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

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.

Mercedes-Benz Brazil predicts that bus and coach sales in Brazil in 2022 could reach 18,500 units, an increase of 35% above the 13,000 vehicles estimated for 2021.

Despite the year-to-date performance in the bus and coach sector showing growth with 10,938 units sold, a 10.8% increase over the same period of the previous year, September sales came in at 847 units, a drop of 33.1% from the 1,273 units licensed in August and -30.8% compared with sales of 1,234 units in September 2020.

Brazilian bus and coach production grew 12.1% in the first seven months of 2021, with 11,857 chassis produced, according to Anfavea.

Bus and coach sales in Colombia saw a 24.1% decrease to register 1,547 in comparison with 2,037 with the previous year, according to ANDEMOS.

Production of trucks and buses grew by 84.6% in the first nine months of 2021 (132,867 units over 71,959 in the same period of the previous year), according to data released by Anfavea.

The Argentine commercial vehicle market closed the first nine months of 2021 with the sale of 11,608 units, marking an increase of 50.8% over the same period in 2020, according to ACARA.

In Chile, 11,780 trucks were sold from January to September, an increase of 68.3%, while bus sales totaled 1,279, down 38.6%, according to ANAC.

Chinese e-bus builder, BYD Inc., based in Shenzhen, China, has announced the delivery of two 8.7m Midi eBuses to the city of Ancona. The two units are the first fully-electric buses in operation across the Marche Region.

Daimler Coaches North America Inc, based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, has announced its first-ever coach designed exclusively for sale in North America under its Mercedes-Benz brand.

Bus manufacturer New Flyer Industries Inc. of Winnipeg, Manitoba, (a subsidiary of NFI Group), will begin to offer the eGen Flex hybrid drive system provided by Allison Transmission of Indianapolis, Indiana, from January 2022 onwards.