The kingdom's first electric bus to enter commercial operation serves passengers travelling between the old part of Jeddah and the districts in the north-western part of the inner city.

Jane Beaman has been appointed to Vice President and General Manager of the Pickup and Global Bus Business, Andreas Lippert to Vice President of New Power Engineering and José Samperio to Vice President and General Manager of North America On-Highway.

Under the Inflation Reduction Act, vehicles with a gross weight exceeding 14,000 pounds (6350 kg) can now qualify for commercial clean vehicle tax credits of up to USD40,000.

Sales of medium and heavy rigid trucks (7.5t gvw and above) in India increased by 46.3% in the period for April to December of 2022-23 to 181,934 units from 124,367 units in same period of the year 2021-22.

The facility includes a 15,000-square-foot workshop with all the necessary infrastructure to service traditional internal combustion engine-powered trucks as well as electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles.

Domestic sales of buses and coaches (7.5t gvw and above) increased by 130.5% in Q3 (October to December) of the financial year 2022-23 (Q3/FY22-23) to register 8,331 units, up from 3,615 units in Q3 of FY 2021-22.

The company announced an emissions testing milestone for its Vehicle Group's cylinder deactivation (CDA) and late intake valve closing (LIVC) technologies. Both are proven to systematically reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), and both are designed for diesel-engine-powered commercial vehicles to achieve compliance with new EU Euro VII emissions legislation.

The company has started pre-series production of its new all-electric Syberia eCool temperature-controlled unit, designed to be used with urban delivery electric trucks.

The heavy haulage tractor sector saw sales more than double during April to December of 2022-23 to register 35,334 units compared with 15,794 units in the same period of the previous year (2021-22).

The contract, with the Swedish public operator, Svealandstrafiken, comprises 23 Ebusco 3.0 13.5-metre Class II e-buses with an option to purchase an additional 41.

Tractor production increased by 101.1% overall from 6,822 units to 13,717 units, but export sales declined by 50%.

Iveco has offered several iterations of the eDaily over the past decade.