Commercial Vehicles

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%.

Tata Motors has set new benchmarks in India’s rapidly growing pickup segment with the launch of the Yodha 2.0, Intra V20 bi-fuel and Intra V50. The Tata Yodha 2.0 is priced at Rs. 9.99 lakh (ex-showroom), while the ...

Kalyani Powertrain Limited (KPTL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharat Forge Ltd. and a leading global supplier of critical chassis and powertrain components, has joined hands with Harbinger Motors Inc. (Harbinger)...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG (“Daimler Truck”), announced the inauguration of a new BharatBenz sales, service and spare parts (3S) touchpoint in L...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG (“Daimler Truck”) has launched a new BharatBenz Regional Training Centre (RTC) in Cuttack, Odisha.

Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of the Hinduja group and India’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, launched its AVTR 4825 Tipper powered by its H6 Engine.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) announced the launch of the Bolero MaXX Pik-Up, a new brand of pickups catering to the transport and logistics needs.

VE Commercial Vehicles unveiled the next generation Volvo and Eicher intercity buses at Prawaas 3.0 being held in Hyderabad on August 5 and 6. This is the third edition of India’s flagship bus and car travel show.

Tata Motors is presenting cutting-edge mass mobility solutions at Prawaas 3.0 scheduled from August 5 to 6, 2022 in Hyderabad. The company is exhibiting a robust product portfolio of passenger commercial vehicles ac...

Commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland further strengthened its AVTR portfolio by introducing 250HP, 6-cylinder 4 Valve Engine with premium N cabin in haulage, tractor and tipper segments.

Volvo Buses India, a division of Volvo Eicher (VE) Commercial Vehicles Limited, has launched the next-gen Volvo 9600 platform. For the company, it is a significant milestone in its over two-decade old India journey.

VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. (A Volvo Group and Eicher Motors joint venture) recorded sales of 5982 units in July 2022 as compared to 4271 units in July 2021 recording a growth of 40.1%. This includes 5861 units of E...

Ashok Leyland’s LCV vertical has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with Adani Capital Pvt Ltd to enter into a strategic financing partnership for its range of Light Commercial vehicles. This MoU will enabl...

Tata Motors launched the all-new range of the Tata Winger BS6, in association with its sole authorised distributor, Sipradi Trading Pvt. Ltd, in Nepal.

Global technology leader ZF has announced the market introduction of its new EcoTronic Mid Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) system for commercial vehicles in India. Compatible with ZF’s connectivity solutions, th...

Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of the Hinduja Group and India’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, has launched the ecomet Star 1115 CNG truck in 11.44 T GVW category.

Switch Mobility Ltd, the EV arm of Ashok Leyland and Optare of the UK, has launched its next-generation electric bus platform ‘Switch EiV 12’ for the Indian market. The company showcased two electric bus variants ...

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...

Switch Mobility, the electric vehicle arm of Ashok Leyland will be launching an electric bus on June 14, 2022 in India at a press conference in Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Ashok Leyland is part of the Hinduja Group.

Volvo Trucks India, a division of VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd (VECV)showcased two of their latest industry-leading trucks at the recently concluded Excon 2021 held in mid May 2022, the Volvo FMX 500 8x4 off-road dump...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, celebrated the completion of 10 successful years of operations in India.

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...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, announced its achievement of 48% growth in wholesales in 2021 by selling 14,222 trucks. The manufacturer of BharatBe...

Mahindra’s Construction Equipment Division (MCE), a part of the Mahindra Group, announced expansion of its road construction equipment range with the launch of the brand-new Mahindra RoadMaster G75 Smart – “Profit K...

Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt. Ltd. showcased its top mining heavy tipper G-500 along with ready industrial and service exchange engines, at CII EXCON 2021, the largest mining and construction equipment event...

Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, showcased its state-of-the-art high-performance trucks at South East Asia’s biggest construction equipment exhibition –EXCON 2021, under its ‘Striding to...

Mahindra’s Construction Equipment Division (MCE), a part of the Mahindra Group, announced their unique and disruptive customer value proposition “Get Highest Productivity per Litre of Fuel or Give Machine Back” guar...

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

Mahindra & Mahindra has handed over 500 Bolero Pik-up vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir under the 'Project Mumkin'.

Pinnacle Industries, a leading manufacturer of automotive interiors, seating systems & EV components and speciality vehicles, has announced its foray into railway seating systems.

EKA, an electric vehicles and technology company, and a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries Limited, has announced entering into a long-term strategic collaboration, initiated through a Memorandum of Understanding (MO...

Electric commercial vehicle manufacturer Altigreen has raised Rs 300 crore (approx. US$ 40 Million) investment in its Series A round, to boost its EV manufacturing, launch new products including LCVs and strengthen ...

Ashok Leyland, India’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, has launched the E-Comet Star ICV CNG Range which offers best in class range and KMKG, power& single fill range in the segment. The customers can choo...

Omega Seiki Mobility (OSM), part of the Anglian Group Company, announced a strategic partnership with Goenka Green Pvt. Ltd., under the partnership to open over 500 dealerships pan-India by FY 2023-24.

Omega Seiki Mobility (OSM) and Jae Sung Tech Co., Ltd a leading Korean EV powertrain maker, announced a strategic partnership to manufacture electric powertrains in India. As a part of this partnership, the two comp...

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...

IntrCity, India's largest inter-city mobility brand, has partnered with Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV). They have joined hands to launch inter-city buses, pre-fitted with mobility operating system (OS) and...

Eicher Trucks and Buses in partnership with Phoenix Foundation has established the Phoenix-Eicher Institute of Driver Training and Research in Latur, Maharashtra to upskill driver fraternity in the state.

Shriram Automall India Limited (SAMIL), India’s leading pre-owned vehicles and equipment marketplace, has entered into a strategic partnership with Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) to expand its used vehicle...

Volvo Buses India, a part of VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) has launched its first completely built sleeper coach. The 15m sleeper coach has been developed on the Volvo B11R chassis. The first eight coaches will be d...

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...

Commercial Vehicle segment the company has unveiled seven new vehicles across Construck, Tractor-Trailer and Rigid truck range with higher fuel efficiency.

VE Commercial Vehicles Limited has launched an all-new industry-defining Coach & Sleeper bus range. The custom-developed buses designed and built in Volvo Buses India’s factory in Hosakote on high performance front...

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, cooperating with Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV) under the umbrella of Daimler Trucks Asi...

Volvo Trucks India, a division of VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd (VECV) has launched 6 heavy-duty trucks under the FM and FMX range in India.

Mahindra’s Truck and Bus Division (MTB), part of the Mahindra Group, has launched the new Mahindra Furio7, its latest, modern range of Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs). The trucks comes with double guarantee of “Mo...

Mahindra & Mahindra which offers the widest range of products and solutions from 3-wheelers to 55 ton HCV trucks, has announced a unique value proposition for its recently launched Supro profit truck range of small ...

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...

Omega Seiki Pvt Ltd, part of Anglian Omega Group of companies and Forsee Power, a global expert in smart battery systems for the electro-mobility market, announced a strategic partnership to provide lithium-ion batt...

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...

Skylo, the world’s first and most affordable end-to-end narrowband IoT solution connecting machine and sensor data via satellite, has partnered with Omnicomm, leading developer and manufacturer of fleet and fuel man...

VE Commercial Vehicles Limited has introduced Eicher Skyline Ambulance to support healthcare mobility. The Eicher Skyline Ambulance provides modern, fast and efficient solutions for patient transportation. It is ap...

Eicher Trucks & Buses, part of VE Commercial Vehicles Limited, participated actively in the National Road Safety month from January 18, 2021 till February 17, 2021 across the country.

The three-wheeler electric vehicle space in the cargo and passenger segment has now got new products with Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd (PVPL) launching their FX range (fixed battery) of electric vehicles. Ape’ Electrik ...

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...

Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, has introduced the Ultra T.7 – the most advanced Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV), designed specifically for urban transportation, with its all-new sleek U...

Apollo Tyres, a leader in the commercial vehicle tyre space in India, has introduced the XT-100HD, the most advanced cross ply lug tyre that offers the best of both, load carrying capacity and mileage, while ensurin...

Hyderabad based, employee mobility provider WhistleDrive has announced a strong foray into a niche urban mobility market backed by 5000+ strong truck fleet and a portfolio of 20 medium, large clientele. This foray e...

Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd, part of the Mahindra Group, has announced the launch of its new electric 3-wheeler cargo model, Treo Zor at Rs 2.73 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi, net of FAME 2 and state subsidies).

Omega Seiki has signed an MOU with three leading Italian engineering design, development and electronics companies in the automotive sector. The three Italian companies in automotive R&D space are: Nova Progetti, ...

Ashok Leyland. A leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, launched the Boss LE and LX Trucks, with i-Gen6 BS-VI technology. The Boss brand has been one of the leading brands, from Ashok Leyland, in the Intermediate ...

Volta Trucks, the start-up electric vehicle manufacturer from Sweden, has revealed the new Volta Zero – its first vehicle and the world’s first purpose-built full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle designed specif...

Tata Motors is ready with its future-ready product portfolio, developed with an aim to ‘redefine transportation’. The entire range of vehicles, from sub-1 tonne to 55 tonne gross vehicle/combination weight (GVW/GCW)...

India based Mahindra & Mahindra and Israel-based REE Automotive have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore development and manufacturing of electric commercial vehicles for global markets.

VECV, joint venture between Eicher Motors and Volvo of Sweden, will be acquiring Volvo Buses India for a sum of Rs 100 crore. Definitive Agreements have been signed for the integration of Volvo Buses India business ...

Leading commercial vehicles player Force Motors has developed in house capability to manufacture and supply a full range of ambulances that are ready to use from day one and also comply with all the provisions of th...

Technology company Continental has developed a radar-based turn assist system that fleet operators can easily retrofit to their heavy-duty commercial vehicles. RightViu has received the General Operating Permit (GOP...

Tata Motors has been comprehensively supporting the transport ecosystem to ensure all necessary supplies remain uninterrupted and seamless, nationwide.

Commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland has launched its range of modular trucks, AVTR, with i-Gen6 BS-VI technology. The modular platform is a first of its kind in the Indian CV industry with multiple options...

Maruti Suzuki India has launched a BS6 compliant S-CNG variant of Super Carry. Maruti Suzuki Super Carry is the first light commercial vehicle to upgrade to BS6 engine. The Super Carry BSVI CNG has been priced at Rs...

Just before India declared a lockdown in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), Daimler’s commercial vehicle subsidiary in India completed a major order with the delivery of ...

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...

In the Commercial Vehicles segment, Mahindra & Mahindra notched up sales of 2325 units in March 2020 as compared to 24423 units in March 2019, thereby registering a 90 per cent fall in sales.

Leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, VE Commercial Vehicles Limited, (VECV) has unveiled its entire BS-VI range of trucks and buses across 4.9- 55T tagged with Eicher’s innovative BSVI solution -EUTECH6 which of...

Tata Motors showcased an all-new range of commercial vehicles at the Auto Expo 2020.

JBM Auto (P) Ltd, a leading commercial vehicle player in the e-mobility space, will be launching two of their offerings, Ecolife and Citylife buses on February 5, 2020 during the Auto Expo- The Motor Show 2020 at Ha...

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...

Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd (PVPL), a 100 % subsidiary of the Italian Piaggio Group, launched a new electric range, Ape Electrik, and marked its entry into the electric vehicle segment. Ape Electrik will have full rang...

For the first time ever, customers in Australia and New Zealand will soon be able to drive the new Freightliner Cascadia (Class 8, >15 t perm GVW) in their respective countries.

Mercedes-Benz has announced the world premiere of its new-generation Zetros truck. This off-road truck is made for transport goods in tough and inaccessible terrain. The 40-tonne off-roader has been designed specif...

Automobile industry recession. What is that? Mahindra & Mahindra delivered 400 small commercial vehicles (SCVs) in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand on a single day. The fleet of 400 SCVs included the Alfa (Load and...

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...

Ashok Leyland, one of the largest commercial vehicle manufacturers in India, has become the first Indian OEM to meet the BS-VI emission norms across the full range of heavy duty trucks (GVW of 16.2T and above).

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...

Tata Motors’ Commercial Vehicles (CV) domestic sales in July 2019 at 22,453 units registered a drop of 36% compared to 34,817 units sold last July. Retail sale is estimated to be higher than wholesale by 38%, thereb...

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 ...

Eicher Trucks and Buses, part of VE Commercial Vehicles Limited, showcased its latest range, including the newly introduced Eicher 3009LSkyline Pro Staff AC Bus and Eicher 20.15R 12m bus chassis at the second editio...

In order to boost the buying and use of electric vehicles in the commercial vehicle as well as private passenger vehicle segments, the government is proposing to hike the fees for issue and renewal of registration o...

Commercial vehicles manufacturer Ashok Leyland, flagship of the Hinduja Group, launched the Oyster - its next generation A.C. midi-bus, in the premium category, in India. Oyster, by Ashok Leyland is a multi-purpose ...

Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt. Ltd has launched their Next Truck Generation (NTG) to drive the shift towards sustainable transport solutions in the mining industry. With its unique modular system, this Next T...

Catering to the growing demand for the pick-up trucks in India, leading tyre major, Apollo Tyres introduced Endumaxx brand of tyres for this segment of vehicles. As per company estimates, the light truck radial cate...

ZF, the world’s leading supplier of automotive cameras, has developed the Dual-cam two lens camera specifically designed for the commercial truck market and to be used in concert with other ZF ADAS technologies.

Hyva, a global leader in loading and unloading hydraulic solutions serving the commercial vehicle and environmental services industries, has announced Rs 30 crore investment per annum in 2019 and 2020, letting Hyva ...

Eicher Trucks and Buses, part of VE Commercial Vehicles Limited, revealed India’s first BS-VI compliant all-new range of Eicher Pro 2000 series of Light-Duty Trucks. The entirely new range of ultra-modern trucks wi...

Tata Motors has launched its next-generation range of Ultra Business Utility Vehicles (BUV), specially designed to meet the changing customer needs in the light commercial vehicle segment. It’s a BUV offering an SUV...

Nippon Paint, Asia’s No 1 paint brand in terms of revenues, has pioneered a cutting edge technology for commercial vehicles painting. Nippon Paint has introduced its unique ‘Wet on Wet (WoW) Painting Technology’ in ...