Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), the public transport operator in the German capital, has placed another order for articulated electric Solaris buses under an existing framework agreement.
Following the delivery of the first batch of 50 Solaris Urbino 18 electric buses, the Berlin public transport operator has now ordered an additional 270 articulated buses.
With this new order BVG expands the order placed in December 2023, which with the company ordered the first 50 articulated Solaris buses. The framework agreement provides for a flexible and demand-oriented maximum quantity of up to 700 electric articulated buses over a period of 8 years. “Fleet electrification and infrastructure modernization are key challenges faced by public transport
operators across Europe today. BVG is tackling them in an exemplary way. Being awarded another – and record-breaking – order by BVG is a strong sign of our long-standing partnership,” said Christian Goll, Managing Director of Solaris Deutschland GmbH. The buses will be equipped Solaris High Energy batteries. Charging will be possible both via a standard plug-in socket and a pantograph.
