Milan a “greener” city for €365m.

Milan transport agency ATM has placed orders worth €365 million for 250 electric buses and 80 trams.

“The objective is to have a 100 per cent electric fleet by 2030,” said an ATM official, “in line with the Full Electric business plan.” Milan already has 215 electric and 100 hybrid buses on the city streets, plus three hydrogen-powered ones. And that’s not counting the metro trains, trams and trolleybuses.

The first instalment of the new fleet – 40 buses and 30 trams worth €103 million – will be on the streets by next June.

Exceptionally quiet, emission-free, distinguished by its modern design and guaranteeing low operation costs – these are the benefits of the Solaris Urbino electric model, voted “Bus of the Year” in 2017.

Thanks to innovative technical solutions, electric buses can operate for an unlimited time, up to 24 hours a day. Moreover, their low noise emission and vibration level makes battery buses particularly suited for use in city centres.

The Urbino 12 electric city bus, which is already in operation in tens of cities in 17 European countries, has seating room for 26 passengers, with a total capacity of 82 people.