Hübner GmbH & Co KG (Hübner Group) of Kassel Germany has acquired Dutch electro-hydraulic chassis steering specialist, V.S.E. Vehicle Systems Engineering B.V. of Veenendaal, Netherlands, for an undisclosed sum from Weber-Hydraulik Group, which has owned VSE since 2014.

Pune-based SCDE Solutions Pvt Ltd (Safe Cams Digital Eye Solutions) has launched a Driver Status Monitoring (DSM) system-based camera. The DSM functionality has been made available in three camera devices being sold by Safe Cams – SC 200 AI, SC DS02 and SC 400. While SC200 AI and SC400 models can be configured without a DSM camera, the SC DS02 has been designed exclusively as a ‘DSM-only’ camera.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd (DICV) of Oragadam, near Chennai, a subsidiary of Germany’s Daimler AG, has opened a Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) in Chennai.

Ashok Leyland Ltd of Chennai has announced it is offering round-the-clock support for all commercial vehicles transporting oxygen as well as other essential supplies.

CEAT Ltd of Mumbai, a full range tyre manufacturer, says it plans to make an investment of USD164m (INR1200Cr) in financial year 2021-22 to expand production of its radial bus and truck tyres.

JK Tyre & Industries Ltd of New Delhi, one of India’s largest manufacturer of tyres has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Automotive Test Tracks (NATRAX)1 of Pithampur towards the development of a wet grip test track at NATRAX Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh.

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.

JK Tyre & Industries Ltd of New Delhi, one of India’s largest tyre manufacturers, says it has partnered with integral bus builder, JBM Auto Ltd1 of Gurugram (New Delhi) to supply radial tyres fitted with its smart tyres device for JBM’s CNG (JBM Citylife) and electric buses (JBM Ecolife).

Commercial vehicle manufacturer, Tata Motors Ltd of Mumbai, has released onto the Indian market a new generation of medium-duty Tata Ultra truck models – the Ultra Sleek T-Series of T.61, T.72 and T.93. All are offered in various deck lengths from 10 to 20 feet to meet a multiple range of applications and are equipped with the 4SPCR BS VI engines used previously only in the LCV truck range (i.e., below 7t gvw), but are now fitted in ICV range up to 9t gvw trucks.

Apollo Tyres Ltd of Gurugram, has received approval with ISO/IEC 17025 for wet grip and coast-by (run by) noise tyre tests on its track situated in Oragadam, Chennai, which is supported by the Global Automotive Research Centre (GARC) of Chennai to introduce tyre labelling and certification tests in India.

Truck, bus and trailer builder, Ashok Leyland Ltd of Chennai, has launched its 4-axle (14-wheeler) 8x2 DTLA (dual-tyre-lift-axle) AVTR 41201 truck, which offers an additional 5-tonne payload compared with its standard 8x2 truck models.

Truck giant, Tata Motors Ltd of Mumbai, has launched its new variant in M&HCV segment – the Tata Signa 3118.T1 – a 3-axle 6×2 rigid truck with a gross vehicle weight (gvw) of 31 tons featuring a 12.5t dual tyre lift-axle.