Order for 113 Volvo city buses in the Netherlands

Order for 113 Volvo city buses in the Netherlands

Volvo Buses has received an order for 113 low-emission city buses from Volvo's
international customer Veolia, with presence in different area's in the
Netherlands.

The order for 113 buses is the largest single order so far for Volvo Buses in
the Netherlands. The entire order comprises Volvo's city bus model, the Volvo 

The buses are equipped with Volvo's new 9-liter diesel engine with the SCR
technology, which gives the buses lower emissions and lower fuel consumption
then before.

Veolia has chosen for Volvo again based on their good experiences, the
attractive life-cycle costs and the flexible delivery possibilities. The ordered
buses will be used in the Brabant province in southern Netherlands. Production
of the buses will take place in Volvo's plant in Poland and deliveries will be
made during the fourth quarter of 2007.

April 2, 2007

For further information, please contact Erland Morelissen, Manager Volvo Buses
Benelux, +31 651 562 213 or Per-Martin Johansson, press officer, +46 31 322 52
00 per-martin.johansson@volvo.com

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Caption: The buses shown are Volvo 7700s from an earlier order to Veolia in the
Netherlands. This ordered comprised 39 buses, which were delivered in December
2006.


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