Van Hool EX11 motorcoach
Brussels, Belgium — Coach manufacturer Van Hool will be debuting two motorcoaches in its booth at Busworld Europe, held October 18-23 at the Brussels Expo Center. In addition to an electric-powered bus for the US market, Van Hool will be presenting a number of technological innovations on its vehicles, which reflect the company’s innovative strength.
Just four years ago, Van Hool launched the EX-range, a modern, efficient, innovative and comfortable alternative to the ever-increasing competition in the coach world market. At Busworld Europe, they will be presenting the EX11, the fourth model in the EX-range (adding to the EX15, EX16, and EX17). With it, Van Hool is responding to the increasing market demand to offer a well-equipped and comfortable vehicle in the 11-meter (36-foot) class. Including the L and H variants, with low or standard boarding height, the full EX-range consists of no fewer than 10 versions. Like all these versions, the EX11 can also be ordered immediately. All are available with powerful, economical DAF engines of the latest NG generation, coupled with a wide range of manual, automated, and automatic gearboxes.
Van Hool CX45E electric motorcoach
The CX45E is a fully electrically-powered coach for the US market. Van Hool selected Proterra, an American producer of battery technology for heavy vehicles, to supply the E2 battery technology. The 100-percent electric-powered vehicle will have a total battery capacity of 648Kwh and a working radius of approximately 300 km. This coach will be an ideal solution for many customers operating fixed routes, particularly in urban and private environments. With proprietary route modelling capability, Van Hool and ABC Companies, the exclusive partner and distributor for the North-American market, can ensure range capacity that is conservatively within each operator’s individual needs.
Van Hool has been working with its exclusive partner and distributor ABC Bus Companies for more than 30 years to put the Belgian company on the map in the US. Today, there are more than 11,000 Van Hool coaches and buses on the North American roads.
Van Hool will be presenting no less than 18 vehicles at Busworld Europe. Of those, seven coaches and on bus will be on the show floor and 10 coaches will be used for test drives. This will give professional visitors the chance to see the quality of Van Hool’s extensive range. Van Hool will seize this event to introduce technological innovations on a few of its vehicles. These innovations will be unveiled for the first time at Busworld Europe 2019.
“Our company has been a welcome guest at Busworld since 1971, and we always enjoy going back,” says Van Hool CEO Filip Van Hool. “This event is an excellent opportunity to introduce our innovations to existing and potential customers, and to get a feel for what is going on in the marketplace. Our booth in the familiar halls of Kortrijk Expo was always like a second home during the exhibition, so it does feel like a chapter that's closing. I have confidence in the organisers’ decision to move Busworld Europe to a new location, and no doubt this will bring many new opportunities. As always, we are ready!”
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