February saw UD Trucks appoint Zahid Tractor & Heavy Machinery Co Ltd, as its exclusive importer and distributor of trucks, parts and aftermarket services in Saudi Arabia following the termination of a similar agreement with the Rolaco Group.

MAN Truck and Bus (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian unit of MAN Germany, in January appointed Andrew O’Brooks as its new managing director.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd in Mumbai last month unveiled no fewer than 12 all-new BS VI-compliant medium and heavy-duty BharatBenz-branded trucks and buses, which have been fully updated inside and out, said the company.

India’s key supplier of exhaust systems, Sharada Motors Industries Ltd and Euro VI exhaust and emission control systems supplier for commercial vehicles, Eberspächer Exhaust Technology International GmbH, which have a 50:50 joint venture called Eberspaecher Sharda Exhaust Technology Pvt Ltd have opened a manufacturing plant in Pune.

Last year Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus announced plans to allocate BRA110m million (USD27m) to make the necessary adjustments at its Resende (RJ) plant to tailor its production lines to begin assembling electric trucks as soon as 2020.

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation unveiled at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show the new Super Great heavy-duty truck fitted with Level 2 automated driving technology.

Kia Motors Corporation took part in a USD15m government tender in September to develop and supply next-generation 2.5-ton and 5-ton armoured military vehicles, with deliveries scheduled over the next five years to 2024.

Isuzu Motors Ltd unveiled its new-generation D-Max one-ton pickup truck at the Tokyo Motor show in October; this is its first full-model changeover in eight years.

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has re-launched and re-entered the light duty van / truck market with its L300 small truck in the Philippines at the end of September 2019, fitted with a new diesel engine which meets the country’s Euro IV regulations.

Volvo Trucks India Pvt Ltd has received the BS VI certification for its D13 / D13LP engines, which are used in its FMX range of heavy-duty vocation trucks in India.

Rivigo Service Pvt Ltd is a new a technology-enabled logistics company that is providing a service to drivers to enable them to transfer trucks and loads to other drivers to carry the load onwards to its destination, so to allow the first driver to return to his /her home at night.

An Indian start-up, Infraprime Logistics Technologies Pvt Ltd has made what it is claiming India’s first heavy-duty electric truck.