{"id":2217,"date":"2021-08-10T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecity.solarisbus.com\/e-mobility\/e-mobilnosc-w-malych-miastach"},"modified":"2022-01-20T15:23:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T14:23:55","slug":"small-towns-e-mobility","status":"publish","type":"e-mobility","link":"https:\/\/ecity.solarisbus.com\/en\/e-mobility\/small-towns-e-mobility","title":{"rendered":"Small towns e-mobility. What can we learn from Jaworzno, Poland?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to the city authorities, the future of public transportation in Jaworzno is electric only. Below, we present how a city of up to 100,000 inhabitants can be an example for the whole Europe, and how e-mobility transition is not only for large metropolises.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaworzno is a pioneer in implementing small towns e-mobility. This is the first city in Poland where an electric bus was launched (2015!). Today, including the latest orders from the operator, 80% of all buses in Jaworzno will be electric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cZero-emission vehicles seem to be a natural evolutionary stage in transport. After all, the world is constantly looking for solutions that are as least harmful to the environment as possible. And it is this search that fits well with the global shift towards e-mobility.”<\/p>Zbigniew Nosal, President of PKM Jaworzno<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Promising performance of e-buses, a positive experience from their operation or passengers satisfaction are the official arguments confirming the carrier’s belief that the turn to e-mobility is a good direction. In total, the entire fleet of Jaworzno currently includes 74 buses, 60% of them are electric. The latter serve over 80% of all routes, not only in the city itself, but also in the neighboring municipalities – which means that they move efficiently both in urban and intercity conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New contracts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By the end of February 2021, Solaris completed the contract under which the City of Jaworzno decided to purchase 5 Urbino 8.9 LE electric buses and 15 Urbino 12 electric buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company recently announced a tender for 6 new articulated electric vahicles. As a result, the carrier belonging to the Jaworzno local government will have 50 electric buses in 2022, of which approx. 74 are owned.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All vehicles ordered by the customer will be equipped with Solaris High Energy batteries with a capacity of 160 kWh. PKM Jaworzno charges the batteries with 190 kW pantograph chargers and a plug-in connector. The heart of the drive system in each of the vehicles – both the shorter 9-meter Urbino and the 12-meter vehicle – will be a 160 kW electric central motor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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