Buses that can drive without a driver. Warsaw wants to buy such

Miejskie Zakłady busowy has launched a tender for the purchase of 90 new electric buses. Five vehicles are to be autonomous.

– It is still drivers who will take Warsaw residents on the streets of the capital, “says MZA spokesman Adam Stawicki and explains that the autonomy of vehicles will only be used in the depot. – When the driver goes to the depot, the bus will go to the car wash or park – he adds.

Low -floor, electric

The announced tender is divided into four tasks. The first concerns the purchase of 25 pieces of “solos” 12-meter, the second 50 pieces of 18-meter “articulated”, the third 5 autonomous buses with a length of 12 meters and the fourth 10 pieces of 10-meter buses.

All buses are to be low -floor, electric, plug -in.

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– We once ordered buses loaded by pantograf, but now, because the battery capacity has increased, while maintaining small size, this is not necessary – explains Stawicki. – Current batteries allow you to travel on one charge of about 350 km, which is completely enough for one day on the route – he adds.

The company chosen in the tender will have, depending on the task, 17-20 months to deliver new electric buses to Warsaw.

– There is also an option to double without the need to write another tender, i.e. we are talking about 180 new electric buses – emphasizes MZA spokesman.

The fleet of “electricians” is growing

At the beginning of next year, 50 new, articulated Solaris will come to Warsaw, for which MZA signed a contract at the beginning of February. It is not yet known what brand will be 12-meter buses that are a separate task of the same tender. There are Yutong and Solaris in the game.

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Municipal bus plants already have almost two hundred electric buses. In recent weeks, the zero -emission fleet has been increased by thirty twelve -meter vehicles – Solaris and Yutong. He is also transporting Warsaw residents also the first of 12 electric “articulated” ordered for a city carrier by the municipality.

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