Schmitz Cargobull AG has announced major further investment of some EUR100m in its Vreden factory, which is the company’s centre of expertise for box van and refrigerated semi-trailers and bodies; this capital expenditure was authorised by the group’s Supervisory Board last September.

Daimler Trucks North America Inc delivered the first vehicle from its Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet – a Freightliner eM2 – to Penske Truck Leasing last month (December 2018).

Motor Coach Industries (MCI), a US subsidiary of NFI Group Inc has delivered its first 2019 specification J3500 coach model to Tuscaloosa Charter Service ahead of the vehicle's public launch in January 2019.

Following its introduction in Autumn 2018, the VDL Citea SLE 129 electric has received its first order.

DAF Trucks NV has delivered its first fully electric truck to Dutch supermarket chain, Jumbo.

Hyundai Truck and Bus Rus (an official representative office and subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company, established in February 2017) has started series assembly of the Hyundai HD35 and Hyundai35City light commercial vehicle range (with gross weights stated as 3.5 tons) at the Avtotor plant in Kaliningrad.

In Lithuania, Scania AB has partnered with logistics company, UAB Vlantana, and gas infrastructure developer, SG dujos, to trial gas-fuelled truck in the country for the first time.

Marcopolo SA and Mercedes-Benz do Brasil have together won an order for 342 new low entry city buses with Metbus, STP Santiago SA and Redbus Urbano SA - three of the largest operators of the Transantiago system in Santiago de Chile.

The city of São Paulo in December announced it would be re-tendering the largest tender in Latin America for city buses.

Bus builder, Caio Induscar Ltda, has announced it is in the process of exporting 148 Mondego City bus models on Mercedes-Benz Euro VI chassis to Buses Vule, an operator providing services to the Transantiago Transport system in Santiago de Chile.

According to data released by Chilean National Automotive Association, which is based in Santiago de Chile, the Chilean market for commercial vehicles closed the 2018 year with sales of 17,038 units, an increase of 7.2% compared with 15,887 units in 2017.

Federico Gutierrez, the mayor of Medellin, has announced BYD Inc is the successful bidder to supply 64 electric buses for the city’s ‘Metroplús’ rapid transit system.