{"id":8362,"date":"2020-03-05T13:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=8362"},"modified":"2020-03-05T13:22:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T12:22:48","slug":"solaris-2019-the-biggest-ever-sales-volume-500-e-buses-to-be-supplied-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/news\/solaris-2019-the-biggest-ever-sales-volume-500-e-buses-to-be-supplied-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Solaris 2019, the biggest ever sales volume. 500 e-buses to be supplied this year"},"content":{"rendered":"
2019 for Solaris<\/strong> has been a record year. A sum up:\u00a01,487 vehicles sold<\/strong>, revenues up at 600 million euros with a growth by 40 per cent. What is more, over 500 e-buses have ben commissioned to the Polish manufacturer and are expected to delivered in 2020, a figure that allow the manufacturer to claim the title of European leader of electromobility in terms of orders (with regards to registrations, in 2019 VDL was heading the chart with a market share of 23 per cent<\/a>).<\/p>\n [source of the charts is Solaris Bus & Coach]<\/strong><\/p>\n Solaris announced that in 2019 it has\u00a0achieved its\u00a0biggest ever sales volume<\/strong>. All\u00a0in all, the\u00a0manufacturer has\u00a0supplied 1,487 vehicles (a record: the previous best result occurred in 2017 and was by nearly 100 buses lower). Furthermore, Solaris saw\u00a0record sales revenues of\u00a0PLN 2.6 billion in\u00a02019 (some 604 million euros). This represents a\u00a0climb by\u00a0nearly 40% year-on-year, the manufacturer highlights. For\u00a02020, the\u00a0firm is\u00a0setting itself ambitious sales targets: Solaris points out that this year will deliver over 500 electric buses.<\/p>\n Currently, products of\u00a0Solaris can\u00a0be found in\u00a032 countries, in\u00a0over 750 cities. In\u00a0total, the\u00a0manufacturer has\u00a0supplied nearly 19,000 vehicles to\u00a0its customer so\u00a0far<\/strong>. In\u00a02019, the\u00a0biggest sales markets of\u00a0Solaris were Poland, Germany, Belgium, Lithuania and\u00a0Italy.<\/p>\n The Polish manufacturer, taken over by CAF group in 2018, is quickly refocusing the\u00a0organization of\u00a0production and\u00a0after-sales servicing towards vehicles with alternative, low\u00a0or zero-emission propulsions<\/strong>. In\u00a02018, hybrid and\u00a0electric buses as\u00a0well as\u00a0trolleybuses constituted in\u00a0total 29% of\u00a0all vehicles sold. Meanwhile, in\u00a02019, their share in\u00a0sales increased by\u00a011 percentage points to\u00a040%.<\/p>\n Solaris highlights that the\u00a0number of\u00a0sold and\u00a0contracted electric buses made by\u00a0the company has\u00a0been growing dynamically for\u00a0a few\u00a0years now. In\u00a02019, the\u00a0manufacturer has\u00a0supplied in\u00a0total 162 battery-electric buses, which marks a\u00a0rise by\u00a051% versus 2018<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Based on\u00a0the orders already secured, according to Solaris it is already possible to\u00a0assume sales of\u00a0battery buses of\u00a0Solaris at\u00a0a level of\u00a0at least 500 units in\u00a02020. The\u00a0contracts due\u00a0to be\u00a0performed this year include among others the\u00a0mega order for\u00a0130 articulated Solaris Urbino 18 for\u00a0operator MZA\u00a0in Warsaw<\/a>, or\u00a0the framework agreement for\u00a0the supply of\u00a0250 Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses for\u00a0Milanese operator ATM<\/a>.<\/p>\n Compared to\u00a02017, this represents an\u00a0over eightfold increase of\u00a0orders secured for\u00a0electric buses.<\/strong><\/p>\n Solaris highlights in a press release that \u00abThe trend of\u00a0a growing share of\u00a0low or\u00a0zero-emission drive vehicles in\u00a0the company\u2019s sales and\u00a0production structure will certainly continue in\u00a02020. It\u00a0is also consistent with the\u00a0trends of\u00a0the whole EU\u00a0and EFTA market which is\u00a0the chief area of\u00a0commercial activity for\u00a0Solaris. For\u00a0a few\u00a0years now, these states have seen an\u00a0unusually dynamic climb of\u00a0demand for\u00a0low and\u00a0zero-emission vehicles in\u00a0public transport.\u00a0This is\u00a0also evident in\u00a0the number of\u00a0battery buses ordered in\u00a0EU and\u00a0EFTA states in\u00a02018 and\u00a02019. When comparing the\u00a0number of\u00a0battery buses commissioned year-on-year<\/strong> (2018 \u2013 1313 units \/ 2019 \u2013 2341 units) we\u00a0see that this segment has\u00a0recorded a\u00a078% surge. Solaris is\u00a0one of\u00a0the leaders of\u00a0this transition of\u00a0the market towards e-mobility. Company was\u00a0of the\u00a0first movers and\u00a0promotors of\u00a0e-bus technology and\u00a0continues its\u00a0leading role for\u00a0many years now\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n
40 per cent of the production has alternative drive<\/h2>\n
162 battery-electric buses supplied in 2019<\/h2>\n
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E-bus orders + 78 per cent from 2018 and 2019<\/h2>\n
Solaris ready to unveil the 15-meter electric bus<\/h2>\n