Faurecia of Nanterre, France has acquired a controlling interest (79.5%) in family-owned automotive electrical lighting specialist, Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA of Lippstadt, Germany.

BYD Co Ltd, based in Shenzhen, China, has announced a partnership with autonomous vehicle specialist Nuro of Mountain View, California, USA to manufacture the firm’s third generation autonomous delivery vehicle.

Daimler Truck is to sell its Sprinter-producing Dortmund minibus plant to industrial group Aequita.

Sensible 4 will retrofit MOOVE's battery-electric shuttle bus with its Level 4 autonomous driving technology, with trials set to begin in February 2022.

REE Automotive unveiled an autonomous concept vehicle in order to showcase one of the potential applications of its modular electric vehicle platform.

Electric CV manufacturer Lightning eMotors, based in Loveland, Colorado, has completed its first order for the Canadian commercial vehicle market. Lightning delivered ten electric cargo vans to the Goodfood Market Corp. in Montreal, Canada.

Hong Kong-based Ev Dynamics has announced the delivery of 70 units of its 6.5 metre COMET electric minibus to the Philippines.

The German manufacturer has launched its GRT autonomous shuttles, developed in collaboration with subsidiary 2getthere, along with a suite of services including installation, maintenance, and fleet management software.

The Indonesian market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw rebounded strongly in the second quarter of 2021, to 26,788 units after plunging by almost 80% to 6,452 units in the same period of last year.

Japan’s commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw expanded by just 9% to 91,928 units in the second quarter of 2021 after declining by 22% to 84,437 units a year earlier.

The Malaysian commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw surged by almost 142% to 9,820 units in the second quarter of 2021 after plunging by over 70% to 4,064 units in the same period of last year.

The market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in the Philippines rebounded by over 130% to an estimated 21,692 units in the second quarter of 2021 after plunging by 83% to 9,426 units in the same period of last year.