{"id":26992,"date":"2023-09-19T17:21:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=26992"},"modified":"2023-09-19T17:21:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:21:28","slug":"vdl-new-order-kiel-kvg-new-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/electric-bus\/vdl-new-order-kiel-kvg-new-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiel relies again on VDL: 50 electric Citea (New Generation) awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KVG has once again awarded a e-bus contract to VDL. From July 2024 until June 2025, 3 to 5 e-buses of the latest generation will be delivered per month: <strong>30 New Generation Citea electric articulated buses LF-181 and 20 New Generation Citea electric solo buses LF-122<\/strong> will be in total deployed in the German city of Kiel. It&#8217;s not the first time that KVG goes with the Dutch manufacturer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/news\/kiel-electric-buses-vdl\/\">in early 2021 36 units were awarded.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signing ceremony took place on 13 September 2023 at KVG&#8217;s Werftstra\u00dfe depot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"new-vdl-e-buses-for-kiel\">New VDL e-buses for Kiel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>VDL, with only 25 electric bus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/news\/solaris-man-byd-adl-heres-the-podium-of-the-european-electric-bus-market-for-the-first-half-of-2023\/\">registrations in H1 2023<\/a> and a 1 percent market share, faces considerable challenges. The drastic <strong>decline from 344 registrations in 2022<\/strong> suggests that VDL is struggling to maintain a strong foothold in the European e-mobility market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the next 50 e-buses, <strong>fossil-free vehicles will then exceed the 50 percent mark of the KVG fleet: 33 hybrid and 120 fully electric buses<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KVG Managing Director <strong>Andreas Schulz<\/strong> explains: &#8220;All in all, we are talking about an<strong> investment of over 37 million euros <\/strong>for climate protection, with subsidies of around 15 million euros approved by the Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV).&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An articulated bus of the new generation costs around 800,000 euros, a solo bus around 600,000 euros, the Kiel-based operator states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KVG has once again awarded a e-bus contract to VDL. 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