The Indonesian market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw increased by over 15% to 31,295 units in the first quarter of 2025 from very weak year-earlier levels.

The Japanese market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw rebounded by 12% to 92,278 units in the first quarter of 2025.

Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in East Asia’s seven main markets, excluding China, grew by just under 2% to 273,126 units in the first quarter of 2025 after plunging by 28% to 268,016 units in the same period last year;

Sales of light-duty passenger vehicles (7.5 tons and below) were up in the FY 2024/25 with rate of 5.9% to register 54,807 units (51,750).

TRC, an environmental consulting and energy engineering firm has published its sixth market report on the state of sustainable fleets in the United States, providing updates on the development of zero- and low-emission sales in 2024 and on policy changes which will affect the market in 2025. This year’s report arrives in the first few months of a new administration which intends to upturn the consensus on electric vehicles. During the Biden administration, new federal programmes followed preexisting state incentives in supporting the expansion of battery and hydrogen vehicles and infrastructure. Now, the Trump administration seeks to rollback the federal support and target certain state programmes which require federal approval to function. However, the State of Sustainable Fleets 2025 Market Brief predicts that electric vehicle sales will continue to grow in the U.S., in spite of the new administration’s removal of support.

The total number of city buses with alternative drivelines in European Union 27 countries plus the UK, Norway (NO), Iceland (ICE) and Switzerland (EU 27+4) totalled 13,466 units  comprising 6,354 electric buses (excludes trolley buses), 4,022 hybrid-electric buses, 2,883 CNG buses and 207, hydrogen (fuel cell) buses.

Bus and coach deliveries in Europe* reversed a three year downward trend in 2023 increasing by almost 21% (*Countries EU27+UK+ICE+NO+CH).

At the annual media event in December last year, members of the UK press gathered in Oxford for the State of the Nation address from DAF Trucks UK senior management.

The expanded BharatBenz lineup is now with the 'TorqShift' AMT, adapted from Mercedes-Benz trucks and proven in Daimler heavy-duty vehicles.

February this year saw Volvo do Brasil Veículos Ltda of Curitiba, Brazil begin exporting trucks to Mexico.

Comgás installing natural gas refuelling stations for three major operating companies Ypê, Nelcar and Grupo SADA in the state of São Paulo.

Commercial vehicle sales in Singapore amounted to 6,287 units in the first nine months of 2024, compared with 7,434 units in the whole of 2023, according to the latest government registration data.