VW Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda announced it would use Fenatran 2019, held in Sao Paulo this month, to promote a series of technological upgrades and new variants in its truck range for the Brazilian and South American markets with a concentration of them being in the light and heavy-duty segments.

As an initiative to help transport operators in Argentina, where the economy has been contracting, Volvo Trucks Argentina of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has initiated a price freeze on original spare parts in the country.

Battery and electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD North America Inc unveiled a new transit bus and a new coach at BusCon 2019, held last month

Bridgestone do Brasil Indústria e Comércio Ltda has expanded its bus and truck tyre range in Brazil with the launch of the M842 radial tyre for use on steering axles on trucks and buses and the L325 tyre, designed for use on truck drive axles for short- and medium-distance applications.

BYD Europe Ltd and Alexander Dennis Ltd jointly announced the companies’ electric vehicle partnership is to upgrade its BYD ADL Enviro200EV with ADL’s new electric bus heating system and optimised vehicle layouts. 

This month sees a new low floor electric bus chassis go on display at Busworld Europe in Brussels.

Haldex AB has finished the joint development of the ModulT disc brake with Daimler AG of Stuttgart and is now starting serial production of the brake disc for the Mercedes-Benz Unimog.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG plans to present the next generation of its automatic powershift transmission for buses at Busworld this month.

Eaton Divisão de Transmissões Ltda – a subsidiary of Eaton Corporation – announced the roll out and availability of its latest automated transmission - UltraShiftPlus MHD ten-speed – in Volkswagen’s Constellation truck range.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda plans to introduce Eaton automated transmissions in its medium-duty versions of its Delivery truck at Fenatran 2019, which takes place this month from October 14th to 18th at the Expo Center in São Paulo.

H2.City Gold is the name of the new hydrogen powered Caetano electric bus, with a range of 400km built by CaetanoBus in Portugal and featuring the Toyota fuel cell system

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, a Daimler subsidiary based in Kawasaki, at the end of August unveiled the 2019 model-year Aero Star large city bus and Rosa medium-duty bus.