- Power
- 60–160 kW
- Price
- from PLN 92,250–164,256
In productionFuel cellArticulated
Independent heavy-vehicle dossier
Solaris Urbino 18 hydrogen
350 km and 140 passengers — the articulated Urbino 18 hydrogen won Bus of the Year 2025, the first hydrogen vehicle ever to take the title.
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350 km
Range
tank range
140
Capacity
18,000 mm
Length
4
Doors
Solaris Urbino 18 hydrogen
Buying decision
The EvCompass verdict
The key arguments drawn from the published data and the EvCompass editorial summary.
A 100 kW fuel cell and a 60 kWh buffer give 350 km even on demanding routes, which with an articulated body and 140 passengers is a serious figure. The world premiere was held in Kraków and the vehicle is built at Bolechowo — a Polish design in a category Europe is only beginning to grasp. Orderable in Poland.
Strengths
- A Polish design holding the Bus of the Year 2025 title.
Weaknesses
- The 60 kWh battery is a buffer and 350 km is a hydrogen-tank range, so these figures cannot be read as a BEV specification.
The full picture
Specifications
Manufacturer-published facts grouped by the decisions they inform, without raw source headings.
Battery and charging
- Gross battery
- 60 kWh
- On charging
- Hydrogen refuelling, 10-20 minutes average. Over 50 kg of hydrogen in eight roof-mounted tanks. A roughly 60 kWh LTO buffer battery supports acceleration and stores recuperated energy.
Powertrain
- Powertrain
- Fuel cell
- Continuous power
- 250 kW
- Axle configuration
- 6x2
Body and passengers
- Bus type
- Articulated
- Length
- 18,000 mm
- Capacity
- 140
- Floor
- Low floor
- Doors
- 4
Market and year
- Model year from
- 2,023
- Markets
- EU, PL, DE, IT
- Production status
- In production
- Vehicle class
- M3
- Measurement basis
- manufacturer, tank range with the 100 kW fuel cell, quoted as 350 km 'even with challenging routes and conditions'; some sources quote up to 600 km on a full tank in favourable conditions. Fuel-cell tank range, not comparable to battery 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 found. For scale, Koleje Malopolskie's 2025 award for two 18 m fuel-cell articulated buses went to Mercedes-Benz eCitaro fuel cell G at 5,100,000 PLN net per unit.
Poland
Available in Poland
Polish-built at Bolechowo; world premiere was held in Krakow. Orderable in Poland, though the first firm order came from Aschaffenburg in Germany (2023).
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.
Won Bus of the Year 2025 - the first hydrogen vehicle ever to take the title. First shown at InnoTrans Berlin, September 2022; world premiere in Krakow. First order from Stadtwerke Aschaffenburg (Germany), February 2023. Ballard FCmove-HD+ 100 kW fuel-cell engine. Seat count and GVW not published in a manufacturer technical sheet I could retrieve.