Paccar says that select Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks built from 2024 onwards will be installed with Virtual Vehicle, an edge computing platform that provides access to telematics, real-time data and third-party applications directly from the vehicle.

The company has invested GBP 750,000 in a new Curtain ‘Livery’ Printer which has greatly improved efficiency and offers vastly increased throughput.

Optimal EV is now offering a retrofit service to operators with diesle vehicles based on the Ford E-450 cutaway chassis; the work will be carried out at one of Fontaine Modification's post-production truck modification centres.

Iveco looks to push low carbon and clean drivelines in the truck and bus markets of Latin America. Iveco has now supplied the first 17 units out of a total of 20 of the Hi-Way NG 6X2 600S46T tractor unit – gas powered trucks with biomethane is seen by many in Brazil as being a sustainable transportation solution in the country.

Acquiring Intellic expands ZF’s current product and service offerings in the area of connected vehicle technologies - it envisages a single box (a ‘Connectivity Hub’) which will be able to reliably and accurately collect and relay data from multiple sources, including advanced driver assistance systems and electronic braking systems.

The purpose of the new structure is to centralize operations and improve processes for approximately 350 customers served in the country.

Already producing heavy and medium duty trucks, XCMG is now offering product for the large light-duty sector.

For a relatively small market of 17,729 commercial vehicles sold in 2022, there are a large number of brands selling into the market place.

ANFAVEA reports that one of the best performances achieved by the Brazilian automobile industry was in exports of truck and bus chassis.

Castertech is developing nano-technology with partners in materials for use in transport applications.

According to ANAC (Associação Nacional Automotriz de Chile), sales of over 19,000 CVs in 2022 is the best result in recent years, being 44.44% higher than 13,272 units sold in 2020,and 17.24% above 16,342 vehicles sold in 2019, before the covid-19 pandemic.

ANDEMOS reports 41,634 trucks and buses were sold in 2022 compared with 35,567 units in 2021, a rise of 6,067 units or 14.57%.