Hino Motor Sales Australia Pty Ltd has noted a high uptake of Allison’s fully automatic transmission (Allison 3200 series 6 speed with electronic control) being specified in its medium-duty Hino 500 Series truck sold in Australia.

Fuso, the brand name of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation and Chevrolet, which is the brand name given to trucks sold in Ecuador imported from Isuzu Motors Ltd in Japan, have both announced investments upgrading their range of trucks in order to try and expand their respective market shares in the country and region.

Bridgestone do Brasil Indústria e Comércio Ltda has expanded its bus and truck tyre range in Brazil with the launch of the M842 radial tyre for use on steering axles on trucks and buses and the L325 tyre, designed for use on truck drive axles for short- and medium-distance applications.

H2.City Gold is the name of the new hydrogen powered Caetano electric bus, with a range of 400km built by CaetanoBus in Portugal and featuring the Toyota fuel cell system

Hino Motors Ltd in June announced it had entered the Mongolian market with the opening of an authorized sales and service centre in the country’s capital city of Ulan Bator.

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, a Daimler subsidiary based in Kawasaki, at the end of August unveiled the 2019 model-year Aero Star large city bus and Rosa medium-duty bus.

Hino Motors Ltd held a grand opening ceremony for a new truck assembly plant in Mineral Wells which was attended by Yoshio Shimo, group CEO, Shigehiro Matsuoka, US Hino Sales president and Takashi Ono, US Hino Manufacturing president alongside other local dignitaries.

Toyota Motor Corporation has continued to roll-out its new Hiace model by launching the sixth generation of the minibus in Thailand in June.

Toyota Motor Corporation said it is supplying key parts for hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles to Chinese truck and bus builders, FAW Group Corporation and Higer Bus Co Ltd, as it looks to promote the use of the technology globally.

Hino Motors Ltd plans to introduce its light-duty Hino Bus Liesse Ⅱ in Thailand starting September, as the company looks to expand its product range to help fulfill the diverse customer requirements in the country.

Hino Motors Ltd in July began construction of a new combined R&D and production base in Bang Bo in Thailand’s Samut Prakarn Province.

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation introduced six new variants of its medium-duty Fighter truck at the Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show in Jakarta in July.