Commercial Vehicles

Omega Seiki Mobility has forged a transformative partnership with Exponent Energy to launch the world's premier passenger electric three-wheeler with Exponent’s 15-minute rapid-charging capabilities, the OSM Stream ...

In a significant enhancement of passenger road transport connectivity in the state of Odisha, Volvo Bus India has successfully secured an order for 122 premium luxury coaches.

CNH, a global leader in agricultural and construction solutions, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its brand, New Holland in India.

Vijayanand Travels (VT) has made a milestone announcement by placing the largest order in India for 550 Intercity buses from Volvo and Eicher.

Bosch is entering the hydrogen age of mobility. At its Stuttgart-Feuerbach location, the supplier of technology and services has now begun volume production of its fuel-cell power module. Nikola Corporation, based i...

The Indian commercial vehicle industry witnessed a resurgence in terms of sales for the month of May 2023 (YOY) with the 3 wheeler and commercial vehicle sales recording growth rates of 79%, and 7% respectively. Th...

According to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) Vehicle Retail Data for May’23, tractor sales have grown by 10 per cent YOY. Mahindra & Mahindra is the absolute leader in tractor sales in the c...

PMI Electro Mobility, India's largest electric bus manufacturer and fleet operator, has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first company to deliver electric buses in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, in i...

Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd (PVPL), a 100 % subsidiary of the Italian auto giant Piaggio Group and India’s leading manufacturer of small commercial vehicles, announced the launch of the all-new Ape Xtra LDX. Available ...

Fresh Bus, a new-age intercity EV bus service announced the launch of its first electric bus fleet on the Bengaluru-Tirupati route.

Tata Motors has signed an MoU with Uber, India’s leading ridesharing app, to bring 25,000 Xpres–T EVs into their premium category service.

PMI Electro Mobility, India’s largest electric bus company, announced the delivery of its 1,000th electric bus, becoming the first company in the country to achieve this milestone. Delivered under the FAME II scheme...

The commercial vehicle (CV) segment grew by a whopping 33pc in Nov 2022, as per the retail sales data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA).

According to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) September 2022 retail sales figures, three-wheeler (3W) retail sales increased by 72%. When compared with September’19, a pre-covid month, sales ...

According to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), on YoY basis, CV sales were up by 19%. When compared with September’19, a pre-covid month, CV closed in green by increasing 17%.

On YoY basis, except for tractors sales which decreased by -1.5%, all the other categories were in green. This was stated by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA)

Mahindra & Mahindra has launched the new Jeeto Plus CNG400, an addition to its existing Jeeto Plus range that promises to set new standards in fuel efficiency and mileage.

e-Ashwa Automotive Private Limited has announced its entry into electric auto segment with the launch of e-auto priced at Rs. 1,65,000/- (ex-Delhi showroom price).

Except for tractors, commercial vehicles comprising of 3 wheelers, trucks and buses showed a downward trend in retail sales in May 2022 as compared to month of May 2019, the year without the pandemic. This was accor...

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), makers of the Bolero Pik-Up, has announced the launch of the ‘New Bolero City Pik-Up’, an addition to its existing ‘Pik-Up’ range. The new model boasts of best-in-class mileage, segment l...

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES), part of the Mahindra Group, recorded domestic sales of 39405 units in April 2022, as against 26130 units during April 2021.

Commercial vehicle manufacturers in the country continued to show steady progress in their domestic as well as exports for the month of April 2022

Leading tractor brand Sonalika manufactured by International Tractors Ltd (ITL) based in Hoshiarpur in Pinjab has exported 28,722 tractors in April -Jan’22 period against 17,938 tractors exported during the same per...

Rural sentiments continued to have its impact on the Indian tractor industry as this segment recorded a negative 10.32 per cent slump in retail sales for December 2021, as compared to December 2020, according to the...

Unlike sentiments in the passenger vehicles and two-wheeler segments, the commercial vehicles (CV) and 3 wheeler segments showed a positive growth in retail sales for the month of December 2021, as compared to Dec 2...

Eicher Trucks & Buses, part of VE Commercial Vehicles Limited, completed the 315th vehicle delivery to KNR Constructions Limited. The company bagged an order of 130 vehicles from the Hyderabad-based infrastructure m...

Trucks and buses account for a large part of CO2 emissions from the transport sector in Europe. Reducing emissions is one of the major challenges if the Paris Agreement target is to be met, and most agree that elect...

BYD India, a subsidiary of the Warren Buffett-backed EV maker BYD, has announced the launch of the all-new e6, which will be available for the Indian B2B segment.

Mahindra & Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector, part of the Mahindra Group launched a new-age advanced tractor range called the Yuvo Tech+. The tractors will be available in three models: Yuvo Tech+ 275 (27.6 kW-37 HP)...

VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) delivered 50 units of the 24-seater Eicher CNG AC Buses to Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML). These buses were flagged off by Devendra Fadnavis and Maharashtra BJP pre...

Mahindra & Mahindra has launched its new range of Supro Profit Trucks. Developed on the successful Supro platform, this new range of cargo mover is affordable, more powerful, boasts of a greater payload capacity and...

Fifty-eight-year-old Dr Andy Palmer, former CEO of UK luxury car company Aston Martin Lagonda has been appointed Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Switch Mobility Ltd, the new electrified commer...

Mitsubishi Mahindra Agricultural Machinery (MAM), the Japanese subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra, and Kubota Co. of Japan announced that the two companies have entered into a business collaboration arrangement for t...

Eicher Trucks & Buses, part of VE Commercial Vehicles Limited, completed the 200th vehicle delivery to Apco Infratech Pvt. Ltd.

Eicher Trucks & Buses, part of VE Commercial Vehicles Limited, completed the 200th vehicle delivery to Apco Infratech Pvt Ltd. The company executed an order of 200 tippers and trucks from the Lucknow-based infrastru...

Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd announced that its lithium-ion battery powered electric 3-wheeler range, the Mahindra Treo, has crossed the 5,000-unit sales milestone in India. The country’s switch to EVs is being le...

Tata Motors Limited recorded a massive (-) 87 per cent fall in sales of commercial vehicles for the month of March 2020 at a mere 7123 units in March 2020 as compared to 56,536 units for March 2019. As for the finan...

Komatsu of Japan has released the 830E-5, a 230 metric tonne capacity dump truck said to be the most technologically advanced 240-US ton class truck the company has produced to date

Minus temperatures and icy roads, short days and poor visibility: Winter presents both the trucks and their drivers with a particular challenge. Finnish transport company Vähälä has 65 of their own trucks and is put...

Omega Seiki Private Limited has launched India’s first smart electric cargo 3-wheelers- Singha and Singha Max with the loading capacity of 500 Kg. The vehicles Singha and Singha Max are priced at Rs 3.5 lakh and Rs...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) showcased its all-new range of BharatBenz vehicles. On display were over a dozen medium and heavy duty trucks, and buses updated inside and out. The new product portfolio, co...

The largest construction equipment exhibition in South Asia, Excon 2019, was held in Bengaluru from December 10 to 14. This was the 10th edition of the show. The five-day event was inaugurated by Nitin Gadkari, Unio...

In the commercial vehicles segment, the drop in Aug sales stood at -38.71 per cent. A total of 51897 units of commercial vehicles were sold in Aug 2019 as compared to 84668 units in the corresponding period last yea...

Tata Motors commercial vehicles sales declined by (-) 45 per cent at 21824 units in August 2019 as compared to 39859 units in August 2018. The worst hit was medium and heavy commercial vehicles at 5340 units in Augu...

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M Ltd) sold 14,684 units of commercial vehicles in August 2019, as against 20,326 vehicles in August 2018. The company’s cv sales dropped 26.28 per cent for Aug 2019.

Domestic sales of commercial vehicles in India continued with its free fall as domestic sales fell by (-) 25.71 per cent in July 2019 at 56866 units compared to 76545 units in the corresponding period last year, acc...

An Eicher truck was always referred to as Mileage ka Badshah but now it is known as Business ka Badshah, or King of Business. This tag came after the Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles (VECV) launched the Pro 2000 ser...

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. recorded a 17 per cent drop in domestic sales of commercial vehicles in July 2019. In July 2019, the company sold 15969 units as against 19284 units in July 2018. Medium & Heavy Commercial ...

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES), noted that domestic sales of tractors in July 2019 were at 19,174 units, as against 21,574 units during July 2018. This resulted in a 11 per cent drop in sales...

The domestic sales of Ashok Leyland trucks dropped by 29 per cent in July 2019 to 10101 units as compared to 14205 units in July 2018. The medium and heavy commercial vehicle trucks sales stood at 4668 units in June...

Bajaj Auto has launched Qute, a Quadricycle in the state of Maharashtra. The launch of Qute comes in line with the acceptance of the ‘Quadricycle’ as a new category from the government of Maharashtra. It will provid...

At the recently concluded SIMA agribusiness show in Paris, France, India=based Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT) exhibited as world première the largest size of tyre the company has ever built for a radial agricultur...

The first Busworld South East Asia exhibition and congress will be taking place from March 20 – 22, 2019 at the Jakarta International Expo (JIEXPO) Kemayoran, Jakarta. This exhibition will open its doors for the fir...

Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles, a joint venture company of Eicher Group and Volvo Group of Sweden will soon be introducing an Automated Manual Transmission truck in the medium duty truck segment in the country. Th...

The 5 edition of bauma Conexpo India 2018 held from December 11 to 14, 2018 saw 700 companies from 26 countries showcasing their machines, products and innovative technologies for the construction industry. Around 3...

Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE) the world’s third largest tractor manufacturer by volumes and Iseki & Co., Ltd, the third largest Japanese agricultural machinery manufacturer for tractors, planting and ha...

Mahindra & Mahindra announced that its Small Commercial Vehicle (SCV) cargo and van platform, Supro, has completed three years on Indian roads and has over 70,000 customers since launch. To celebrate the Supro’s 3rd...

The all-new Ford Trucks F-Max was launched at the 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hanover, Germany. The F-Max takes its name from Ford’s legendary F Series, and stands out in terms of its size, high level of comfort...

Brembo, global leader in the production of braking systems, showcased a range of ECS (Electric Combined Sliding) brake calipers in spheroidal graphite iron especially for the commercial vehicle market at the 67th IA...

Kogel will be showcasing its Novum generation mega trailer at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018. This means that the Kogel volume semi-trailer now also scores with the well-known advantages of the Novum generation, i...

The 8th edition of BusWorld India targeting the Indian bus and coach industry, concluded successfully on August 31, 2018 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in Bengaluru. The international B2B ex...

Pune based automotive major Force Motors launched the country’s only 33/41-seater monocoque buses at the BusWorld 2018 Exhibition. The Traveller-Monobus is loaded with several novel features offered for the first ti...

Volvo Trucks will be introducing new and innovative solutions at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hannover, Germany (Hall 17, Stand A05). At the leading international exhibition for mobility, transport and logist...

With its new electric drive system for buses, Voith delivers a well-balanced complete system and enters the growing market for e-mobility. The innovative as well as reliable drive impresses with low weight and maxim...

BPW will be showcasing its new electro-hydraulic auxiliary steering system Active Reverse Control at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 in Hanover (Hall 26, Stand C31). This innovative system supports the steering functio...

After ten years of experimentation under actual operating conditions with its customer-partners, Renault Trucks has unveiled its second generation of all-electric vehicles: the Renault Master Z.E., Renault Trucks D ...

Tata Motors Finance Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors Limited, has picked up a 26% stake in TruckEasy, a tech based freight aggregator owned by Loginomics Technologies Solutions Limited, a Bangalore...

Trringo, India's foremost organised rental services for tractors and agricultural equipment and part of the Mahindra Group announced the successful completion of 1 lakh hours of farm mechanisation rental, post opera...

VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. (A Volvo Group and Eicher Motors joint venture) sold 6087 units in December 2017 as compared to 4071 units in December 2016, recording a growth of 49.5%. This includes 5955 units of Eiche...

Caterpillar, the global heavy machinery equipment maker, launched a new range of products at the Excon 2017 held in Bengaluru. These include backhoe loaders 426 F2, 424 B2, Hindustan 2021 D wheel loaders and Cat 336...

Ajax Fiori had on display a fleet of 15 machines at the Excon 2017 held in Bengaluru. The company launched the very first 26 metre Boom Pump in the Indian industry. Made out of high grade and light weight steel, th...

Farmtrac Tractors Europe, leading International tractor producer from Escorts group , unveiled its latest global tractor portfolio ranging from 20-120 HP, at Agritechnica 2017 held in Hanover in Germany. The first e...

Indian auto major Mahindra launched a new passenger carrier - minivan on their Jeeto platform. The Jeeto Minivan can be utilised for urban and semi urban commutes and can also facilitate last mile connectivity. Mahi...

Leading commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland recorded total sales of 7083 unitsin April 2017, down from 10,182 units sold in April 2016. While Light Commercial Vehicle sales grew by 11pc during this period ...

Leading tractor manufacturer in India, Sonalika ITL recorded an all-time high sales of 81531 units in fiscal 2016-17with growth of 19.6% over last year. This is the highest sale of tractors ever to be recorded in th...

Mahindra Truck & Bus Division (MTBD), a part of the Mahindra Group, announced the first-of-its-kind service support initiative for the Indian trucking industry, with the successful implementation of its Delhi-Mumbai...

The 4th edition of Commercial Vehicle Forum (CVF) which will be held in Chennai on November 24, 2016 will see industry leaders discussing several critical issues relating to the commercial vehicles like the aftermar...

Sonalika ITL, a leading tractor manufacturer in India, has unveiled ‘Solis 120’ a 120 HP tractor, under its international brand name ‘Solis’. With this launch, Sonalika ITL becomes the first and only Indian company...

The financial year gone by (April 2015-March 2016) has been an extremely positive one for the Indian CV industry. Laggards are still there, but the overall performance is looking good. Now with the predictions that ...

Mahindra & Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES) has launched Mahindra Yuvo range of tractors in the 30-45 HP category which will be added to the company’s existing range of highly successful 15 – 57 HP tractors. ...

Ashok Leyland Defence Systems (ALDS), has selected U.S. global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin, for pursuit of its Indian Armed Forces Light Specialist Vehicle (LSV) and Light Armored Multipurpose (LA...

JBM Auto Ltd launched the diesel version of its ultra-low-floor luxurious bus Citylife at Auto Expo 2016 here. The bus was launched by Nishant Arya, Executive Director, JBM Group in the presence of SK Arya, Chairman...

Volvo Buses in India has received an order for 51 multi-axle intercity coaches from VRL Logistics – one of India’s leading bus transport service providers. This was announced at a press meet in Bengaluru. Prabhu Sal...

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Volvo Trucks has launched the largest capacity multiaxle dump trucks for Indian mining in Excon 2015.Volvo Trucks launched two new large capacity 5 axle dump trucks for various mining applications viz the FMX 520 10...

Volvo Buses in India had announced that it would be introducing the UD brand of buses in the country in the value segment in 2015. Even as UD is getting ready for India, the Japanese truck maker UD Trucks, which is ...

For the Indian bus industry it is a milestone as two regulations aimed at imparting greater safety and comfort have come into effect from April 1, 2015. These are the Bus Body Code and mandate to make ABS standard f...

The 4th Bus & Special Vehicle show organised by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers at the India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, near Delhi from January 15 to 17, 2015 got off to a great start with several laun...

Daimler Trucks will nearly sell 500,000 trucks in 2014 worldwide despite difficult market conditions, Daimler succeeded in increasing deliveries to 445,300 units in the first eleven months of 2014, an increase by th...

Sweden based Volvo Trucks has taken yet another step towards delivery value engineered products. The company is now launching I-Shift Dual Clutch. It will be the first transmission on the market with a dual clutch s...

Daimler Trucks is about to reach its sales target for 2013 and to deliver more trucks than in any year since 2006. Despite having to contend with a comparatively difficult market environment, the world’s leading com...

Homegrown tractor maker Escorts Limited has inked a partnership with Italian company BCS S.p.A to di

Force Motors has launched the world’s only 26-seater monocoque Panel Van. The Traveller 26 is loaded

Eicher trucks and buses continues to grow strongly in UP. It sold close to 2300 vehicles in the year

Ashok Leyland has unveiled the SUPER STALLION 8x8 High Mobility Vehicle (HMV) and with that, the exp

After its successful entry into long-distance inter city bus segment, with the introduction of the 2

India’s third largest heavy commercial vehicle manufacturer Asia MotorWorks (AMW), which has redefin

Ashok Leyland bags fresh orders from VRL Logistics

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