{"id":143677,"date":"2022-08-06T02:24:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T07:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/solaris-hits-a-milestone-with-its-2000th-electric-bus"},"modified":"2022-08-06T02:24:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T07:24:31","slug":"solaris-hits-a-milestone-with-its-2000th-electric-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/solaris-hits-a-milestone-with-its-2000th-electric-bus","title":{"rendered":"Solaris Hits A Milestone With Its 2000th Electric Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ftj5KYLraS8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Electric buses are great for municipalities. They are cheaper to operate and maintain than diesel buses, and they emit no pollutants. For passengers, they\u2019re awesome because they\u2019re comfortable, smooth, and relatively quiet. But, even a decade ago they were almost unheard of. The price of batteries has come down significantly in recent years, making electric buses a more viable option for many city transit agencies.<\/p>\n<p>So, it\u2019s no surprise that sales of electric buses have exploded as prices fell and made them the superior choice in most circumstances. In 2012, only 15 electric buses were put into service throughout Europe\u2019s urban areas. In 2021, every fourth newly registered bus in Western Europe was electric. Now, they\u2019re showing up all over the place in much greater numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2021\/11\/25\/solaris-urbino-15-le-electric-bus-wins-2022-sustainable-bus-award\/\">Solaris<\/a> signed a contract for its 2000th electric bus, and the company says they think this means they\u2019re on the right path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electric buses are great for municipalities. They are cheaper to operate and maintain than diesel buses, and they emit no pollutants. For passengers, they\u2019re awesome because they\u2019re comfortable, smooth, and relatively quiet. But, even a decade ago they were almost unheard of. The price of batteries has come down significantly in recent years, making electric [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}