Hexagon Purus is set to supply hydrogen storage and battery packs to Toyota Motor North America for the series production of its heavy-duty fuel cell powertrains. These HFC powertrains will be manufactured at the Toyota facility in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Orders can now be placed for Scania’s 40-tonne tipper truck, installed with the company’s own self-driving software which it has tested over six years in mining operations in Australia.

After the 2022 edition of ‘Busworld Southeast Asia’, I argued that the divergent priorities of the Indonesian government and the country’s longstanding bus and coach manufacturers were on full display at the show. At this year’s show, held between 15-17 May at the Jakarta International Expo, the domestic manufacturers doubled the number of electric models on show – that is to say, they displayed a total of two electric buses instead of one. The impression I got two years ago of divergent, even opposing, ideas about the future of the market in Indonesia was confirmed by the latest show, which was much larger in scale and well attended following the final removal of all pandemic-era restrictions.

The ST1 (Service Type 1) battery-powered LCV platform is the name of a new, purpose-designed platform of battery-powered light commercial vehicles from Hyundai for the local delivery market segment.

The plan is to start mass production of a battery-powered version of the Hilux pickup truck for Thailand and for export.

Tata Daewoo has resumed exports to Algeria under the Daewoo brand after the country’s Ministry of Trade began easing restrictions on vehicle imports last year.

Andersson as its new president (managing director), replacing Thomas Hemmerich, who had been in the job since 2021.

The Japanese truck-maker, now part of the Isuzu Group, claims the Quon was the first heavy-duty truck worldwide to feature the Urea Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system, which purifies nitrogen oxide emissions, when it was originally launched in 2004.

Kia said the new “Tasman” will be a multi-purpose model aimed at the “working” and “life-style” sub-segments of the global pickup truck market.

Fuso, Mitsubishi Motors and Mitsubishi Corporation to operate an online platform JV providing information and one-stop services relating to electric vehicles (EV). 

The delivery was part of an order for ten double-deck coaches fitted with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and five single-deck buses placed by the bus operator last year, as it looked to fulfil growing demand for inter-state road travel.

The company has made the European launch of its new GDL617 Ecoroad truck tyre, launched in size 315/70R22.5. Based on the Giti GDL617, the company announced that the Ecoroad truck tyre has superior rolling resistance, retreadability, improved fuel economy and higher mileage capabilities based on a new tread compound and a tweaked tread pattern.