The National Association of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers of São Paulo, SP, which represents the vehicle manufacturing sector in Brazil, has asked the Brazilian government to postpone the implementation date of stricter Proconve 8 (Euro VI) emission rules from diesel engines in commercial vehicles, which were adopted in 2018 and are scheduled for implementation in 2022.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus exported 180 units to Uruguay in the first quarter this year, some 291.3% higher than in the same period of 2020. In March it sold 100 vehicles, which VWCO suggests was the largest volume it has ever sold in a single month.

According to data from the National Association for Sustainable Mobility (ANDEMOS) of Bogotá, the Colombian commercial vehicle market ended the first quarter of 2021 with total sales of 6,856 heavy commercial vehicles.

According to data released by the National Automotive Association of Chile (ANAC) based in Santiago, sales of commercial vehicles in the first quarter of 2021 grew by 30.1% over the same period last year.

Data collated and analysed by ANFIR (National Association of Manufacturers of Road Implements) of São Paulo, reveals that, despite the pandemic, the market for road implements (trailers and truck bodywork) in the first quarter of 2021 finished with substantial growth.

Sales of medium and heavy commercial vehicles, trucks and buses of 10.5t gvw and above, in Argentina rose by 63.1% in the first quarter of 2021 to 3,984 units compared with 2,443 units sold in the same period of 2020.

FPT Industrial of Turin, Italy, the powertrain division of CNH Industrial, has launched three new versions of its Cursor 9, Cursor 11, and Cursor 13 engines in advance of the GBVI emission standards requirements in China effective from July 1.

Truck manufacturers and environmentalists have joined forces to push for the deployment of 11,000 charging points for electric trucks across the EU by 2025, rising to 42,000 by 2030.

Navistar International Corporation of Lisle, Illinois, USA is offering a free one-year factory-backed warranty for engine and after-treatment systems on its most popular used on-highway vehicles. The warranty is available on units purchased from any retail outlet through to December 2021 with service backed by a dealer support network of over 700 locations.

A European Union consortium consisting of 25 leading organisations in the hydrogen sector has been established to define, develop and test the first European standard for fuel cell modules for heavy duty applications.

BM Catalysts Ltd, the Mansfield-based manufacturer and exporter of catalytic converters and DPFs claims any problems encountered because of Brexit will be short term and the company was already seeing improvements in trade supply routes.

Turkish bus and coach manufacturer, Anadolu Isuzu of Çayirova-Kocaeli has announced it has widened its market penetration in Europe of the Visigo Hyper coach in right hand drive with the delivery of three units to Malta, delivered through its local dealer representative, Gasan Zammit Motors Ltd of Birkirkara.