Electric Buses in Bus Simulator 27

Bus Simulator 27’s city fleet is not diesel-only. Confirmed types include electric, CNG, and hydrogen alongside classic rigid, articulated, and double-decker bodies. This page ranks the named electric and hydrogen city buses for Felicia Bay work. It does not invent battery sizes, kilometres of range, or charging times. Those numbers are not public in a form this wiki will quote, so the ranking is about job fit and depot planning, not a spec-sheet fight.

For body types (compact versus rigid versus articulated versus double-decker), use the sibling city buses ranking. For long-distance coaches, stay on the coach fleet page — none of the named coaches below are treated as electric city tools.

The Steam demo’s city line already puts you in the Solaris Urbino 12 electric. That is the calibration bus: quiet cabin, city doors, Mequina streets. Every other electric or hydrogen model on this list has to justify a garage slot against that everyday rigid.

Ranking rule

Powertrain is not a free upgrade. An electric badge does not outrank a well-placed diesel or CNG rigid on a route you have not planned a depot for. We rank named zero-tailpipe city buses by how widely they can work in Mequina and Alcaztelar once you accept that charging and hydrogen servicing are timetable skills.

1. Solaris Urbino 12 electric — default electric city bus.
2. Solaris Urbino 18 hydrogen — high-capacity specialist, Bus of the Year 2025.
3. Iveco E-Way — second named electric rigid for mixed district work.
4. Alexander Dennis Enviro100EV — Deluxe compact electric for tight streets.
5. HESS lighTram 12 Plug — Deluxe 12-metre electric with tram-like styling.

CNG is a confirmed type with no named model on this wiki. It sits as a planning note, not a ranked badge.

Bus Simulator 27 - Solaris Sound Recordings

Solaris Urbino 12 electric — rank 1

This is the electric you can already drive. The demo’s Mequina city route is built around it, and Solaris sound recordings have been part of how the game sells the cabin. Rank it first because it is a rigid city bus and an electric: it covers the same jobs as other 12-metre transits without asking you to learn artic length on day one.

Use it as the company default on mixed Mequina districts. On Alcaztelar hills, still start here unless a route actually fills an 18-metre body. Pair driving practice with the how to drive guide so door cycles and the bus computer stay clean while you also think about when the bus needs to see a depot.

Do not invent a range. Watch whatever in-game energy UI exists, then write your own recovery time into the timetable. That habit matters more than a number copied from a real-world brochure.

Solaris Urbino 18 hydrogen — rank 2

The Urbino 18 hydrogen is the headline capacity bus: articulated, hydrogen, Bus of the Year 2025, and the flagship of Solaris joining the series. Rank it second, not first. It wins on busy trunk lines and peak tourist corridors. It loses on tight historic streets, short feeders, and any stop that cannot take the extra length.

Hydrogen is not “electric with a different icon.” Treat depot and servicing as a different loop from plug-in electrics. This wiki will not quote tank sizes or kilometres. Plan the artic onto routes that justify it, then give the company a recovery pattern that is not the same as a rigid E-Way’s plug stop. Company management is the page for that scheduling, not a hidden kWh table.

Iveco E-Way — rank 3

The E-Way is IVECO BUS’s named electric city bus. Rank it as a second rigid electric, not as a compact and not as an artic. Once the garage opens, it is the obvious way to run two electric city lines without cloning the Urbino 12 silhouette. Put it on mixed district work in Mequina or Alcaztelar the same way you would park any other 12-metre-class electric: standard stops, standard doors, depot time on the clock.

The Iveco Crealis is a confirmed city bus on the city buses page, but it is not listed here as an electric. Do not drag it onto this ranking just to fill a slot.

Alexander Dennis Enviro100EV — rank 4 (Deluxe compact)

The Enviro100EV is part of the Deluxe Pack with four skins. It ranks as a compact electric, which is a different job from the Urbino 12. Use it when Mequina old streets or Alcaztelar hillside feeders punish a 12-metre rigid. Do not use it as your only electric if you also run busy promenade or station routes.

Deluxe does not mean higher tier. It means the bus is tied to the pre-order pack. On a tight street it can outrank every 12-metre electric. On a trunk line it belongs in the garage, not on the peak diagram.

HESS lighTram 12 Plug — rank 5 (Deluxe rigid electric)

The lighTram 12 Plug is the other Deluxe electric: a 12-metre HESS with tram-like styling and “Plug” in the name. Rank it as a distinctive rigid electric, not as a coach and not as a true tram. The plug label is a reminder that depot or opportunity charging is part of the vehicle’s identity — still without a public kWh figure this page will invent.

Put it on cleaner urban corridors where the body reads as premium transit, or on a Sandbox line you want to look different from Solaris and Iveco. For raw coverage, the Urbino 12 electric remains the more ordinary, more reusable pick.

CNG, charging, and range — planning notes only

CNG is a confirmed powertrain type in the series marketing for Bus Simulator 27. No CNG model is named here, so there is no CNG badge in the numbered list. When a named CNG bus appears, it belongs on this page as a depot-fuel specialist, not as a fake electric.

Charging and range rules this wiki will actually stand behind:

• Do not copy real-world kWh, kilograms, or kilometre figures into your Career plan.
• Build recovery time into the timetable the same way you build traffic delay.
• Hydrogen artics and plug-in rigids should not share one assumed “full day, no stop” pattern until the in-game UI proves it.
• Compact electrics may finish a short historic loop with less drama than an artic on a mountain trunk — or they may not. Watch the gauge.
• Sandbox can ignore depot pressure; Career and Story should not.

Weather, hills into Alcaztelar, air-con loads, and stop density will all change what you think a charge means. Treat the first week after 8 September 2026 as data gathering, not as a finished energy bible.

Blue Bird’s SIGMA 12m remains on the city ranking as a rigid body; it is not listed among the named electrics above. Volvo, Vicinity Motor Corp, Ebusco, and SAFRA are confirmed brands that may well add more electric or alternative-fuel models later. They stay off this list until a name exists.

Park the Urbino 12 electric as your default, unlock the Urbino 18 hydrogen only for routes that fill, and treat Deluxe electrics as street-fit tools rather than trophy buses. If a number is not on the dash, it does not belong in this ranking.