The announcement was made following a launch event held in the city of Dubai in the middle of April together with MAN’s local importer, Darwish bin Ahmed & Sons, which has sold MAN trucks in the emirates for thirty years.

The van is built on a “native electric skateboard platform” manufactured at Renault’s factory in Sandouville, France. Series production is planned to start in 2026, with the order book set to open by the end of this year.

The Farizon SV is priced from GBP 45,000 plus VAT, with order books now open and first deliveries expected later this year.

The PV5 will be manufactured at Kia's newly constructed Hwaseong EVO plant in South Korea. We spoke to representatives of Kia at the show who told us that the order book will be open next month and that the first vehicles are expected to arrive on UK shores by the end of the year.

The move gives M&M a larger share of the CV market above 3.5 tons with multiple synergies for growth.

Seventy units from Rivian’s ‘Electric Delivery Van’ range have been incorporated into the German company’s American fleet, making up nearly a quarter of its total fleet.

Daily, which celebrates its 47th anniversary this year, is the market leader in Brazil in the Light Chassis-Cabin segment.

According to data from Andemos (National Association for Sustainable Mobility) of Bogotá, 5,726 units were sold, compared with 4,642 in the first quarter of 2024.

5,500 units were sold, an increase of 27.9% over the 4,300 in the same period in 2024, according to AAP.

5,457 units were registered in Q1 of 2025 compared with 2,491 in the same period of 2024, according to data from SIOMMA and ACARA of Buenos Aires.

3,661 CV units were registered in January to March 2025 as compared with 3,306 vehicles in the same period in 2024.

The plan is to list a joint holding company in 2026.