Solaris Urbino 15, Solaris Urbino 15 CNG is a

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tri-axle

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from the

Solaris Urbino Solaris Urbino is a series of low-floor buses and low-entry doorway intercity buses, powered by diesel drive engines and alternative fuel ( CNG, gas and biogas, hybrid and electric), produced by the Polish company Solaris Bus & Coach in ...

series, for public transportation vehicles. In 1999–2001, the company ''Neoplan Polska'' manufactured the bus. It is the successor of the Neoplan N4020. Since 2001 it is produced by the

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company

Solaris Bus & Coach Solaris Bus & Coach is a Polish producer of public transport vehicles (buses, trolleybuses and trams), with its headquarters in Bolechowo-Osiedle near Poznań. It is a subsidiary of Spanish CAF. Solaris owns four production sites: its main facto ...

in Bolechowo near

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in Poland. Since 2008 the company has manufactured the

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version of the Solaris Urbino 15.

History

The first generation of the Solaris Urbino 15 was produced from the second half of 1999. From mid-2002 the second generation of the models was produced. Since 2005, the third generation models are being built. They are produced in three versions of propulsion systems: diesel (complying with

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and

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or EEV),

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- as the Solaris Trollino 15 and CNG gas-powered (from spring 2005). It is one of the few buses with a length of produced in Europe and the world. It is quite popular in the Czech Republic and Slovak market. In the early years of production the buses sold very well in Latvia and in Poland.

Specification (diesel bus)

Drive

Initially the model used the

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D0836LOH02 engines, with maximum power of 191 kW (260 hp) and 206 kW (280 hp). Currently, the bus is equipped with a standard

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PR228 drive unit with maximum power of 228 kW, with a

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.5 gearbox and Webasto additional heating system. Liquid tanks are able to accommodate up to 250 liters of diesel (optional 350 liters) and 40 liters of

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. On request it is possible to choose the DAF PR265 engine (265 kW),

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ISLe4 320 or 340 and the ZF 6HP Ecomat 4.

Chassis

*Front axle: ZF RL 85 / A (rigid axle) *

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: AV 132 *

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ZF RL 85A / N * ZF Steering Servocom 8098 * Dual-EBS * ABS * ASR *Handbrake (parking) with manual brake release function * Retarder gearbox *Leveled suspension pneumatic valves (lifting , kneeling).

Ventilation, air conditioning and heating

*Two ventilators for blowing and extraction *Two (three in the absence of air conditioning), electric sunroofs *Convector heaters and three two-stage blowers Sol176

References

{{Reflist Solaris Bus & Coach Low-floor buses Tri-axle buses Hybrid electric buses Vehicles introduced in 1999