The Malaysian commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw weakened slightly in the second quarter of 2023, with sales falling by 3% after volumes almost doubled in the same period of last year as the economy rebounded from the previous year’s lockdowns.

Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in East Asia’s seven main markets, excluding China, declined by almost 9% to 308,421 units in the second quarter of 2023 from 338,668 units.

This centre has begun testing semiconductors that the company manufactures at its factory in Dresden, Germany. The new facility houses 400 employees and includes office space, conference rooms and laboratories to ensure quality control in the manufacturing process.

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

SWM, which manages 40 percent of Malaysia’s waste collection services, is upgrading its fleet with 250 Hino 500 Series refuse trucks which will pair the Hino J08E-WK engine with the Allison 3000 Series six-speed fully automatic transmission with Power Take-Off.

The Malaysian commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw continued to expand in the first quarter of 2023, by almost 13% after growing by over 20% a year earlier.

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.

Malaysian market for CVs (up 40%) heavily dependent on strong pickup sales (up 42%).

The seven major markets of East Asia (excluding China) has grown by 125,000 commercial vehicles in the last two years.

These right-hand drive chassis will be bodied by GML and delivered to customers in Malaysia for trial in Q1 2023.

The YT200EV terminal tractor features 350 kWh Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) batteries that provide up to 10 hours of operation and can be fully charged within an hour.

A JV called Terberg Tractors Malaysia Sdn Bhd (TTM) of Puchong, Selangor, is testing an autonomous terminal tractor in a container terminal in Johor this month, using artificial intelligence (AI) and software supplied by Aidrivers Ltd of Uxbridge, UK.