Busworld Southeast Asia, electric buses and luxury coaches

Busworld Southeast Asia, electric buses and luxury coaches

With the presence of the four biggest body builders in Indonesia – good for 90% of the Indonesian market – and two imported Chinese brands, the exhibition had a large and diversified offer of buses and coaches. Together with an interesting conference program, the show attracted over 4,000 visitors coming from 42 countries.

Due to the Indonesian Government plans to electrify the bus fleet, manufacturers have seen the light: 6 out of 8 buses in the show were battery electric driven.

From the coach perspective, the international press was astounded by the high quality and luxury standards of the vehicles. Especially the high comfort of the seats was impressive. And since the coaches in the booths were all sold, one can be sure that they are the real standard in Indonesia. Vincent Dewaele, General Manager of Busworld International confirmed the future potential of this business event: “After a second successful edition, we believe that Busworld Southeast Asia has a significant potential to grow. We will use all of our channels to inform the international Busworld network of the qualitative Indonesian products and we will bring more international exhibitors and visitors in 2024.”

A quick tour around the vehicles

All pictures and technical specifications of the vehicles that are mentioned can be found in this link. New Armada launched its newest coach, Skylander R22 at the show. The view of what is in front of the bus was shown on a screen at the back of the bus, so any driver behind the coach is able to anticipate to the traffic situation in front of the bus. Especially in traffic areas with many scooters, this safety feature surely improves road safety. They also brought the Citouro bus.

Laksana had a coach première with their SR3 XHD Prime, with an extra high deck and enormous luggage compartiment. They also presented their electric bus Cityliner and a medium coach Tourista. Tentrem’s eye catcher was the new electric bus Velocity W5, completely produced with Indonesian parts, even the chassis. Usually bus body builders only build on foreign chassis in Indonesia. Their second vehicle on show was their sleeper coach Avante H9 Priority.