The light and medium truck segment, up to 10.5 tons gvw bucked the trend by increasing 6.2%.

Gonzalez will take up his role on 1 April, replacing Westport CEO Dan Sceli who leads the joint venture on an interim basis.

The Yutong T75e will come with an energy capacity of either 100 or 132 kilowatt hours, with the latter option providing a range of over 180 miles.

Scania has committed to supplying Weber this year with approximately 20,000 tonnes of used sand from its foundry in Södertälje, a waste byproduct from the casting of engine components which would ordinarily be sent to landfill.

Trucks sales in 2024 fell by 3.5%, whereas bus and coach sales declined steeply by 32.8%.

The new plant will produce wiring systems for the CV industry in order to meet the growing demand in that segment of the business.

Daimler plans on delivering another 50 of these e-trucks before the end of the year, with the majority heading to European dealerships as demonstrator models.

Truck sales at 15,308 units in 2024 was the second highest in the ten last years.

The French manufacturer says it will reorganise itself into four business groups: Exterior & Lighting; Modules; C-Power; and H2-Power.

The brand, called ‘Rightech’, has a strategic framework agreement with two Chinese manufacturers to distribute and service four vehicle models, two of which are trucks.

FAW Jiefang steps up development of New Energy Commercial Vehicles (NECVs).

Truck market down by 2.5%, while van, bus and coach sales slip 9.3%.