The Netherlands / Finland – Following its introduction in Autumn 2018, the VDL Citea SLE 129 electric has received its first order. The Low Entry variant in VDL's line up attracted Finnish public transport company, Tammelundin Liikenne Oy, which has placed an order, for two. They are scheduled to enter service during August 2019 in Helsinki.

The VDL Citea SLE-129 Electric measures12.9m long and has a 40+3 seating configuration and standee passenger capacity of approximately 40. The buses for Tammelundin Liikenne are to be equipped with the new 216 kWh battery pack. During the day the buses are to run short distances of two and five kilometres and recharge at the metro station in Vuosaari. In the evening and at night the buses will travel distances of 17 and 19 kilometres and recharge at Helsinki Central Station. They can be topped up during operation by means of a roof-mounted pantograph with a power transfer capacity of 300 kW. When out of service, the vehicles can utilise slow charging with 50kW depot chargers using the CCS plug at the Tammelundin Liikenne depot. In total, the two VDL Citea SLE-129 Electrics for Tammelundin Liikenne are expected to operate 22 hours a day.