July saw Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda (a Traton Group company) deliver the first of 100 e-Delivery all-electric light trucks to Ambev, who has ordered 1,600 e-trucks in total.

The city of Ribeirão Preto (SP) has started testing the BYD D9W - 20 410 low-floor chassis fitted with a Caio Millenium body.

Following the sale of UD Trucks to Isuzu Motors, the Board of Directors at AB Volvo has proposed the proceeds from the sale be distributed to its shareholders, at SEK9.50 per share.

Electric truck pioneer, Tevva Motors, appoints two highly experienced non-executive directors, Jean-Marc Gales and Laura Dempsey Brown, to help direct its growth strategy.

CNH Industrial has appointed Gerrit Marx as CEO of its new On-Highway entity, which is expected to assume independent operations in early 2022.

Two years delayed, due to Covid 19, Dutch bus and coach builder, VDL, is planning to resume its plans to build a dedicated plant for electric bus production in Roeselare, Belgium with construction due to begin in the autumn of 2021.

Isuzu is targeting consolidated net sales of JPY2,750bn for the financial year ending in March 2024, while consolidated operating income is forecast at JPY250bn and return on investment (ROI) of 12.5%.

Apollo Tyres Ltd of Gurugram, says it has now entered the truck-bus tyre segment in the USA and Canada and developed tyre range that meets the demand of the North American commercial fleets. It says it has a phased product rollout to cover some 90% of the truck and bus market by 2024.

Electric vehicle builder, Lightning eMotors, formerly headquartered in Loveland, Colorado has combined its business operations with Private-to-Public Equity (PPE) technology company, GigCapital3 Inc of Palo Alto, California to become listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Renault Trucks SAS of Lyon, a Volvo Group subsidiary, is planning to offer electric trucks in each market segment from 2023 – covering distribution, construction and long distance. To support these developments and be able to offer a complete and competitive Renault Trucks range on the market, the company is setting up an organisation dedicated to electric mobility.

Paccar Inc of Bellevue, Washington, coinciding with the launch of the new Paccar TX-8 automatic transmission and updated Paccar PX engines for its new medium-duty truck models, it has announced that all existing Paccar Powertrain components will be rebranded to align with this newest member of the family.

The Volvo Group of Gothenburg, Sweden has completed the previously announced sale of its Japanese truck and bus subsidiary, UD Trucks Ltd of Ageo, Saitama to Isuzu Motors Ltd of Tokyo, Japan for an enterprise value of JPY243bn (approximately SEK19bn / EUR1.86bn) on a cash and debt free basis.