Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in East Asia’s seven main markets, excluding China, declined by almost 10% to 305,868 units combined in the third quarter of 2021 after falling by 17% to 338,776 units in the same period of last year.

Japan’s market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw declined slightly to 100,778 units in the third quarter of 2021 from an already weak 101,522 units a year earlier.

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.

The Malaysian commercial vehicle market over two tons gvw plunged by over 31% to 10,476 units in the third quarter of 2021 from 15,288 units a year earlier.

The Thai market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw declined by over 24% to 81,585 units in the third quarter of 2021 from an already weak 65,795 units in the same period of last year.

Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in Vietnam plunged by over 39% to 8,785 units in the third quarter of 2021 after declining by over 17% to 15,462 units in the same period of last year.

The market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw rebounded by over 89% to 33,195 in the third quarter of 2021, after plunging by 59% to 17,533 units a year earlier.

The commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw in South Korea declined by over 10% to 53,323 units in the third quarter of 2021 after rebounding by over 14% to 59,303 units a year earlier.

The Shogun 510, which will be distributed by Daimler Truck and Bus Australia, has a gross combination mass of 63 tons, 510 hp and a maximum torque of 2,500 Nm.

Karl Deppen will be responsible for Daimler Truck China Ltd as well as the Japanese and Indian markets.

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.

Hyundai plans to offer all its commercial vehicle model ranges with a hydrogen fuel cell option and to apply the technology to all types of public transport vehicles as part of its Hydrogen Vision 2040 programme.