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Dongfeng begins LCV assembly in Morocco

By Will Pulson – 9th December 2024

The move comes shortly after the company signed a single order for 500 light trucks with a local logistics company in the country.

Netherlands

Investment

Ebusco and Gotion sign investment agreement

By Luke Willetts – 6th December 2024

The battery manufacturer Gotion has acquired 9.3% of Ebusco for a price of EUR 5 million. Within this agreement, it stipulates that Gotion can nominate a representative to Ebusco’s supervisory board and management board, subject to the approval of the Company’s shareholders.

Vietnam

Distribution & Aftermarket

Diesel Combustion

Dongfeng Xinjiang launches X Series heavy truck range in Vietnam

By Will Pulson – 6th December 2024

Weichai New Energy CV Company unveils two electric light trucks at Canton Fair

China

Product

Battery Electric

Weichai New Energy CV Company unveils two electric light trucks at Canton Fair

By Will Pulson – 5th December 2024

Westport sells interest in Weichai HPDI joint venture

By Bradley Osborne – 27th November 2024

Westport said that it and its ‘Cespira’ joint venture with Volvo would “continue to collaborate” with Weichai.

Bus & Coach

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Volgren building buses on Yutong electric chassis for Australian market

By Bradley Osborne – 14th November 2024

Carrying up to seventy-one passengers, the bus offers a range of up to 360 kilometres with an installed capacity of 350 kilowatt-hours.

Uruguay

Distribution & Aftermarket

BYD delivers 100 electric buses to Uruguay

By Luke Willetts – 9th November 2024

BYD has delivered 100 e-buses to Uruguayan bus operator Cutcsa. The K9UD 12.2 metre low-floor electric bus has a maximum capacity of 90 passengers and is equipped with a 422 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery, providing a range of up to 450 kilometres on a single charge.

China

Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Exhibitions & Conferences

GWM Hydrogen-FTXT highlights hydrogen fuel cell know how at IAA

By Will Pulson – 17th October 2024

The company, which was established in 2019 to develop hydrogen-powered engines, fuel cells, components and other equipment designed to help establish an hydrogen transportation eco-system, today employs around 800 people and has five R&D centres globally.

Dongfeng Dana & Jing-jin Electric step up axle collaboration

By Will Pulson – 26th September 2024

South Africa

BYD set to deliver its first batch of electric buses to South Africa

By Luke Willetts – 31st August 2024

Battery Electric

Order

Pelican Yutong receives orders for over 300 battery electric buses

By Bradley Osborne – 19th August 2024

Truck & Van

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Hino to close Shanghai-based majority-owned ICE engine JV

Hino to close Shanghai-based majority-owned ICE engine JV

By Will Pulson – 30th October 2024

The reason: Hino Motors concluded that it is “unlikely that the business of Shanghai Hino will grow in a sustainable manner” due mainly to growing sales of electric-powered commercial vehicles and construction machinery in China.

Mexico

Agreement

Distribution & Aftermarket

Dongfeng starts light truck sales in Mexico

By Will Pulson – 29th October 2024

The company said the move is a first step in a much broader expansion strategy for the region.

China

Order

Autonomous Vehicles

Inceptio delivers 400 autonomous Dongfeng heavy trucks to fleet operator in Shanghai

By Will Pulson – 28th October 2024

According to the fleet operator Inceptio, this was its largest single order of intelligent heavy-duty trucks so far. The trucks were developed in partnership with Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Company Ltd.

Australia

Agreement

Distribution & Aftermarket

Inchcape to sell Foton CVs in Australia

By Will Pulson – 24th October 2024

Malaysia

Agreement

Manufacture

Dongfeng starts assembly of Captain light truck through Go Automobile Manufacturing in Malaysia

By Will Pulson – 23rd October 2024

Germany

Exhibitions & Conferences

IAA Transportation 2024: Steyr Automotive presents Chinese truck made in Austria

By Bradley Osborne – 17th October 2024

Trailer

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China

Investment

Manufacture

Brakes & Braking Systems

Knorr-Bremse opens new plant in China

By Will Pulson – 5th August 2024

June saw Knorr-Bremse open a new manufacturing plant in Dalian in China’s Liaoning province, as it looks to increase its share of the local market for commercial vehicle braking systems.

China

Statistics

Registrations

China-made commercial vehicles sales rise 22% in 2023 to more than 4 million

By Will Pulson – 27th March 2024

New energy commercial vehicles (NECVs), comprising mainly hydrogen, electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, increased by 32% to 447,000 units.

China

Statistics

Registrations

Premium Article

China market rebound continues in June

By Jim Gibbins – 18th August 2023

The CV market in China continued to recover in June 2023, with sales rebounding by more than 26% from weak year-earlier sales, according to wholesale data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). As we report this news, August 9, saw many leading newspapers around the world announce that the Chinese economy, the second largest in the world, had dipped into deflation, as the economy slowed.

China

Registrations

Premium Article

China market recovery continues in March

By Will Pulson – 16th May 2023

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