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.

Trailer manufacturer, Montracon Ltd, has extended its machinery carrier range, introducing the MT70, which is plated for operation up to 70 tonnes and runs on four axles.

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 Campione Invictus 1200 body, produced by Comil on the BYD D9F 4x2 chassis, has been developed for operations of short and medium distances for public and charter services such as city commuter services and intercity transfers.

The new 22m-long electric bus, called the Attivi Express, features the BYD D11B low floor chassis with BYD’s latest lithium iron phosphate battery technology.

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.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus is celebrating production of more than one million vehicles in Brazil; of this total, more than 850,000 have been manufactured by the VWCO industrial complex in Resende (RJ), which is celebrating 25 years of operations.