Renault Trucks SAS invoiced 54,098 vehicles to maintain its market positions in 2019 in a commercial vehicle market consisting of a very dynamic first half (up 15%) and a less buoyant second half (down 18%), according to Bruno Blim, president of Renault Trucks in a televised interview last month.

Anadolu Isuzu Otomotiv Sanayi used last month’s edition of Busworld Turkey in Istanbul to announce its strategy to further increase its export business of its buses and coaches and trucks by expanding its presence to 60 countries over the next three years from 44 currently.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc is to introduce a new version of its Remote Programming services called Driver Display Activation.

Allison Transmission Inc has been selected as the standard transmission provider for the new Mack Trucks MD Series of medium-duty trucks.

Isuzu Motors Ltd and car giant, Honda Motor Ltd, in January signed an agreement to carry out joint research to develop fuel-cell-powered heavy-duty trucks.

The Volvo Group has agreed to sell its Japanese subsidiary, UD Trucks, prefecture to Isuzu Motors Ltd, in a deal worth a reported USD2.3bn, as the fast evolving global commercial vehicle market continues to put huge investment demands on the industry.

Renault Trucks SAS has signed a contract to supply 20, D Wide Z.E 26-tonne trucks to the Carlsberg Group’s Swiss subsidiary, the Feldschlösschen Brewery in Rheinfelden.

N.C. Nielsen, a distributor in Denmark for the Terberg Group, recently supplied a Terberg container carrier with hook lift to the municipality of Vejle.

SAIC-owned LDV is to rebrand as MAXUS from April 2020.

Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford Motor Company is to introduce its American-made fully electric Transit van for model year 2022. 

Volvo Trucks is introducing four new trucks, the FH, FH16, FM and FMX, with a strong focus on the driver environment, safety and productivity.

Scania AB is introducing a side detection functionality via two different systems: Blind Spot Warning, which is mainly designed to warn truck drivers of hidden cars when at higher speeds on either side of the truck and, the Vulnerable Road User Collision Warning system, which is designed to detect cyclist and motorbikes mainly on the passenger side of the truck.