The Philippine market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw expanded by over 16% to 32,558 units in the first quarter of 2025.

MAN said it will begin handing over the first batch of trucks at the end of the third quarter of this year; these will be deployed at various locations across Europe.

The first units have been delivered to Italian transport company, LC3 Trasporti, as part of a 30 vehicle order. This is part of Daimler’s strategy to promote and sell its flagship battery electric HGV.

HMC agrees to supply 65 FCEV waste disposal trucks by 2028

The battery-powered heavy-duty trucks are used in opencast coal mining in Yimin.

Chinese manufacturer agrees to supply 3,000 battery packs to electric bus-maker VKTR in 2025

The Malaysian market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw plunged by almost 31% to 11,981 units in the first quarter of 2025 from an already weak 17,189 units a year earlier.

Over 150 delivery vehicles to be deployed in Tokyo from September.

Volvo’s new ‘Dynamic Steering’ can detect a puncture in the truck’s front tyre(s) and respond immediately in order to mitigate the impact.

The Indonesian market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw increased by over 15% to 31,295 units in the first quarter of 2025 from very weak year-earlier levels.

The general mood of this year’s Advanced Clean Transportation Expo – held between 28 April and 1 May in Anaheim, California – was one of healthy confusion. There were questions about the direction of the commercial vehicle industry and how a more sustainable transport system might be achieved. BAE Systems, however, is confident that the industry will continue to move towards net zero; the only questions concern “how it will be done and how long it will take”, according to Robert Lamanna, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems’ Power and Propulsion Solutions division.

Partnership aims to accelerate introduction of fast-charging heavy trucks.