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By Bradley Osborne – 23rd April 2024

Volvo NA has not divulged the location of the newly announced plant in Mexico, but it will reportedly cover 1.7m square feet when it is opened for production in two years’ time.

Mexico

Manufacture

Investment

Dayco inaugurates new manufacturing facility in Mexico

By Luke Willetts – 7th April 2024

Mexico

Electric Drive

Daimler Truck North America delivers the first Freightliner eCascadia to Mexico

By Luke Willetts – 12th March 2024

China

Forecast & Trends

Strategy/Policy

Demand for high-end heavy trucks in China on the rise, says Volvo

By Will Pulson – 2nd March 2024

Brazil

Prototype, Testing & Trials

Electric Drive

Cuiabá city in centre-west Brazil testing Higer’s Azure A12BR e-bus

By Jose Secco – 28th February 2024

Bus & Coach

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Brazil

Statistics

Registrations

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Brazil’s production of bus bodies grows 2.4% in 2023

By Jim Gibbins – 12th February 2024

Production in 2023 totalled 19,612 vehicles, according to FABUS.

Mexico

Electric Drive

BYD delivers its first batch of electric buses to Mexico City

By Luke Willetts – 11th February 2024

Thirty-five more buses are set to be delivered in Q1 2024. The low-floor 15m electric buses have a range of 200 km on a single charge, thanks to the 300-kWh battery pack, which takes three hours to fully charge.

Colombia

Statistics

Registrations

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Truck & bus sales in Colombia fall by 23.4%

By Jose Secco – 9th February 2024

The CV market in Colombia ended 2023 with the sale of 32,511 vehicles, down 23.5% on the 42,488 units sold in 2022.

Uruguay

Statistics

Registrations

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CV sales in Uruguay increased by 4.8% in 2023

By Jose Secco – 9th February 2024

Ecuador

Statistics

Registrations

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Ecuador CV market benefits from strong van and bus+coach segments

By Jose Secco – 8th February 2024

Statistics

Registrations

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Peru’s CV market slips 2.3% in 2023 but December's rally of 9.8% represents sign of a recovery

By Jose Secco – 8th February 2024

Truck & Van

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Green transformation: Oliver Schwank talks to T&BB about sustainability at Maxion Wheels

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Green transformation: Oliver Schwank talks to T&BB about sustainability at Maxion Wheels

By Bradley Osborne – 20th February 2024

In the opening pages of its very first sustainability report, published in 2019, Iochpe-Maxion proclaimed its interest in “establishing a position of transparency for the market and society”. The Brazilian company – originally a logging firm and now one of the largest manufacturers of wheels and structural components for automotives and commercial vehicles – had pursued certain sustainability objectives prior to 2019, but these had been managed individually by its numerous subsidiaries.

Brazil

Order

IVECO announces biggest single order for the latest S-Way truck in Brazil

By Jose Secco – 20th February 2024

Fenatran triggers largest order for IVECO Latin America.

Brazil

Performance

Forecast & Trends

Volvo FH 540 remains Brazil's best-selling truck for the fifth year in a row

By Jose Secco – 17th February 2024

The Volvo FH 540 heavy truck ended 2023 repeating the same feat of the previous five years.

Brazil

Alternative Fuel Engines

Sustainability

Scania sells first 100 all-biodiesel (B100) trucks in Brazil

By Jose Secco – 16th February 2024

Brazil

Performance

DAF Trucks in Brazil records best year yet in 2023

By Jose Secco – 14th February 2024

Chile

Statistics

Registrations

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Chilean truck market in decline across all segments in 2023

By Jose Secco – 13th February 2024

Trailer

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Mexico

Axles & Suspensions

Electric Drive

Suspensys presents e-Sys electric drive axle to the Mexican market

By Jose Secco – 19th February 2024

The e-Sys is an electric energy recovery and auxiliary traction system developed exclusively by Randoncorp subsidiaries. The Mexican market, according to Suspensys, on average is 25,000 new semi-trailers per year, and is the second largest in Latin America, behind Brazil.

Brazil

Aftermarket

Investment

Librelato reaches 31 Libreparts stores across Brazil

By Jose Secco – 11th February 2024

Recently, Librelato opened five new units in five key states of Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul and Tocantins. Since 2018, when the first unit was created, Libreparts stores have grown consistently year after year.

High uptake of Sigaway’s telemetry solutions packages by Librelato’s trailer customers in first year

By Jose Secco – 22nd November 2023

The most popular features among fleet owners are real-time location, alerts, speed history, idle time and TPMS (Tyre Pressure Monitoring System), says Librelato.

Brazil

Financial Services

Achievement

Volvo Financial Services celebrates 30 years in Brazil with record sales and new capital injection of R$850 million

By Jim Gibbins – 15th November 2023

Volvo Financial Services (VFS) América do Sul based in Curitiba, Paraná, is now 30 years old on the Brazilian market with managed assets in 2023 totalling BRA 22 billion (USD4.4bn).