2019 was a good year for DAF Trucks, achieving a market share of 16.2% in the heavy segment in Europe - the second largest in the history of the company and placing DAF in the top three large truck manufacturers in Europe.

The heavy truck market in the European Union plus EFTA countries has grown five straight years in a row to total 321,785 units in 2019, according to figures collated by ACEA.

February 23, 1995 saw two European bus brands, Mercedes-Benz and Setra create a strategic alliance, and this marked the beginning what is now Daimler Buses.

Ricardo Performance Products is to support the first phase of commercial industrialisation of the SuperTurbo system – a unique planetary traction drive developed by SuperTurbo Technologies Inc enabling high speed power transfer to and from a turbocharger shaft, which the partners states offers significant driveability and fuel efficiency benefits for large trucks.

PJSC KamAZ has developed a prototype of a cab-less autonomous (self-driving) electric truck, called Kamaz-3373 Chelnok (Shuttle) for operations in closed spaces.

Developer and manufacturer of high-performance lithium-ion battery systems, AKASOL AG, has engaged the services of Manz AG to supply fully automated production lines for producing high-energy battery modules for commercial vehicles at its Gigafactory facility in Darmstadt.

French automotive components manufacturer, Faurecia SA, has won a contract to supply hydrogen storage systems for trucks built by Hyundai Motor Company of Seoul.

DAF Trucks NV, has started field testing two CF Hybrid trucks with Dutch transport operator, Peter Appel, used to supply supermarkets in the Netherlands.

TEMSA North America Inc in January at the UMA Motorcoach EXPO 2020, held in Nashville, launched its first ever full size three-axle electric coach, the TS45E.

A pair of FUSO eCanter 7.49t electric delivery trucks have entered service with operators in Copenhagen, the first in Scandinavia. One has joined the fleet of Citylogistik and the other is with Aastiderne, two well-known Danish transport operators.

Hino Motor Ltd’s Malaysian distributor, Hino Motors Sales (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, said it reached a major milestone by delivering its 100,000th truck to a single customer in the country - local conglomerate, Ikhasas Resources Sdn Bhd.

Japanese commercial vehicle manufacturer, Hino Motors Ltd, has entered a capital and business alliance with local logistics consulting services firm, Trancom Co Ltd, with a view to optimising transportation networks in the country.