Dubbed ‘VEDS 1.5’, the new version of the Voith Electrical Drive System for buses and coaches will come with Voith’s ‘Drive Inverter System’ with integrated drive management unit.

Registrations of commercial vehicles exceeds 10,000 vehicle mark!

Brazilian bus body production grew 6.91% to 11,600 units in the first half of 2025.

‘Completion of the offer is conditional on the separation of Iveco Group’s defence business’

Now in its fourth edition, the Road Transport Expo has grown exponentially since it began in 2022. I attended the inaugural show at the National Agricultural and Exhibition Centre in Stoneleigh, UK and missed the following two. Returning for the 2025 edition, the difference from the first show is night and day, with many more exhibitors and hundreds of trucks, vans, and trailers on display. For those reporting on the truck body and trailer industry in Britain, the expo has become indispensable: the companies featured in the report below represent just more than half of the truck body and trailer manufacturers who exhibited at the show.

UDTrucks' new Kuzer is based on Isuzu’s N-series.

These partners will collaborate on the development and integration of hydrogen fuel cell technology into commercial vehicles, aiming to create high-performance drivetrains optimised for UK conditions.

Wrightbus says it has worked for two years on a 6x2 chassis which can cope with fixed axle and steering axle configurations and can allow for extra battery packs without reducing passenger capacity.

“Cargo Box” bodies, installed on a light commercial vehicle chassis powered by a battery electric driveline, are now being built in series in a dedicated “body shop” in the Atessa plant.

Tsien brings more than four decades of experience in the automotive industry, primarily at General Motors, where he served as executive vice president and chief technology officer.

Demand for bus and coach chassis in Brazil accelerated strongly in the period of January to June 2025 with registrations totalling 11,635 vehicles.

Trailer sales decreased by almost 20% from 44,664 to 35,831 units.