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The
lightweight body of the
e-Traction® Bus
was developed and constructed by the now defunct
Fokker aircraft manufacturing company.
Vehicle completion and homologation was performed by the similarly defunct
Den Ousten coach manufacturing company.
The patented
composite ALIMO technology
(Advanced Lightweight Modules)
is now owned by
Stork Fokker AESP Aerospace Group.
This brilliant light weight but extremely sturdy technology truly deserves wide
scale adoption.
The
X97,
which has since been renamed the
e-Traction® Bus,
is believed to have been the first personification of this technology. The
e-Traction® Bus'
monocoque body, including its heavy security glass windows, without axles,
interior appointments or traction system, weighs a mere 1.6 metric tons.
Click
the highlighted words for more on the
progress
made to date on the
e-Traction® Bus,
its
history
or the
technical specifications
of its current configuration.
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The unfinished
X98
(below) was sold by the bankruptcy administrator to the New Flyer Company of
Canada, which was at the time also controlled by the very same Den Oudsten family.
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Most recently the ALIMO
technology was used for the 13 buses of Eindhoven's Rapid Bus Transit
Phileas project.
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