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First electric school bus in Poland; Solaris Urbino 12 electric

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The first electric school bus in Poland will carry children to classes in Godzianów near ?ód?. The purchase of the electric school bus was subsidized by NFO?iGW Solaris will supply the electric bus to the Municipality of Godzianów in October this year. iGW (the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management).

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Mercedes-Benz Cars to build battery factory in Jawor, Poland; ninth in its global network

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Mercedes-Benz Cars will build a battery factory at the site in Jawor, Poland, and thus extend its global battery production network to nine factories. After the production of high-tech engines, we will establish additional future technology in Poland. Purchasing cells. This includes more than ten pure electric vehicles.

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Northvolt to build 100 GWh/year cathode material plant in Sweden; reusing shuttered pulp and paper mill

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Northvolt and Stora Enso recently signed a letter of intent on a purchase of the Kvarnsveden Mill and the surrounding industrial area in Borlänge, Sweden. The project advances Northvolt on its mission to deliver the world’s greenest lithium-ion battery and establish a sustainable supply of batteries to enable the decarbonization of society.

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Cracow signs $40M order for 50 Solaris electric buses

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Cracow, Poland public transport operator Miejskie Przedsi?biorstwo MPK) has signed a contract for the purchase of 50 Solaris Urbino 18 electric buses. The vehicles are to be supplied to Cracow within a year from the contract signing. biorstwo Komunikacyjne S.A. The contract value amounts to PLN 165,435,000 (US$40 million).

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Katowice orders another 5 electric Solaris buses, bringing total to 15

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biorstwo Komunikacji Miejskiej (PKM) in Katowice, Poland, has signed a contract for five Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses to be supplied in the second quarter of 2021. At the beginning of the year, Solaris supplied five articulated Urbino 18 electric buses to the PKM operator. Transport operator Przedsi?biorstwo

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants to source electricity from German wind farms

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Mercedes-Benz Cars has entered into a power purchase agreement with Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, enabling Mercedes-Benz Cars to source electricity directly from wind farms in Germany, whose subsidies from the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) expire after 2020. Statkraft is an important player in energy trading.

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Solaris wins $106M contract for supply of 130 articulated electric buses to Warsaw

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The articulated Urbino 18 electrics will be delivered to the capital of Poland in 2020. Our project to purchase 130 electric articulated buses, supported by European funds, is one of the largest e-mobility investments in Europe. The order for 130 articulated electric buses is the biggest tender of its kind in Europe yet.

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