The market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw declined by over 17% to 16,517 units in the third quarter of 2024 from strong year-earlier sales of 19,966 units.

The TransJakarta consortium aims to switch its entire fleet to zero emissions by 2030

Commercial vehicle sales over 2 tons gvw improved by 12% to 34,394 unit in the third quarter of 2024, compared with the same quarter a year earlier when volumes plunged by 27% to 30,664 units.

According to the terms of the contract, MAN will supply New Flyer with “several thousand” ‘V0K-08’ front axles and ‘HY-1350’ rear axles which, together with accompanying spare parts, are worth more than USD200m.

The South Korean company has expanded its range of battery-powered city buses.

The Philippine commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw was slightly higher year-on-year at 87,448 units in the first nine months of 2024

The exhibition attracted over 190 exhibitors and over 75 vehicles under the theme of “collaboration, innovation, and sustainable solutions”.

The vehicle in question is an articulated ‘Urbino 18’ battery electric bus, one of fifty ordered in 2023 by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, the state-owned company which manages public transportation in the German capital.

Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw fell by over 12% year-on-year to 255,680 units in the first nine months of 2024.

Sales declined by 15% to 276,272 in the third quarter of 2024.

Series production is set for Q1 2025 at its Vysoke Myto plant in the Czech Republic. Available in two main versions (a 12 and a 13-metre variant),  these buses are designed for both urban and intercity missions.

Güliz Şengör, Marketing Communications Manager at Karsan told T&BB: “We are planning to introduce our e-ATA Class II version to the market in 2025, derived from our existing 12-metre e-ATA Class I model.”