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which trialed it in passenger service in
early July in Vienna and St Pölten.
After successful test runs in Vienna in June,
the bus was handed over to the Dr Richard
Group, which unveiled the vehicle in St Pölten,
about 55 km (35 miles) west of the Austrian
capital. Dr Richard operates a fleet of nearly
1000 buses, including Solaris vehicles, with
which it has worked since 2010. The company
has previously tested battery electric buses, so
this latest trial gave a valuable insight into the
practical operation and implementation of fuel
cell electric buses.
Polish bus builder Solaris Bus & Coach
unveiled its Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen fuel
cell electric bus last summer [FCB, July 2019,
p3], and saw it tested by transit operators
across Europe, including in the Austrian cities
of Graz and Klagenfurt [October 2019, p3].
The company has already won orders for a
total of 57 buses, from customers in Italy [July
2019, p3], Germany [April 2020, p2], and the
Netherlands [May 2020, p2]. The first vehicles
will be delivered to Bolzano, Cologne and
Wuppertal by the end of this year.
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unveiled its Energon heavy-duty freight
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supplied by Freudenberg Sealing
Technologies.
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partnership are the Quantron Q-LIH2 large
light commercial vans, initially for platform and
box body vehicles based on the Iveco Daily.
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kW fuel cell) and 7.2 tonne (147 kW) models,
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