Belkommunmash, a producer of trams, trolleybuses and more recently low floor full electric buses, used the inaugural Busworld Central Asia exhibition in Almaty, Kazakhstan to display two scale-models of its electric buses.

Otokar attended Busworld Central Asia held in Almaty, Kazakhstan at the end of June to showcase its products in a country and region where it sees considerable potential for export growth.

Hakan Kefoğlu, export director for the bus and coach builder, Anadolu Isuzu speaking at Busworld Central Asia in Almaty last month said the company was actively looking to expand bus and coach sales in the region.

The opportunity for DAF Trucks Brazil Ltda to sell more trucks in Brazil has risen with the arrival in the country in June of Paccar Financial.

Marcopolo SA has taken a controlling shareholding in Metalsur Carrocerías S.R.L., a manufacturer of coach bodies, located in Santa Fe, Argentina by increasing its shareholding in Metalsur, from 25%, which it acquired in 2012 to 70%.

Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Co Ltd (a 50:50 joint venture between the Dongfeng Motor Group and Volvo Group) is to intensify sales and marketing activities of Dongfeng Trucks in Chile.

DAF First Choice Trucks, the quality label under which DAF Trucks offers used trucks, has enhanced its warranty.

Jiangsu Alfa Bus Co Ltd was at the UITP exhibition and conference in Stockholm, last month displaying its full electric city bus with overnight charging, known as Alfabus, the company was at the show to raise customer awareness of its plans for Europe.

BYD Co Ltd expects sales of its battery-powered buses to rise sharply in Japan with demand initially coming from the 2020 Olympic games.

Daimler AG's proposed restructuring has been approved by a majority of its shareholders.

The Governement of South Korea has set itself the ambitious target of switching the country’s entire fleet of medium and heavy commercial vehicles to fuel-cell energy by 2035, as it looks to reduce air pollution in the country – particularly fine-dust.

Energy provider, JSW Energy Ltd, which announced it has set up JSW Electric Vehicles Pvt Ltd to diversify into making electric vehicles, has since decided not to continue with this diversification project.