Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), headquartered in Beasain, Spain, is a global leader in the design and supply of comprehensive transportation systems. The company's extensive portfolio includes trains, buses, components, signaling systems, and turnkey mobility solutions. CAF is renowned for its innovation and commitment to sustainable mobility, providing customized solutions across all phases of transportation projects. With a presence in numerous countries, CAF serves as a strategic partner for cities worldwide, addressing the challenges of urban and interurban mobility.
Solaris is cementing its position as the leading European bus manufacturer in the hydrogen technology sector, and with a growing interest in hydrogen technology across the continent.
The CAF Group company has consolidated its leading position in the thriving hydrogen city bus market with two new contracts for the supply of 57 vehicles for a combined value of over €40 million.
Swedish public transport operator Nobina Stockholm has signed a contract with Solaris for the supply of 55 Urbino 15 LE electric buses, which will be delivered in 2024 for suburban routes in Stockholm.
September got off to a particularly strong start, with Solaris securing major contracts to supply hydrogen buses to the Italian cities of Bologna and Venice, as well as to Cologne in Germany.
The German cities of Duisburg and the Danish city of Aarhus will receive a total of 81 zero-emission buses in the coming months under contracts secured with Solaris.
Rebus Regionalbus Rostock has concluded an agreement with Solaris to supply 52 Solaris Urbino hydrogen buses, five of which are 18-metre articulated vehicles.
The CAF Group has closed two new bus supply contracts for Aschaffenburg and Sardinia that contemplate the supply of hydrogen and hybrid vehicles respectively.
The procurement board of the Torrevieja City Council selected Solaris for the purchase of 32 zero and low-emission buses for the city's new urban transport service. This new fleet of vehicles, which is envisaged to be delivered over the course of 2023, consists of six 100% electric units and 26 hybrid-powered units.
Yet another two important European cities have chosen CAF to supply urban public transport service vehicles. Firstly, Bonn will receive 22 LRV units in a new contract for the company on the German market, and secondly, EMT (Empresa de Transportes Municipales de Madrid) will replace part of its bus fleet with 60 Solaris electric units. These two contracts amount to a value of over 110 million euros.