Electric buses & coaches
City and intercity e-buses, including models built in Poland and Czechia.
In the table below, battery sizes range from 225 kWh in a 12 m city bus to more than 800 kWh in an articulated model, with chemistries from NMC and NCA to LFP. Several of these buses are built in Poland and Czechia.
Battery specs
| Model | Built in | Battery | Chemistry / cells | Charging | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solaris Urbino 12 electric (2024 version)1 | CEE Poland | over 600 kWh (demo bus, 6 roof packs; other configurations available) | Solaris 'new-generation' high-energy batteries (chemistry not published) | – | over 600 km (SORT 2 consumption) |
| Solaris Urbino 18 electric2 | CEE Poland | over 800 kWh (maximum configuration) | Solaris High Energy (chemistry not published) | plug-in, pantograph or inverted pantograph | up to 600 km (e-SORT 2 consumption) |
| MAN Lion's City E (12 m)3 | CEE Starachowice, Poland | 480 kWh installed | – | CCS2 plug at the depot | 200–270 km (estimate) |
| SOR NS 12 Electric4 | CEE Czechia | 225 kWh | NMC, 18650 cells; battery by EVC Hulín | pantograph 750 V DC / 250 A; depot AC 3×400 V / 32 A | – |
| Ikarus 120e5 | – | 422 kWh | LFP, CATL cells | pantograph optional | 380 km |
| Volvo BZL Electric (chassis)6,7 | Borås, Sweden | 282 / 376 / 470 kWh (3–5 packs of 94 kWh) | NCA | CCS up to 250 kW; OppCharge up to 300 kW | – |
Latest headlines
- BYD plots new battery-electric coach launch in UK (opens in a new tab)
- Battery-electric trucks gain ground in key markets; electric buses near-ubiquitous (opens in a new tab)
- EU electric bus registrations rise 38% in January -September 2026, with Italy and Poland leading volumes (opens in a new tab)
- BYD reportedly prepares European electric coach entry in 2027, with first UK model expected this year (opens in a new tab)
- Milan’s ATM orders 110 Karsan electric buses, with first vehicle due in service by end-2027 (opens in a new tab)
- Jakson Green E-Mobility wins CESL tender to provide and operate 220 e-buses in Gujarat under 12-year Gross Cost Contract model (opens in a new tab)
Sources
- Mobility Move 2024: new version of the Solaris Urbino 12 electric bus debuts – Solaris, Mar 2024
- New design, driveline architecture and safety: the new Solaris Urbino 18 electric – Sustainable Bus, 18 Dec 2023
- MAN Truck & Bus begins e-bus production in Poland – electrive, 26 Nov 2020
- Technická specifikace vozidla SOR NS 12 Electric (contract annex) – Czech public contract register
- Ikarus technical data sheets (120e, 80e) – Ikarus, Oct 2023
- Data sheet BZL Electric 2025 – Volvo Buses, 2025
- Volvo BZL – Wikipedia