Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in East Asia’s seven main markets, excluding China, declined by 16% to 268,373 in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 319,099 units a year earlier.

Sales of medium and heavy rigid trucks (7.5t GVW and above) in India declined by 7% in the first three quarters (April-December) of fiscal year 2024-25, dropping to 168,233 units from 180,820 units in the same period of 2023-24.

36,497 light duty buses were registered in the first threequarters of FY 2024-25.

Haulage tractor sales declined by 5.1% in the first three-quarters (April-December) of FY 2024-25 to 46,553 units.

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.

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 Malaysian commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw continued to grow in the third quarter of 2023, albeit just slightly to 19,900 units after an 85% rebound to 19,329 units in the same period of last year.