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Parsan Electrical Bus Manufacturing Company has announced the completion of the first-ever Iranian-produced electric bus.

Online sales of new Fuso trucks in Indonesia through distributor KTB have exceeded 1,000 units since trading began in October 2020.

BrightDrop has opened its first dealership for electric vehicles in Fontana, California.

Daimler Truck is celebrating 25 years of production of the Mercedes-Benz Actros truck. Over 1.4 million units of the truck have been sold globally since 1996.

10,000 semi-trailers have been manufactured at Toomebridge in Northern Ireland since the site opened three years ago.

Ballard Power Systems of Vancouver, British Columbia, has announced the company’s proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology has now powered medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles for a combined total of over 100 million kilometres.

In the past year, DAF Brazil expanded its market share to 4.2%, with 4,043 units sold, while sales of the XF, achieving 3,958 Jan-Sep 2021, makes it the third best selling truck among heavy vehicles.

Mercedes-Benz Argentina, which built the first Mercedes-Benz plant to be located outside of Germany, has celebrated its 70th anniversary of vehicle manufacturing in the country.

Bus builder Iveco Bus, based in Turin, Italy, a subsidiary of CNH Industrial, has announced the production of its 500th fully-electric E-WAY city bus, manufactured at its Heuliez bus plant in Rorthais, France.

Hendrickson International Inc of Woodridge, USA, has announced production of its 500,000th Steertek NXT proprietary front steer axle, sold to transport operator, J.B. Hunt Transport Inc.

The T-Series of electric terminal tractors were first launched in 2015 and have markedly improved uptime rates over diesel equivalents.