Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Co Ltda ( (VWCO - Volkswagen Truck and Bus) of Resende, Brazil (a member of the Traton Group) in January said it plans to enter the Philippine commercial vehicle market this year through the local MAN truck distributor (also a subsidiary of Traton), MAN Automotive Concessionaires Corporation (MACC) of Quezon City (Manilla), the Philippines. 

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Comercio e Serviços Ltda (VWCO) of Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil says it has concluded a partnership agreement to sell its vehicles in the Philippines.

South Korea's fire truck maker, EnPlus to invest USD99m in EV manufacturing plant in the Philippines

The market for commercial vehicles over 2-tons gvw across the Philippines weakened significantly in the third quarter of 2021, by almost 23% to 17,726 from already weak year-earlier sales of 22,888 units.

EnPlus plans to invest the equivalent of USD99m in an electric vehicle manufacturing plant for the production of battery-powered "Jeepney" vehicles in the Philippines.

Hong Kong-based Ev Dynamics has announced the delivery of 70 units of its 6.5 metre COMET electric minibus to the Philippines.

The market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in the Philippines rebounded by over 130% to an estimated 21,692 units in the second quarter of 2021 after plunging by 83% to 9,426 units in the same period of last year.

The Philippine market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw expanded by over 6% to an estimated 24,901 units in the first quarter of 2021 from 23,374 units in the same period of last year.

Sales of medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles over 5 tons gvw are estimated to have decreased by 56% year-on-year to 2,044 units in the fourth quarter of 2020 after rising by close to 20% to 4,610 units in the same period of the previous year.

Sales of pickup trucks declined by almost 17% to 13,227 units in the fourth quarter of 2020 from 15,847 units in the same period of the previous year, resulting in full-year sales falling by more than 41% to 40,187 units from strong year-earlier sales of 68,355 units.

The Philippine market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw continued to plunge in the fourth quarter of 2020, by close to 32% to 22,161 units from 32,405 units a year earlier, according to www.AsiaMotorBusiness.com analysis of data sourced from the industry.

The Philippine market for medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles over 5 tons gvw is estimated to have declined by over 26% to 2,889 units in the first quarter of 2020 from already weak year-earlier sales of 3,930 units. Sales in March plunged as exports, investment and domestic business activity dropped sharply due to the COVID19 coronavirus pandemic.