The Thai commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw expanded by just over 1% to 137,660 in the fourth quarter of 2020 after declining sharply to 136,172 units in the same period of the previous year, according to data and some estimates from various industry sources compiled by www.AsiaMotorBusiness.com.

Volvo Bus Thailand Company of Bangkok is looking to expand sales this year by expanding its customer base beyond the tourist industry with a new focus on coach sales to factories and state agencies for worker transportation contracts, according to a company executive, Kulkarineetham Dechchai, managing director of Volvo Bus Thailand.

General Motors Company says  it plans to withdraw from several markets in Asia-Pacific and Oceania to focus on its most profitable global markets.

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority in December 2019 said it was looking to cancel its THB20bn new bus purchase plan, as the country’s economy continued to slow sharply in the fourth quarter of the year.

Isuzu Motors Ltd unveiled its new-generation D-Max one-ton pickup truck at the Tokyo Motor show in October; this is its first full-model changeover in eight years.

Thailand’s state-owned public transport services operator, Transport Co in June held an online bidding process for the supply of 314 buses to strengthen its national and international bus network.

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

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.

Electronics giant, Hitachi Ltd, last month launched a truck sharing service in Thailand to help improve road haulage efficiency in the country.

Thailand’s government said it plans to make B10 biodiesel available at 340 filling stations across the country this year, with the roll-out starting at the end of May.

Sales of pickup trucks and derivatives rose by more than 12% to 132,705 units in the first quarter of 2019 from an already buoyant 118,252 sales in the same period of last year, driven by strong consumer sentiment and rising incomes.