- Power
- 60–160 kW
- Price
- from PLN 92,250–164,256
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Independent heavy-vehicle dossier
Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen
350 km on 36.8 kilograms of hydrogen — the Urbino 12 hydrogen is Europe's best-selling hydrogen bus and it is built in Poland.
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350 km
Range
tank range
85
Capacity
12,000 mm
Length
3
Doors
Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen
Buying decision
The EvCompass verdict
The key arguments drawn from the published data and the EvCompass editorial summary.
In city buses hydrogen makes sense where a battery bus cannot cover the daily mileage and there is one depot anyway — refuelling infrastructure serves the whole fleet from a single point, which long-haul freight does not have. A 70 kW fuel cell works with a ZF electric axle, and five composite tanks hold hydrogen at 350 bar. Polish operators already run them.
Strengths
- A single depot serves refuelling for the whole fleet.
Weaknesses
- 350 km is a hydrogen-tank range rather than a SORT result for a battery bus, so it is not directly comparable with a BEV.
The full picture
Specifications
Manufacturer-published facts grouped by the decisions they inform, without raw source headings.
Battery and charging
- On charging
- Hydrogen refuelling at 350 bar, roughly 10-20 minutes for a full fill; no depot charging needed in normal operation. A small Solaris High Power (LTO) buffer battery handles acceleration and recuperation. Plug-in charging of the buffer battery is available as an option on some builds.
Powertrain
- Powertrain
- Fuel cell
- Continuous power
- 250 kW
- Axle configuration
- 4x2
Body and passengers
- Bus type
- City
- Length
- 12,000 mm
- Capacity
- 85
- Seats
- 31
- Floor
- Low floor
- Doors
- 3
Market and year
- Model year from
- 2,019
- Markets
- EU, PL, DE, IT, NL, SE, AT, FR, CZ
- Production status
- In production
- Vehicle class
- M3
- Measurement basis
- manufacturer, tank range on one 36.8 kg hydrogen fill (5 x 312 l type-4 composite tanks at 350 bar). This is a fuel-cell tank range and is not comparable to a battery-electric SORT range.
This is a hydrogen vehicle — the figure describes range on one tank fill, not on a battery, and is not comparable with battery-electric range.
These are manufacturer-published figures gathered through EvCompass research.
Price and availability
What it costs and whether it is available in Poland
Published price evidence and the Polish availability answer, kept together for a buying decision.
The manufacturer publishes no price for this vehicle.
In heavy transport that is the rule rather than the exception — makers quote on request.
No published unit price isolated for the Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen. For scale, in the same Polish hydrogen-bus tenders Daimler's competing Mercedes-Benz eCitaro fuel cell was awarded to PKS Rzeszow in 2025 at 3,092,000 PLN net per unit for 6 units - Solaris and NesoBus also bid in that procedure.
Poland
Available in Poland
Polish-built at Bolechowo and the market-leading fuel-cell bus in Europe. Polish operators running it include MPK Krakow (line 128), Konin, Chelm, Wloclawek, Gdansk, Poznan, Rybnik and Lublin. Poland is unusual in Europe for having a domestic hydrogen bus supply chain: Solaris builds the bus, and the rival NesoBus is also Polish (Polsat Plus / ZE PAK, Swidnik).
Charging infrastructure
Recommended chargers
Chargers matched to the vehicle's published power or to a clearly stated duty profile when that figure is missing.
This vehicle does not publish its own DC charging power. The chargers below are matched to a charging profile typical for this class of vehicle (around 150 kW), not to a figure this vehicle publishes.
- Power
- 50–150 kW
- Price
- PLN 191,959.95
- Power
- 160–180 kW
- Price
- from PLN 175,942–187,057
Sources and research
Research notes
The sources and research notes behind the figures, claims and editorial assessment.
Manufacturer technical sheet: 12,000 x 2,550 x 3,300 mm, wheelbase 5,900 mm, ZF AVE 130 electric drive axle with 2 x 125 kW, 70 kW hydrogen fuel cell (Ballard FCmove-HD), five type-4 composite roof tanks totalling 1,560 l / 36.8 kg at 350 bar, Solaris High Power buffer battery, GVW 19,200 kg, 31 seats (12 low-floor), up to 85 passengers, 2-2-2 doors. World premiere at UITP Stockholm, June 2019.
Data confidence
HIGH