{"id":24037,"date":"2023-03-14T15:21:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=24037"},"modified":"2023-03-14T15:21:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:21:59","slug":"solaris-releases-2022-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/news\/solaris-releases-2022-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Solaris releases 2022 results and announces improved version of the Urbino 18 Electric to be launched this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1,492 buses sold (401 are battery-electric vehicles), revenues at \u20ac 696 million (with 3% decrease compared to the 721 million generated in 2021<\/a>), deliveries in 18 countries. These are, in a nutshell, Solaris 2022 results<\/strong>, disclosed this morning during a press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the digital event, Solaris’ CEO Javier Iriarte<\/a> announced that “a new version of the\u00a0Urbino\u00a0articulated electric bus with modular drive will be released this year<\/strong>. Battery modules will be placed on the roof, engine tower will disappear. Battery capacity will be increased”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is interesting, battery vehicles, hydrogen vehicles, trolleybuses and\u00a0hybrid buses, for\u00a0the first time in\u00a0the company’s history, exceeded more than half of\u00a0the share in\u00a0the sales mix\u00a0and amounted to\u00a0exactly 55%<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Solaris 2022 results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What about order book? As of 31 December 2022, it contained 1369 vehicles in backlog and 1648 units in order intake<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022 Solaris states it has delivered in total 401 units of battery electric buses. This figures is different from the one provided by CME Chatrou Solutions its his yearly report on electric bus market in Europe<\/a> – it might be assumed that battery-powered trolleybuses are counted together with buses (CME Solutions figures don’t consider trolleys). Solaris sold 42 hydrogen buses in 2022<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impact of war in Ukraine on Solaris results 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the above, in 2022 global economy and the company had to navigate in a new situation caused by the war in Ukraine, Solaris highlights. While Solaris itself and most of its suppliers were not involved in business in Ukraine or Russia, some indirect suppliers were already affected by the impact of this conflict<\/strong>, which required special adaptation to the new conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another factor affecting the market environment was last year\u2019s unprecedented high inflation, which in Poland reached an average level of 14.4% in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite these challenges, Solaris says it “has proved with its production and sales results that it is an organization well prepared for the dynamically changing market environment and is a company that is resilient to market turbulence”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solaris largest contracts, one by one<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The largest Solaris contracts, partially or completely executed, in 2022 include – in Solaris words<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n