The company was unprepared for the financial disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and didn’t receive the necessary financial support from the government.

Bus body manufacturing companies produced 5,510 units from January to March, a result 15.5% higher than in the first quarter of 2024

The new agreement will see FPT Industrial supplying Agrale with the N60 CNG (natural gas or biomethane) 200hp / 750Nm engine for the MA 11.0 GNV chassis.

Kohlmeier succeeds Stefan Thyssen, who returns to Munich to take up a new role in the company.

The 6-metre bus will serve in Ebbsfleet Valley, an area of major urban development between the Kentish towns of Dartford and Gravesend.

ZF will supply several thousand units of its latest e-axle range, ‘AxTrax 2’, to a “leading customer” in India over several years.

In total Volvo delivered 1,429 vehicles in Latin America during 2024 with Chile (238 and Peru (162) being the main continental export markets.

The companies have agreed to manufacturer ‘Swift’ semi solid-state batteries at Mullen’s Fullerton facility in California, a 1-GWh site which it opened in 2023.

Exports by Brazilian commercial vehicle manufacturers grew by 75.8%, according to figures released by ANFAVEA.

Available as a 9-tonne, 11-tonne, or 15-tonne truck, the new Atlas range is fitted with driver and passenger airbags, which Otokar claims is a first for its segment in the Turkish market.

The prototype, dubbed ‘Alumotor’, is a synchronous reluctance motor which does not require rare earth metals or cobalt in order to work.

All except for the high voume heavy-duty truck segment grew.