CELSENIO is the new brand name of a new modular, ‘plug and play’ single temperature cooling unit for refrigerated semi-trailers developed in partnership by Krone Commercial Vehicles SE and Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS.

Dana Incorporated has entered a strategic partnership with Class 8 electrification company, Hyliion Incorporated.

A legislation Bill, currently going through parliament, is set to stimulate the renewal and recycling of Brazil’s truck fleet.

Volare SA has announced a record year in export sales  of 535 vehicles for 2018 since it started its export activities some 20 years ago.

The City of Liverpool is set to be the first place in the North of England to trial hydrogen fuel cell buses following a successful GBP6.4m bid to the government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles.

After a spectacular year in 2018, which saw sales expand by almost 80%, Volvo América Latina Group announced in February plans to expand operations in Brazil during 2019 and started with the hire of 300 new employees to increase production at the Curitiba plant.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda, a subsidiary of the Traton Group, in March launched on the Mexican market, its latest six ton gvw model, the VW Delivery 6.160.

Prior to the Ford announcement that it was pulling out of production and sales in South America, Ford Brasil Ltda delivered to waste management group, Marquise Ambiental Ltda, a prototype of a new Cargo Kolector 8x2 truck model with a 24 cubic metre compaction body; a first in the refuse segment with this large capacity.

Marcopolo SA has reported consolidated net revenue of BRA4.197bn (USD1.1bn) in 2018, an increase of 45.9% on revenues of BRA2.866bn (USD750m) recorded in 2017.

New Flyer Industries Group has unveiled both 40ft single and 60ft articulated zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell-electric buses, under the name Xcelsior Charge H2.

Penske Truck Leasing Co has taken delivery of its first Fuso eCanter.

Scania do Brasil Ltda has sold its first bi-articulated BRT buses in Brazil to the city of Curitiba.