Berjaya China Motor Sdn Bhd, the exclusive distributor in Malaysia of light vans and minibuses for China’s Beiqi Foton Motor Company.

Volvo Trucks announced back in late 2021 that it would acquire JMC Heavy Duty Vehicle Co Ltd and its manufacturing facility in Taiyuan, Shanxi from Jiangling Motors Corporation.

Overall, in the first quarter 2023, the CV market in China fell by 3%.

Sales of new commercial vehicle in China rebounded by over 29% to 324,000 units in February 2023 from 250,000 units in the same month of last year, reports CAAM.

TEVX Motors* is building a factory Pecém to be able to locally assemble the new electric buses for the city of Cascavel, Paraná State.

Foton is one of the largest producers of e-trucks and e-buses in China.

Eaton unveiled new products in its emissions reduction technology, including a compression engine brake, cylinder deactivation and late intake valve closing solutions, designed to reduce emissions and increase fuel economy for commercial vehicles.

Available in the chassis cab version at 17 tons gross vehicle weight (GVW), it offers a tare weight of 4,995 kg with a load capacity of some 11,500 kg depending on the body.

The ‘eDeliver 7’ is a 3.5-tonne GVW battery-electric van model which is smaller and lighter than its sister product, the ‘eDeliver 9’.

According to the terms of the MoU, the two companies have promised to work together on electrification projects and research into improving electric vehicle safety and efficiency.

Foton Motor Philippines Inc assembles a range of vehicles in the Philippines since 2016.

Over the next five years the global market for bus and coach is expected to almost double from around 169,000 in 2022 to 309,000 in 2027, according to Krishna Achutan, Program Manager at Frost & Sullivan speaking at a Busworld foundation seminar at Busworld North America.