Tecnokar trailers used to be sold exclusively in France through Legras until its merger with Benalu last year.

Sales of medium and heavy-duty rigid trucks (7.5t gvw and above) in India decreased by just 0.7% in the first half of FY2023-24 (April to September, 1H) to register 117,351 units.

The hydrogen fuel cell bus was developed following a successful tender won from Indian Oil in June 2021.

Karsan has delivered the first four of 24, 18-metre e-ATA buses to Italian public transport operator, TPER. These buses are set to operate in the city of Bologna.

"Ashok Leyland’s mission to achieve Net Zero by year 2048 is one of the triggers to set up this plant in Uttar Pradesh."

Giorgio Zino is set to lead commercial operations in Europe, Danilo Fetzner in Latin America, Gauthier Ricord in Africa and the Middle East and Marco Franza in the Asia Pacific. Stéphane Espinasse has been appointed to lead Sales and Market Development of global operations.

Harry Kent and Edgar Worthington have been honoured for their contributions to the American trucking industry, which coincide with the company’s centenary celebrations.

Luca de Meo recently unveiled a roadmap for developing a competitive European green mobility ecosystem, co-signed by the heads of Europe’s largest commercial vehicle OEMs. The roadmap, submitted to the EU Parliament and Commission is premised on three pillars of supply, production and demand, encompassing views of all relevant industry stakeholders.

Domestic sales of buses and coaches (7.5t gvw and above) increased by 47.7% in the second quarter (July to September, Q2) of the financial year 2023-24 to register 11,321 units, up from 7,665 units in the same period of FY 2022-23.

According to a report from The Bolton News, WN VTech called in administrators due to supply chain “challenges” - it has since been confirmed that Mellor, along with Treka, VCS, Promech Technologies, Coleman Milne and JM Engineering, will be rescued following the Dumarey acquisition, allaying fears of significant job losses.

The company cut 150 jobs in the U.S. and Canada amid financial pressure as it seeks profitability. The cuts came in the manufacturing and administrative segments of the business.

Sales of light-duty buses (7.5t & below) surged by 24% to register 13,142 units in Q2 of FY 2023-24 from 10,595 units in Q2 of FY2022-23.