Solaris has announced a record order for hydrogen buses from the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: The transport company Rebus Regionalbus Rostock has ordered 52 fuel cell buses from the Polish manufacturer, including 47 vehicles with a length of twelve metres and five articulated buses.

The municipal company Rebus Regionalbus is based in Güstrow, Germany, and is responsible for public transport in the Rostock region. The company currently operates 170 diesel buses. It will initially invest €40 million to convert to hydrogen public transport.

Solaris emerged as the winner of a Europewide tender and will deliver the 52 hydrogen buses by the end of 2024. It is the manufacturer’s largest single order for H2 buses to date. So far, a good 100 hydrogen Urbino have been delivered to transport companies in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Poland. Another 100 hydrogen vehicles are currently in production.

Rebus Regionalbus expects to commission the FCVs in the first quarter of 2025. The average distance travelled on the routes will be 200 kilometres. Parallel to the procurement, two hydrogen filling stations will be built at the Güstrow and the Bad Doberan depots. They are also part of the initial investment: about €30 million have been earmarked for the buses and another €10 million for the H2 fuelling stations, the conversion of workshops, etc.