Hino's new Thai-based ASEAN regional research and development (R&D) and manufacturing hub is located on the Asia Industrial Estate (Suvarnabhumi) in Khlong Suan, Bang Bo, Samutprakan province, Thailand.

This new model is Mitsubishi's sixth-generation Triton pickup truck - it is, however, the first full-model changeover in eight years, with the current model first being launched in 2015.

The company has acquired two Seattle-based companies, Integrated Systems and Controls and InControl in order to strengthen its HVAC business in North America.

The project is to bring together the new Fuso eCanter, which was launched earlier this year, and Ample’s Modular Battery Swapping technology. The eCanter is to be installed with modular batteries that can be automatically exchanged at Ample battery swapping stations in a targeted time of five minutes.

The 8-ton gvw buses are produced by J-Bus, a bus-producing joint venture between Hino and Isuzu Motors.

CMB stands for collision mitigation braking system - the system is supplied by Hitachi Astemo.

Now a joint venture called ‘Gaussin Macnica Mobility’ (GMM), Navya has received its first customer order since the liquidation of its assets.

The company halted production at its joint venture plant in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk in March 2022.

The company has three factories in Japan, the Kawasaki Plant, which produces trucks and industrial engines, the Nakatsu Plant, which manufactures transmissions and the Toyama City Plant, where Fuso buses are produced.

The Japanese market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw rebounded by 12% in the first quarter of 2023 after declining by 18% in the same period of last year.

MasterTrans is a dedicated bus builder established a decade ago in Taiwan, which is transitioning to production of electric buses in 18 months' time.

Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in East Asia’s seven main markets, excluding China, fell by over 2% year-on-year to 372,543 units in the first quarter of 2023 after growing just 1.6% to 364,641 units in the fourth quarter of last year.