Clean air that smells of the forest, air in which one can sense the scent of a lake or ripe grain – who doesn’t dream of it? We seek it out when we go on vacation and weekend getaways. What can we do to have more of such air? One way, as practiced in the Pobiedziska municipality, is to operate buses with hybrid electric-combustion engines. Three such vehicles travel daily through the municipality, on roads among fields, forests, and lakes, covering nearly 150,000 km a year. It’s a good thing they have an electric engine supported by a combustion engine. The latter kicks in when the vehicle starts or goes uphill, or when the electric battery needs to be recharged. The emission levels of the Solaris buses used in the Pobiedziska municipality are low. They meet the EURO VI emission standard, meaning the engine produces up to 1.5 grams of CO per kilometer and 0.4 grams of NOx per kilometer. Engineers have reduced the amount of toxic compounds produced by utilizing exhaust gas recirculation, selective catalytic reduction, and a particulate filter in the bus. Every resident can contribute to improving the air quality in the municipality. Simply by using the free municipal transport services, which:

• reduces the amount of emissions in the air,
• decreases road traffic,
• reduces fuel expenses for personal cars