ZF PowerLine, the name of a new but proven 8-speed automatic transmission for the medium-heavy truck and bus segments (and pickup trucks), has gone into series production in Friedrichshafen.

Hyundai Truck and Bus Rus LLC has started series CKD assembly / manufacture of the Hyundai Mighty medium-duty truck range at the Avtotor plant in Kaliningrad.

Schmitz Cargobull AG has upgraded its M.KO COOL refrigerated truck body and Z.KO COOL refrigerated central axle trailer.

Electric truck and bus builder, Lion Electric Company, has announced plans to merge with Northern Genesis Acquisition Corporation, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company based in Kansas City, to establish a state-of-the-art vehicle manufacturing facility in the United States and to substantially expand its capacity.

DAF, Iveco, Foton Caminhões, Mercedes-Benz, Scania, Volkswagen Trucks and Buses and Volvo Trucks Latin America have all added new dealers, adding more than 60 new truck dealer points in the country.

Ford Motor Company do Brasil Ltda has announced plans to assemble its Transit light commercial vehicle range in neighbouring Uruguay, starting next year.

MAZ-MAN of Minsk (a joint venture between MAN Truck & Bus SE and MAZ, has unveiled a new 8x8 tractor truck, MAZ-MAN 747559.

“For the UK market as a whole, the peak year of commercial vehicles with an internal combustion engine (diesel/petrol or hybrid) was 2019!” says Alastair Hayfield, senior research director at market research firm Interact Analysis, in a recent review of the UK truck powertrain market.

Drinks company Ambevhas formalized agreement for delivery of the first 100 VWCO e-Delivery electric trucks from the second half of 2021.

The trailer and truck body builder and components supplier achieved net profits of BRA116m and net revenue of BRA1.5bn.

Scania’s president, Christopher Podgorski, made these statements during the AutoData Perspectives 2021 Congress, held in a virtual environment by AutoData Editora in late October.

Magirus GmbH of Ulm, Germany has delivered the first of four Dragon X6 fire trucks to Silvio Pettirossi Airport in the city of Asunción, Paraguay; making it the first country in South America to receive this highly specialized vehicle.