The Russian trailer market after six years of growth declined in 2019.

Portuguese bus and coach manufacturer, CaetanoBus and PB GUP Passazhiravtotrans, the largest bus operator in North-Western region of Russia, which signed a co-operation agreement during Busworld Europe, have announced Passazhiravtotrans began testing Caetano’s e.City Gold electric bus in St. Petersburg.

The GAZ Group has begun sales of an off-road medium-duty truck called Sadko NEXT.

Last month, Moscow hosted the COMTRANS International Commercial Vehicle Show organized by ITEMF Expo Company in cooperation with the Organization of Russian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers.

Hyundai’s range of medium-duty trucks assembled at the Avtotor plant in Kaliningrad is to be broadened and extended with the market introduction of Hyundai’s range of medium-duty trucks known as Mighty.

In the first half of 2019, Russia registered 45,662 new light commercial vehicles and including buses of M2 category which was 9.1% fewer than the 50,208 units registered in the same period of last year, according to statistics collated by Avtostat Info.

According to LLC Avtostat Info, in the first half of 2019 Russia registered 6,489 new buses with gross vehicle weights of 6 tonnes and above, which was 8.3% down on 7,077 units registered in the same period of 2017.

According to statistics collated by LLC Avtostat Info, 38,844 new medium and heavy-duty trucks were registered in Russia in the first half of 2019; a decrease of 6.4% on 37,212 units registered in the same period of 2018.

The government of Moscow city and PJSC KAMAZ have signed an agreement whereby Kamaz will set up an assembly plant in the city for building more than 500 electric buses annually.

Leading Russian heavy truck builder, KAMAZ AG summed up the financial results of the year.

Hino Motors Corporation in April began construction of a new assembly plant in Khimki, near Moscow, to supply the local market with light and medium trucks.

Daimler Kamaz Rus, the joint venture between Daimler AG and Russian partner, PSJC Kamaz, has opened a new truck cab production facility in Naberezhnye Chelny.