Japan’s market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw declined slightly to 100,778 units in the third quarter of 2021 from an already weak 101,522 units a year earlier.

Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in East Asia’s seven main markets, excluding China, declined by almost 10% to 305,868 units combined in the third quarter of 2021 after falling by 17% to 338,776 units in the same period of last year.

The Hydrogen Heavy Duty Vehicle Industry Group, including Hyundai, Toyota, and Nikola, has agreed to push ahead with a common global standard for hydrogen refuelling technologies to help “bring hydrogen closer to wide scale adoption”. 

The new 79-seater Aero Star, launched in Japan in September, comes with new safety features and complies with the latest regulatory standards regarding driver vision.

Hon Hai has entered into a definitive Asset Purchase Agreement for the Lordstown, Ohio facility (excluding certain assets such as the hub motor assembly line and battery pack and module lines) for USD230m.

The new Euro V-compliant Quester heavy-duty and Croner medium-duty truck ranges are set to be rolled out in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

UD Trucks will trial a Quon truck equipped with Level-4 technologies at Kobe Steel's Kakogawa Works site in the second half of 2022.

Tatung is targeting both the EV "software and hardware" segments and will provide complete powertrain solutions to its clients, according to a statement made at an electro-mobility trade show held in Taipei in October.

EnPlus plans to invest the equivalent of USD99m in an electric vehicle manufacturing plant for the production of battery-powered "Jeepney" vehicles in the Philippines.

The Shogun 510, which will be distributed by Daimler Truck and Bus Australia, has a gross combination mass of 63 tons, 510 hp and a maximum torque of 2,500 Nm.

Karl Deppen will be responsible for Daimler Truck China Ltd as well as the Japanese and Indian markets.

Hyundai plans to offer all its commercial vehicle model ranges with a hydrogen fuel cell option and to apply the technology to all types of public transport vehicles as part of its Hydrogen Vision 2040 programme.