REVG Kerpen orders 26 Solaris hydrogen buses
10 August 2024
Solaris continues to supply hydrogen buses to the German market. This time the customer is REVG Kerpen, which has ordered a total of 26 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses. The manufacturer has already delivered the first two units to Kerpen, marking the debut of Solaris buses in the city. Deliveries of the remaining vehicles are scheduled for 2025.
The order marks the first collaboration between Solaris and REVG Kerpen.
The ordered buses will be equipped with a 70 kW hydrogen fuel cells that generate electrical energy onboard and powered by central electric motors. In addition, the Urbino hydrogen buses will be equipped with Solaris High Power batteries to support fuel cell operation during peak demand.
Solaris maintains its position as the largest hydrogen bus manufacturer in Europe, capturing 44.5% of the market share in 2023 alone. The German market, in particular, is actively investing in hydrogen-powered buses. Solaris Urbino hydrogen buses already operating in cities such as Cologne, Wuppertal, Hofolding, Weimar, Frankfurt, Gross-Zimmern, Aschaffenburg and the Munich metropolitan area. Additionally, further contracts are in progress, with cities including, Krefeld, Güstrow, Gross-Gerau, Hamburg, Gummersbach and Duisburg on the horizon.
I can not understand the German obsession with hydrogen. These are city transit busses. It is easy to make battery electric busses for this application. It is much more energy efficient and lower cost to use battery electric busses. Germany does not have a surplus of green energy to use to make hydrogen especially after they made the ill advised decision to shut down their nuclear power plants.
Posted by: sd | 12 August 2024 at 07:29 PM
It's quite easily understood. The biggest proponent of H2 is big oil. Their business model has prevailed over a century for now. This cash cow is now being sentenced to death and their management is well aware of the direction that everything is moving towards. The only conceivable alternative to their dirty oil game is for them to switch to H2 which by no means is any better; it is the only acceptable alternative in their opinion to survive.
The ever rapid improvement of battery technology is the deathblow to their dream to remain in business.
Posted by: yoatmon | 14 August 2024 at 06:15 AM