The National Association of Bus Manufacturers is forecasting the worst year this century for the Brazilian bus industry, with performance comparable only to 1999, when only 12,098 bodies were produced.

Scania Latin America Ltda reported record domestic truck sales growth of 115% for the first six months of 2021 at 7,794 units compared with 3,625 units and sees the strong demand continuing in the second half of the year.  

“In recent years, we have increased our competitiveness and strengthened sales to several countries in the African continent, such as Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana, among others.

July saw Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda (a Traton Group company) deliver the first of 100 e-Delivery all-electric light trucks to Ambev, who has ordered 1,600 e-trucks in total.

Higer Bus Co Ltd has started on-road field tests of its full-electric city buses in Brazil.

Bus body builder, Caio Induscar Indústria de Carrocerias Ltda has launched a new generation of Apache VIP city bus model.

Sales of trucks and bus chassis by Iveco Latin America Ltda grew 71% in the first half of this year, well above the market average, which was around 50%.

Cummins Brasil Ltda recently acquired a T-Scan Zeiss 3D scanning device (a handheld laser scanner) for digitally measuring equipment and products.

TatraBras Ltd, a subsidiary of off-road truck builder, Tatra Trucks AS – has presented to the state of  Paraná its first two 6x6 off-road trucks for the Brazilian market.

The city of Ribeirão Preto (SP) has started testing the BYD D9W - 20 410 low-floor chassis fitted with a Caio Millenium body.

At the beginning of the year, Volvo Latin America Ltda announced it was hiring of 400 temporary employees for the plant in Curitiba (PR).

TUPY SA, Westport Fuel Systems Inc and AVL List GmbH have announced a collaboration to develop a hydrogen internal combustion engine for heavy goods transportation.