Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in East Asia’s seven main markets, excluding China, declined by almost 10% to 305,868 units combined in the third quarter of 2021 after falling by 17% to 338,776 units in the same period of last year.

The Hydrogen Heavy Duty Vehicle Industry Group, including Hyundai, Toyota, and Nikola, has agreed to push ahead with a common global standard for hydrogen refuelling technologies to help “bring hydrogen closer to wide scale adoption”. 

Hon Hai has entered into a definitive Asset Purchase Agreement for the Lordstown, Ohio facility (excluding certain assets such as the hub motor assembly line and battery pack and module lines) for USD230m.

The new Euro V-compliant Quester heavy-duty and Croner medium-duty truck ranges are set to be rolled out in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

UD Trucks will trial a Quon truck equipped with Level-4 technologies at Kobe Steel's Kakogawa Works site in the second half of 2022.

The Shogun 510, which will be distributed by Daimler Truck and Bus Australia, has a gross combination mass of 63 tons, 510 hp and a maximum torque of 2,500 Nm.

Karl Deppen will be responsible for Daimler Truck China Ltd as well as the Japanese and Indian markets.

Hyundai plans to offer all its commercial vehicle model ranges with a hydrogen fuel cell option and to apply the technology to all types of public transport vehicles as part of its Hydrogen Vision 2040 programme.

The simulation will create a "digital twin" or virtual counterpart which will work in parallel with the actual manufacturing process, allowing the company to identify and resolve potential problems in the real production line.

Mitsubishi Fuso has begun series production of the new Fuso Canter at the firm's plant in Tramagal, Portugal.

Jacobs Vehicle Systems has entered a strategic partnership with Microgrid Labs to expand electrification offerings.

Alexander Vlaskamp is appointed as CEO, Arne Puls as Chief Human Resources Officer, and Mikael Lindner as Head of MAN Engines.