In 2020, Russia registered 13,339 medium and heavy-duty (5t gvw and above) buses and coaches, a 4.5% decrease compared with registrations in 2019 of 13,963 units, according to statistics collated by Avtostat Info.

During 2020, Russia registered a total of 97,882 light-duty commercial vehicles with gross vehicle weight of up to 5t, which was 6.1% fewer than the 104,224 units registered in 2019, according to statistical data provided by Avtostat Info.

Semi-trailer and specialist equipment builder, Tuimazy Concrete Carrier Plant of Tuimazy, Bashkortostan, Russia - a subsidiary of heavy truck builder, KAMAZ PJSC - has invested in the design, development and production of a new premium curtainsider semi-trailer under the project name of Eurasia Cargotech.

The Neftekamsk Auto Plant based in Neftekamsk has added a liquefied natural gas-powered version to its NefAZ-5299 low floor big city bus range.

The assembly of KAMAZ-6282 electric buses has begun at the Sokolniki Tram Car Repair and Construction Plant (SVARZ) in Moscow, a facility owned by the city public transit organization, Mosgortrans, which has been converted partly to complete the manufacture of up to 500 buses a year.

The Kama Auto Plant (KamAZ) of Naberezhnye Chelny, has expanded its city bus portfolio to include a low-floor articulated city bus, KAMAZ-6299, in its own name.

Light-duty truck builder, Ulyanovsk Auto Plant (UAZ) of Ulyanovsk - a subsidiary of Sollers JSC - has unveiled a 4x2 version with dual wheels of its light-duty commercial truck, UAZ Profi.

The GAZ Group has begun sales of a new 10.34m low-entry bus model called KaVZ-4270 LE (Low Entry) bus, which is to be manufactured at the Kurgan Bus Plant (KaVZ).

KamAZ OSJC of Naberezhnye Chelny has expanded its range of heavy-duty tippers for off-road quarrying operations with the new 10x6, KAMAZ-65807, which offers a payload of 65t (95t gvw) – it was launched at MiningWorld Russia-2021 exhibition in Moscow in April.

Hyundai Truck and Bus Rus LLC has started series CKD assembly / manufacture of the Hyundai Mighty medium-duty truck range at the Avtotor plant in Kaliningrad.

Registrations of buses and coaches 5t gvw and above on the Russian market in the first nine months of 2020 fell by 8.0% year-on-year to 9,052 vehicles, according to statistics reported by LLC Avtostat Info.

In the first nine months of 2020, Russia sold 49,562 medium and heavy-duty trucks, which was 7.6% fewer than those registered in the same period of last year, according to statistics collated by Avtostat Info.