For nearly twenty years Mateusz Figaszewski has been working at Solaris, where he is responsible for external communication and the promotion of low and zero-emission vehicles. Member of the Industry Committee at UITP (World Public Transport Association) and Trolleybus Committee at UITP, where he actively supports emission-free solutions for public transport. Mateusz graduated from the University of Economics in Poznan and the London Institute of Chartered Marketing. He has also accomplished an executive MBA program at Central Connecticut State University in the US.
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June 05: Accelerating zero emission bus deployment II
Hydrogen – an alternative and new energy for zero emission public transport of the future?
Hydrogen buses together with battery buses allow to create a complementary emission-free bus portfolio for public transport in cities. Hydrogen-powered buses will not constitute competition for battery buses or trolleybuses. Quite the opposite: these technologies will complement each other perfectly and they will all benefit from the technological progress of electric drivelines and their components. Solaris was one of the first electric bus manufacturers to direct its R&D efforts towards electric drivelines. Nearly a decade after the première of its first battery bus (2011), Solaris extended its zero-emission bus range with the hydrogen. Presentation will focus on hydrogen technology, its safety, challenges and barriers for large scale deployment. Speaker will share experience from deploying hydrogen buses in several cities e.g. in Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Spain.
