Cagliari, the capital of the Italian island of Sardinia, has deployed 3 Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen buses, part of a batch of 15 vehicles funded and procured through central purchasing body Consip.
Transport agency CTM Cagliari now operates 236 electrified vehicles, including 203 battery-electric buses, 30 trolleybuses and the 3 new fuel cell buses. The fleet’s charging network includes 50 Level 2 charging systems and 22 DC fast charging systems.
The agency aims to operate a fully zero-emission urban fleet by 2030.
CTM’s new hydrogen vehicles are intended to operate on longer suburban routes. The Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen model is 12 meters long, and has a capacity of 95 passengers. It features a 30 kWh battery pack using LTO chemistry, supplied by Impact Clean Power Technology. This supports a 70 kW Ballard fuel cell. The tank has capacity for 37 kg of hydrogen in five 312-litre cylinders.
“The hydrogen buses we present today are the first in Sardinia,” said Fabrizio Rodin, President of CTM. “We approach them with great interest and we will carry out our evaluations with the seriousness that this type of innovation requires.”
Source: Sustainable Bus
