June saw the start of series production of Mercedes-Benz eO500U electric bus chassis on the modern Bus Chassis Production Line at the Mercedes-Benz do Brasil plant in São Bernardo do Campo (SP).

XCMG states that 30 E7-49T units are already in operation with customers in different parts of Brazil.

The Volvo FM Electric model is the first demonstration model; a tractor unit with an output of up to 490kW (660hp) and a total combined vehicle gross weight of up to 44 tonnes.

Banco Mercedes-Benz do Brasil (BMB) of São Paulo, has reported record revenues in the history of the division of BRA 19.454 billion (USD 3.67 bn) compared with BRA 14.415 bn (USD 2.72 bn) in 2021, growth of 35%.

Production of the Ford Transit takes place in Montevideo, Uruguay, as part of a contract assembly agreement between Ford and the Nordex company (a specialist in outsourced vehicle assembly) forged at the end of 2020.

Scania is offering a range of commercial vehicles powered by gas engines that can run on natural gas and biomethane in Brazil as well as in Colombia.

TEVX Motors* is building a factory Pecém to be able to locally assemble the new electric buses for the city of Cascavel, Paraná State.

Busscar, a coach brand, resurrected by Carrbus, now has several models in production at Joinville for export.

Chassis were built initially in Ipiranga, at a JV operation between Ford and VW before moving to the wholly-owned plant of Resende.

The first product to come out the new production area is the e-Sys electric drive system for trailers.

Bus and coach and truck exports in Q1 at more than 5,000 unit still significant for Brazil's economy

Frasle Mobility is the name of a new business unit of Fras-le S.A. involved in development and manufacture of new composite materials for the transport industry.