The Aurora Driver-supported PACCAR truck will carry goods between Dallas and Houston as part of a pilot programme.

VWCO has started delivery of 281 trucks to Mexican brewery company, Grupo Modelo, including 107 Delivery trucks, marking the first order for the range from Mexico.

DAF Brazil has announced its largest ever order in South America with 200 CF 480 trucks to be exported to Colombian haulier, Grupo Prodes.

Frigo King has launched two special edition Pharma models, the Flex 300 and the Flex 300 AE, which meet the RDC 430 standard from the ANVISA-National Health Surveillance Agency.

Sumitomo Brazil will invest USD190m over the next five years to expand the production capacity of its factory in Fazenda Rio Grande, where it produces light commercial vehicle tyres.

Beverage company Ambev announced the acquisition of another 150 JAC iEV 1200T trucks from JAC Motors Brasil which are scheduled to be delivered by the end of this year.

JCA Group plans to start testing a Scania K 320 4x2 with a DC09 gas engine on interstate routes from early next year.

VWCO has won a new federal tender for the Caminho da Escola Program to provide buses to schools across the country, involving 2,500 units featuring the Volksbus 15,190 ODR - ORE3 chassis.

VWCO has expanded its truck portfolio in Angola with the launch of the Delivery light truck range, which is already available in fifteen countries in South and Central America.

Mercedes-Benz Brazil has announced the Arocs construction truck is now available, for which it has already received orders for 200 units, set to be delivered by the end of December 2021.

JAC has completed an initial order of three JAC iEV 1200T delivery vans, to be operated by Brazilian drinks manufacturer, Fruki Beverages in Rio Grande do Sul.

Mercedes-Benz Brazil has unveiled a fully electric bus chassis named the eO500U, which is specifically designed for use in Latin American cities and will be manufactured at the São Bernado do Campo plant from 2022 onwards.