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.

First half sales ofCVs in 2022 increase by 50%.

In the first half of 2022, regional sales rose by 2.5% to 703,309 units, although the CV performance of the seven different markets in the region (excludes China) was either very positive or extremely negative.

Aidrivers and AD Ports Group of Abu Dhabi will trial terminal tractors or yard trucks fitted with Aidrivers’ autonomous driving technology at Zayed Port, with scope to expand to other locations.

Isuzu Malaysia has delivered its first 6x2 medium-duty truck in Malaysia following the truck’s launch at the Malaysia Commercial Vehicle Expo in March 2022.

MAN Malaysia has delivered the first TGX truck in Malaysia after the new flagship model was unveiled at the Malaysia Commercial Vehicle Expo (MCVE 2022) in March

Weeks after opening its new silicon wafer fabrication facility in Dresden, Robert Bosch GmbH, based in Stuttgart, has announced it is to invest EUR400 million in its silicon chip manufacturing facilities throughout 2022. The investment will expand its wafer fabrication sites in Dresden and Reutlingen, Germany, and its semiconductor operations in Penang, Malaysia.