Truck & Bus Builder

Weichai launches Landking X7 battery-powered truck

By Will Pulson – 15th August 2025

New truck features the Stellar E-Gold Power System developed with Bosch, Inovance and HanDe

Philippines

Order

Forland Motors brand building market share in the Philippines

By Jim Gibbins – 9th August 2025

Training

Investment

FPT China holds technical training days for dealer personnel from Asia-Pacific

By Jim Gibbins – 7th August 2025

Guinea

Order

Investment

FAW Trucks ships 212 trucks to Guinea

By Will Pulson – 27th July 2025

Bursting at the seams: T&BB report on Yutong’s electric truck and Pelican’s operations in Castleford

Product

Strategy/Policy

Battery Electric

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Bursting at the seams: T&BB report on Yutong’s electric truck and Pelican’s operations in Castleford

By Bradley Osborne – 22nd July 2025

Bus & Coach

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Fuso in talks to source electric buses from Foxtron Vehicle Technologies

Fuso in talks to source electric buses from Foxtron Vehicle Technologies

By Will Pulson – 22nd July 2025

Unconfirmed reports suggest a separate distribution partnership could be established.

Saudi Arabia

Manufacture

Foton agrees to build CV plant in Saudi Arabia

By Will Pulson – 18th July 2025

MoU signed with local distributor Petromin and Saudi Government

France

Mergers, Acquisitions & Disposals

Safra taken out of receivership through Chinese acquisition

By Bradley Osborne – 27th May 2025

Wanrun’s bid was selected because it proposed to maintain all of Safra’s current business activities and to keep 120 out of 169 jobs going through a “clear investment plan”.

Prototype, Testing & Trials

Exhibitions & Conferences

Mahle presents bionic radial fan at Auto Shanghai 2025

By Bradley Osborne – 29th April 2025

Taiwan

Fuel Cell Electric

Toyota to launch H2 City Gold bus in Taiwan this year

By Will Pulson – 10th April 2025

Pakistan

Geely expands into Pakistan CV market

By Will Pulson – 5th March 2025

Truck & Van

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Brazil

Farizon appoints distributor for Brazil with plans of truck sales from September

By Jose Secco – 21st July 2025

By the end of the year, the company expects to have some 500 units in operation on the Brazilian market.

Strategy/Policy

New Company

FAW steps up global expansion under its “Sprint 2030” strategy

By Will Pulson – 16th July 2025

Plan approved to establish eight new overseas subsidiaries

Diesel Engines & Engine Components

Chery announces CV powertrain collaboration with Cummins

By Will Pulson – 12th July 2025

New Phoenix multi-fuel “super” truck range launched

Steyr signs contract manufacturing agreement to build Chinese trucks for the European market

By Bradley Osborne – 8th July 2025

Battery Systems, Supercapacitors & Solar

Autonomous Vehicles

Battery Electric

Fleet of 100 autonomous trucks deployed in Chinese mine

By Will Pulson – 4th July 2025

Indonesia

Order

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Rept Battero signs Indonesian battery supply deal

By Will Pulson – 3rd July 2025

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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.

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.

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.