{"id":202703,"date":"2023-07-13T16:14:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T14:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/?p=202703"},"modified":"2025-11-14T09:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:39:57","slug":"vanmoof-podria-enfrentarse-a-la-insolvencia-o-a-la-venta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/es\/2023\/07\/13\/vanmoof-could-face-insolvency-or-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"VanMoof podr\u00eda enfrentarse a la insolvencia o a la venta"},"content":{"rendered":"

La startup holandesa de bicicletas el\u00e9ctricas VanMoof est\u00e1 al borde de la quiebra. The Verge<\/em> informa de que la empresa ha entrado en el llamado procedimiento de \"suspensi\u00f3n de pagos\", en el que un administrador nombrado por el tribunal ayuda a sacar a la empresa de sus deudas. Todas las opciones est\u00e1n sobre la mesa. <\/p>\n

++ Este art\u00edculo ha sido actualizado; siga leyendo a continuaci\u00f3n. ++<\/em><\/p>\n

El procedimiento suele ser el primer paso hacia un procedimiento de insolvencia. Seg\u00fan la legislaci\u00f3n holandesa, el proceso de \"surseance van betaling\" en el que acaba de entrar VanMoof suele concederse por un m\u00e1ximo de 18 meses. Los acreedores no pueden reclamar sus deudas durante dicho periodo, que finaliza cuando se paga a todos los acreedores, se llega a un acuerdo final con los acreedores (privado o judicial) o cuando la empresa es declarada insolvente.<\/p>\n

Seg\u00fan RTL Nieuws<\/em>, el procedimiento ha sido aprobado por un tribunal de \u00c1msterdam, que tambi\u00e9n ha nombrado a dos administradores. The Verge tambi\u00e9n cita una \"fuente bien situada\" que afirma que los hermanos y cofundadores Ties y Taco Carlier seguir\u00e1n dirigiendo la empresa, y que Taco continuar\u00e1 actuando como consejero delegado. Sin embargo, al equipo directivo del d\u00eda a d\u00eda se unir\u00e1 un administrador nombrado por el tribunal con poder de veto sobre cualquier decisi\u00f3n de gastar dinero.<\/p>\n

Cualquiera que visite el sitio web de VanMoof ver\u00e1 una ventana emergente en la que se indica que la empresa ha \"suspendido temporalmente\" la venta de sus e-bikes \"para ponerse al d\u00eda en la producci\u00f3n y entrega de los pedidos existentes\".<\/p>\n

De hecho, seg\u00fan informes de los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n, VanMoof ha cerrado todas sus tiendas en 20 ciudades de todo el mundo - para proteger a sus empleados, dice.<\/p>\n

Pero quiz\u00e1s no a sus clientes. The Verge<\/em>, el mi\u00e9rcoles, tras los rumores de problemas en VanMoof, informaron de que clientes enfadados acudieron en masa a la tienda insignia de la empresa en \u00c1msterdam para recoger sus bicicletas, que hab\u00edan sido llevadas al servicio t\u00e9cnico hac\u00eda semanas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La startup holandesa de bicicletas el\u00e9ctricas VanMoof est\u00e1 al borde de la quiebra. Seg\u00fan informa The Verge, la empresa ha entrado en el llamado procedimiento de \"suspensi\u00f3n de pagos\", en el que un<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":160596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13095],"tags":[135,1666],"class_list":["post-202703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-two-wheeler","tag-e-bikes","tag-vanmoof"],"acf":{"inhalt_teil2":"

The news also follows earlier reports of financial trouble at Van Moof. After closing successful financing rounds, the company repeatedly borrowed more money, including gathering 128 million dollars or 108.5 million euros in late 2021<\/a>. According to the company, this was “the largest Series C investment ever made for a European e-bike brand”. Now the investors want their money back, it appears.<\/p>\n

The Verge<\/em> added Van Moof had posted losses of about \u20ac78 million each of the last two years. These are also due to selling e-bikes at a loss due to quality issues that require costly warranty repairs, so the blog.<\/p>\n

The company is known for its boxy bikes with clear and thick lines. Its range includes pedelecs and faster e-bikes, such as the VanMoof <\/a>V, that\u00a0can reach up to 50 km\/h when equipped with two electric motors.<\/p>\n

Owners of the recognisable bikes already see doom. According to The Verge<\/em>, members of the popular VanMoofing Facebook group “fretted over headlines” and urged each other to take protective action, like exporting their Bluetooth encryption keys. “If VanMoof becomes unable to cover its server costs, these keys might be lost forever, leaving countless bikes as electronic waste with no means of retrieval,” reasoned one posting from a top contributor.<\/p>\n

The future of VanMoof is now up for the courts to decide.<\/p>\n

Update 18 July 2023<\/h3>\n

Van Moof is bankrupt. According to the latest report by The Verge<\/em>, the court in Amsterdam has withdrawn the so-called suspension of payments order and declared the e-bike brand insolvent. <\/p>\n

The appointed administrators are now examining the possibility of a restart in order to continue operations. This includes looking into an asset sale to a third party to allow VanMoof to continue operations. <\/p>\n

While a sale had been on the table already under the suspension order, the new court ruling means, that a company could buy up VanMoof\u2019s operations and assets without having to take on the company\u2019s outstanding debt.<\/p>\n

The bankruptcy decision came quickly, despite the court having previously issued a two month cooling off period that protected VanMoof from creditors. The Verge adds it was understood that this can happen in cases “where administrators can easily see that a company has exhausted all available cash and any options for financing and sale”.<\/p>\n

The blog also quotes from an internal email from the two VanMoof founders to the company’s employees confirming the insolvency.<\/p>\n

As for owners of VanMoof bikes, the company says its e-bikes \u201cwill remain functional and rideable, as we aim to keep our app and servers online and aim to secure the ongoing services for the future.\u201d Still, looking at the speed of change and alleged state of affairs at VanMoof, now might be a good time to download the bikes unique digital key.<\/p>\n

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