Now in its fourth edition, the Road Transport Expo has grown exponentially since it began in 2022. I attended the inaugural show at the National Agricultural and Exhibition Centre in Stoneleigh, UK and missed the following two. Returning for the 2025 edition, the difference from the first show is night and day, with many more exhibitors and hundreds of trucks, vans, and trailers on display. For those reporting on the truck body and trailer industry in Britain, the expo has become indispensable: the companies featured in the report below represent just more than half of the truck body and trailer manufacturers who exhibited at the show.

UDTrucks' new Kuzer is based on Isuzu’s N-series.

Wrightbus says it has worked for two years on a 6x2 chassis which can cope with fixed axle and steering axle configurations and can allow for extra battery packs without reducing passenger capacity.

“Cargo Box” bodies, installed on a light commercial vehicle chassis powered by a battery electric driveline, are now being built in series in a dedicated “body shop” in the Atessa plant.

Tsien brings more than four decades of experience in the automotive industry, primarily at General Motors, where he served as executive vice president and chief technology officer.

Demand for bus and coach chassis in Brazil accelerated strongly in the period of January to June 2025 with registrations totalling 11,635 vehicles.

Trailer sales decreased by almost 20% from 44,664 to 35,831 units.

This agreement opens a scalable route to electrification for fleet operators through repowering. It offers a retrofit approach that maximises existing assets, cuts costs, and accelerates the shift to zero-emission transport without disruption or long lead times.

Truck production figures in Brazil rose by 3.1% and bus and coach chassis production rose by 7.3%.

The truck market in Brazil registered 54,754 trucks in January to June 2025.

New Flyer’s ‘Xcelsior Charge FC’ 40-foot transit bus can now be ordered with four additional storage tanks, adding an extra 17.5 kilograms of hydrogen fuel capacity.

Truck-maker looks to strengthen its operations ahead of the merger with Hino.