Solaris ve- pressed natural gas (CNG) stored in Before the end of 2018 Rzeszów The electric buses will be equipped Apart from electric buses, Solaris Ostrava has ordered 40 Urbino hicles on the Czech market will ex- composite CNG tanks with a total will see 10 electric and 30 co- with 87.6 kWh Solaris High Energy will also deliver 30 articulated 12 CNG buses. Once the order ceed 1000 buses and trolleybuses. capacity of 1575 litres. nventionally powered buses batteries. They will be charged by Urbino 18s, fitted with diesel engi- is completed, the number of produced in the Bolechowo the means of a reversed panto- nes meeting restrictive Euro 6 stan- Solaris vehicles operating in 80 passengers can be on board of Ostrava is not only the first custom- factory roll out on the town’s graph (lowered from the charging dards. It will be a first time for the the Czech Republic will exceed the air-conditioned buses equipped er of Solaris in the Czech Republic, streets.