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“2024 was less successful for VDL Groep than the previous year”. And 2023 itself had not been a glorious year. However, “After a poor first six months, operating results showed signs of recovery during the second half of 2024. Excluding the Car Assembly division, annual turnover is...

VDL announces it will supply and maintain 42 Low Entry R-NET buses for the Hoeksche Waard/Goeree-Overflakkee (HWGO) concession in the Netherlands, that was awarded to Transdev and will be valid from December 2025 to December 2038 (with Transdev as of today operating as Connexxion). The new generatio...

Arriva has placed an order for 157 electric buses from VDL Bus & Coach, destined for the new West Brabant concession, which will enter into operation on 6 July 2025. The operator has been awarded the concession in early 2024. A new bus fleet of more than 200 zero-emission vehicles&nbsp...

2024 is not looking as a positive year for VDL Group financial results. Combined turnover of the group is dropping, and the bus and coach division is still facing very though time, with turnover falling -14% compared to Jan-Jun 2023. And it should be noted that 2023 had also been a truly bad year fo...

Van Hool's bankruptcy is now unavoidable, crisis manager Marc Zwaaneveld (appointed in early 2024) told in an interview with De Standaard. Where he releases significants recriminations towards Van Hool's family. Also, production of trambuses for Paris is a high risk, as he specifically stated that t...

Rheinbahn has ordered 20 battery-electric buses from VDL. Delivery of the first vehicles is scheduled for mid-2024. The investment volume is around 18.5 million euros. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia has approved around 7.5 million euros in funding for this through the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr...