Solaris has received one of the largest electric bus orders in history of the Polish company in Sweden. one of the largest public transport operators in Scandinavia has ordered 180 zero-emission Solaris Urbino electric buses for operation in the Swedish city Malmö. Deliveries are scheduled for 2026–2027.
Nobina has ordered the Urbino e-buses in four different lengths: 12, 15, 18, and 24 meters. The vehicles will serve both urban and suburban routes in Malmö, Sweden’s third-largest city. With this investment, the city is taking a significant step closer to achieving full electrification of its public transport system. Malmö is a particularly important city for Solaris – over the past years, the manufacturer has established a strong position there, supplying, among others, 12-meter trolleybuses as well as 15- and 18-meter electric buses. Malmö is also one of the few cities in Europe where 24-meter bi-articulated buses are used in regular urban traffic. The new order includes 78 articulated Solaris Urbino 18 electric buses with a battery capacity of 600 kWh, 36 Solaris Urbino 24 electric buses with
700 kWh batteries, 65 low-entry Urbino 15 LE electric buses with 500 kWh batteries, and one Solaris Urbino 12 electric bus with a total battery capacity of 400 kWh. Solaris has been collaborating with Nobina for years, supplying zero-emission vehicles to several Swedish cities. In recent years, the manufacturer has delivered, among others, 55 electric buses for regional routes in Stockholm and 28 vehicles for Nobina Skåne. At the beginning of 2025, the operator also ordered 89 units of the Urbino 15 LE electric model. Solaris has been present on the Swedish market since 2003. To date, the company has delivered over 850 buses to Sweden, more than 200 of which are zero-emission vehicles supplied in recent years.