{"id":4161,"date":"2018-11-20T16:13:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T15:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=4161"},"modified":"2018-11-20T16:13:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T15:13:03","slug":"solaris-unveils-the-mild-hybrid-low-entry-curb-weight-under-9-tonnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/hybrid-bus\/solaris-unveils-the-mild-hybrid-low-entry-curb-weight-under-9-tonnes\/","title":{"rendered":"Solaris unveils the mild hybrid low entry. Curb weight under 9 tonnes"},"content":{"rendered":"
The low entry lite hybrid bus is born<\/strong> (with a curb weight under 9 tonnes<\/strong> for the solobus), Urbino and Trollino change look. Solaris<\/strong> marks its presence at this year’s\u00a0Czechbus trade fair (20 – 22 November) showing two\u00a0buses. It’ll be the premiere both of the mild hybrid Solaris Urbino 12 LE\u00a0lite hybrid and of\u00a0the new\u00a0design of\u00a0the Urbino and\u00a0Trollino family.<\/p>\n\n
Light weight is a strenght<\/h2>\n
Up to now, Solaris electric buses have covered over 9 million kilometres. 350 zero emission vehicles have been ordered and supplied, while over 2,000 feasibility studies have been carried out\u00a0for electric bus\u00a0launches. The Urbino LE lite hybrid<\/strong> is a complete\u00a0product novelty: a bus\u00a0with low\u00a0operating costs and\u00a0lighter than the\u00a0standard vehicle structure<\/strong>. The\u00a0main objective of\u00a0the engineers of\u00a0the Solaris Research and\u00a0Development Office who\u00a0developed the\u00a0Urbino lite hybrid was\u00a0to create a\u00a0bus, which would consume less than 30 litres of\u00a0fuel per\u00a0100 km\u00a0in the\u00a0SORT 2 test<\/strong>, explains Solaris in a press release.\u00a0The\u00a0curb weight of\u00a0the Solaris Urbino 12 LE\u00a0lite hybrid is\u00a0under 9 tonnes<\/strong> and\u00a0its weight with passengers is\u00a015 tonnes. For instance, the VDL Citea LLE-120<\/strong>, that according to VDL is the result of a project focused on light weight, has a curb weight of 8,885 kg (without any electric motor given the fact that it’s a diesel bus. The full electric is around 12,715 kg).<\/p>\n
Downsizing and mild hybrid solution<\/h2>\n
Under the bonnet there is the Cummins ISBE6 engine<\/strong> with volume of 4.5 litres<\/strong>. The\u00a0unit, which fulfils the\u00a0restrictive Euro VI exhaust emission standard, has\u00a0210 HP\u00a0and torque of\u00a0850 Nm. The\u00a0drive system of\u00a0the Urbino LE\u00a0lite hybrid is\u00a0also equipped with a small electrical machine with nominal power of\u00a011.5 kW<\/strong>, which is\u00a0tasked with recuperating energy during the\u00a0braking process and\u00a0supporting the\u00a0combustion engine when the\u00a0vehicle starts moving<\/strong>, which consequentially leads to\u00a0it consuming less fuel.<\/p>\n
Also Solaris on the way for the mild hybrid bus<\/h2>\n