Chinese Electric Bus manufacturer BYD recently announced its decision to invest €10 million in a site in the town of Allonne, near Beauvais, in Hauts-de-France to build a new assembly site. The project calls for around 100 jobs to be created in the initial phase. The production facility will occupy 32,000 sq m of a […]
In 2016, Scania saw a significant uptake in business relating to sustainable transport. The increase reflects a growing demand for both products and services. The number of vehicles that Scania sold that run on alternative fuels and hybrids increased by 40 percent in 2016, a proof point of the company’s efforts to lead the shift […]
The TraXon automatic commercial vehicle transmission system from ZF has broken into a major international market: It is going into volume production in Chinese manufacturer Foton’s new Auman EST-A. This truck is designed specially for long-distance traffic. A celebration in Beijing last weekend marked the official market launch of the “Chinese Truck of the Year.” […]
Tan Chong Industrial Equipment (TCIE), the sole distributor of UD Trucks in Malaysia has appointed Edaran Setia Auto Sdn Bhd as the sales dealer for the truck brand with the official opening of the newly built dealership here. Edaran Setia Auto’s newly constructed one-acre dealership on Jalan Haji Ahmad comprises of a sales showroom and […]
Mercedes-Benz Vans Sales Germany has symbolically handed over the first batch of a total of more than 2100 vans – scheduled for delivery in the 2017 fiscal year – to Europcar, Europe’s largest vehicle rental provider. The demands by customers for rented vans can vary widely, depending on the intended area of application: transporting cartons, […]
Does the biological effect of light have a positive influence on the well-being and performance of truck drivers? A research team from Daimler has been exploring this interesting question in the darkness of Finland’s polar night. A total of eight Daimler test drivers simulated two typical working weeks for truckers at the site in Rovaniemi. […]
Volkswagen Truck & Bus GmbH — which houses the MAN, Scania, Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus, and RIO brands — can look back on 2016 as a successful fiscal year. Sales of commercial vehicles increased by 3 % to around 184,000 vehicles. This enabled the Group to turn in a successful performance despite a regionally difficult […]
On December 23, 2016, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) of the People’s Republic of China released the final rule of the Stage 6 Limits and Measurement Methods for Emissions from Light-Duty Vehicles ( also known as China 6 standard or China 6). The new standards apply to light-duty vehicle categories up to 3,500 kg […]
The keys to a Renault Trucks C8x4 Tridem were handed over to BML, the specialist in ready-to-use concrete in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in France earlier today. It is said that this vehicle is intended for use on worksites in city areas, in particular the Saint-Antoine car park project in Lyon. The Renault Truck C8x4 Tridem […]
2016 saw MAN noticeably improve its operating profit by over €100 million to €204 million. Excluding special items attributable to restructuring expenses, operating profit was lifted to over €400 million. As well as positive momentum from the European commercial vehicles market, this was largely attributable to structural improvements at MAN Truck & Bus. Specifically introduced […]
