Production of trucks in 2020 totalled 90,936 units, some 19.9% lower than that recorded for 2019 of 113,476, according to figures supplied by ANFAVEA.

According to data released by ANAC commercial vehicles sales totalled 13,272 units, down by 18.8% compared with 16,342 units sold in 2019.

The market for bus and coach chassis slumped badly in 2020 to register 13,931 units, a 33.4% reduction in sales on 2019 registrations of 20,932 vehicles, one unit more than 7,000 vehicles fewer.

In 2020, the Uruguayan market registered 1,748 new trucks, 12.4% more than the 1,555 units sold in 2019 and only 224 buses, 38.5% fewer than the 364 units sold in the previous year.

The Peruvian market reached sales of 12,909 heavy commercial vehicles, a decrease of 22.5% compared with 2019, when it registered 16,650 vehicles, according to AAP.

Argentina in 2020 registered 10,562 heavy commercial vehicles (trucks and buses), a 9.9% decrease compared with the 11,725 units sold in 2019, according to data released by Acara.

According to data released by Fabus, Brazilian production of bus and coach bodies decreased by 26.7% in 2020 compared with the previous year; 16,715 units were manufactured against 22,806 in the same period last year.

Nova Bus Corporation is to invest CAD10m to expand its transit bus manufacturing facility in Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec.

Forsee Power, the specialist in smart battery systems for electric mobility, has a new supply agreement with Wrightbus.

MAN Truck & Bus SE is making EcoLife 2 automatic gearboxes from ZF Friedrichshafen AG a standard feature with its city and intercity buses.

BYD France has delivered its first BYD electric coach to Drancy, a district within the greater Paris region.

VDL Bus & Coach BV is to present its new generation of electric Citeas at the Busworld exhibition in Brussels next October.