Peru, like other main countries of South American saw commercial vehicles sales decrease in the first six months of 2023 and by 11.0% to 8,220 units compared with 9,240 units sold in the same period of 2022.

According to AEADE of Quito, 8,167 units were sold in the first half of 2023, surpassing the 7,413 vehicles registered in the same period last year.

According to Santiago-based ANAC (Asociación Nacional Automotriz de Chile) trucks registrations between January and June this year decreased by 19.7% compared with the same period in 2022, where as the bus and coach volumes rose by 60%.

After trying out the driver monitoring system at a stand at Euro Bus Expo last November, T&BB reached out to the Australian tech firm to find out more about its product and its goal to eliminate accidents caused by driver inattentiveness.

The Colombian market for commercial vehicles closed the first half of 2023 with a significant decrease of 17.1% compared with the period of January to June in 2022, according to data released by the Bogotá-based Asociación Nacional de Movilidad Sostenible – ANDEMOS.

Uruguay remains one of the smallest markets for CVs in Latin America and yet has a relatively high and disproportionate number of brands competing in the market place.

Brazilian body builders produced 10,336 units in the period January to June this year, up 26.8% compared with the 8,152 units manufactured in the same period of 2022.

The move to stricter emissions in January this year led to a fall in demand.

By the end of 2023, the factory will be producing up to 2,500 electric school buses a year whilst employing 1,400 new staff members.

The 8-ton gvw buses are produced by J-Bus, a bus-producing joint venture between Hino and Isuzu Motors.

KG Mobility (known previously as Ssangyong Motor Company), has bought electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, Edison Motors Company, and will change the name to KGM Commercial.

Proterra, whose shares nearly halved in value after the bell on Monday the 7th of August 2023, listed its assets and liabilities in the range of USD 500 million to USD 1 billion. The company says it has a market value of USD 309 million and is currently trading at USD 0.15 a share as of Thursday the 10th of August.