Commercial Vehicles

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.

Following a nation-wide introduction of the XPRES brand in July 2021, Tata Motors announced the commercial launch of its first electric sedan under XPRES brand – the XPRES-T EV, exclusively for fleet customers.

Hero Electric, India's largest electric two-wheeler company, has announced its partnership with Bangalore-based electric mobility rental start-up Bykemania. To keep up with the growing demand, Bykemania has successf...

Pune based Force Motors announced that it has delivered 200 Trax Toofan vehicles to the Revenue and Forest department of Maharashtra. These vehicles will be used by the concerned departments to speed up the vaccinat...

Omega Seiki Mobility Pvt. Ltd. (OSM), part of Anglian Omega Group of companies, unveiled its first two-wheeler electric scooter Zoro and Fiare.

Omega Seiki Mobility, part of the Rs 1000 crore plus Anglian Omega Group will soon be making electric four wheelers and two wheelers in India with foreign collaborations. The company which showcased a few cargo elec...

The Amb plant of Sonlaika Group in the state of Himachal Pradesh has now turned into a new high tech facility for advanced quality harvesters for the farming sector at an investment of Rs 200 crore.

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...

Pininfarina, a global automobile design house based in Italy and owned by India-based Mahindra & Mahindra, is designing the new range of Gaussin road trucks. Gaussin is a France based engineering company that design...

Mahindra Construction Equipment (MCE) of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd introduced BSIV compliant construction equipment with the launch of the new BSIV compliant Motor Grader-Mahindra RoadMaster G9075 & G9595 & Backhoe Lo...

Discover what happens when two of the world’s most innovative companies join forces to tackle a major challenge together. In a film, one gets to go behind the scenes with the teams who are working on turning that vi...

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...

On June 30, Mercedes-Benz Trucks will celebrate the world premiere of its battery-powered eActros for heavy-duty distribution. With the presentation of the first series-produced electric truck bearing the star logo,...

Nexzu Mobility, India’s leading e-mobility brand has launched its cargo version of Roadlark, specially designed for meeting the bulk last-mile delivery needs of e-commerce businesses across India.

Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group announced that its business Godrej Material Handling launched the new PRO Series Reach Truck with capacities ranging from 1.4 to 2 tonnes. The latest variant ...

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.

Isuzu Motors India announced an upcoming increase in the prices of its commercial pick-up range - D-Max Regular Cab and D-Max S-Cab with effect from April 01, 2021. The increase will be Rs 1,00,000/- from the curren...

India’s first electric self-drive scooter brand, Zypp Electric, is partnering with more than 20 grocery, e-retail and food tech players, including BigBasket, Grofers, Modern Bazaar, Spencers and many more. The last-...

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 ...

Amazon India has partnered with Mahindra Electric to further strengthen its commitment towards electric mobility in the country. In 2020, Amazon India had announced that its fleet of delivery vehicles will include 1...

In order to optimize the work in the field, Angelo decided to fit out his John Deere 8360 R tractor with BKT's best-selling tyres, Agrimax Force.

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...

Okinawa Autotech, a leading Indian electric two-wheeler manufacturer will soon be launching the Okinawa Dual, an electric scooter for India’s e delivery service sector. The potential B2B electric two-wheeler is bein...

Sonalika, the leading tractor brand based out of Hoshiarpur in the north Indian state of Punjab has launched India’s first field ready electric tractor, the Tiger Electric. Sonalika tractors are manufactured in Hosh...

India's leading manufacturer of earthmoving and construction equipment, JCB India Limited, launched JCB 3DX DFi, industry’s first dual-fuel CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) backhoe loader that can operate on CNG and die...

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, ...

Kia Motors Corporation has revealed its plans for the development of a new standard platform for next-generation military vehicles, strengthening the company’s capabilities in future military projects.

Isuzu Motors India launched the BS VI compliant D-Max Regular Cab and D-Max S-Cab in India. Expanding the commercial vehicle range, the company added a new variant D-Max Super Strong with a 1,710 kg payload, to lead...

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd has launched the BS 6 variant of Alfa, its flagship 3-wheeler brand. The Alfa brand is known to be the most fuel efficient in its category and offers a range of passenger & cargo variants wit...

Leading commercial vehicle player in India Ashok Leyland launched the Bada Dost, reinforcing its offering in the LCV (Light Commercial Vehicle) range. Bada Dost builds on the strong foundation laid by the Dost bran...

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)...

This is the tale of tale of two Komatsu PC850-8EO Super Excavators and two quarries. The two largest quarries servicing Wellington, New Zealand's giant $NZ 850million Transmission Gulley motorway project - one 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...

Leading tractor manufacturing brand & No.1 exporter from the country, Sonalika tractors registered an overall growth (Domestic + Exports) of 18.6% with sale of 9177 tractors in May 2020 as compared to 7737 tractors ...

Polaris India, which launched the company’s first road legal vehicle, the Sportsman 570 tractor, has now put the latter to good use to combat the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. The company has taken the initiative to su...

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...

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES) announced that it had sold in March 2020 were 13,418 units of tractors as against 18,446 units during March 2019.

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.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged off 100 low floor air-conditioned JBM Citylife city buses run on CNG from the Rajghat Bus Depot in the Capital city. This low floor CNG AC bus service has been rolled ou...

The landmark machine was driven off the line at the company’s factory in Rocester, Staffordshire – the very location where the first JCB backhoe was manufactured almost 70 years ago in the UK.

The fuel consumption of the Actros has been steadily reduced over the past decades. In typical long-distance transport operations, for example, savings of up to 15 percent have been achieved between 2011 and the int...

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...

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

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...

This is the story about Reena Barak who has successfully completed her training for driving heavy motor vehicles at the Institute of Driving & Traffic Research (IDTR) at Bahadurgarh in the state of Haryana.

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.

India’s leading engineering group Escorts Limited will be launching a multi-utility Rural Transport Vehicle (RTV) named Rider in the next 12 months in the price range of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 3.5 lakh. This vehicle will ...

BYD (Build Your Dreams) India, a subsidiary of BYD Group, China, the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) maker, has announced its foray into India’s pure electric van segment with the introduction of two new pure ...

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.’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES) announced its tractor sales numbers for August 2019. Domestic sales in August 2019 were at 13,871 units, as against 16,375 units during August 2018. The sales d...

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.

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...

Following the successful launch of its automated door delivery fuel service in Faridabad and Gurgaon, Synergy Teletech Pvt. Ltd, announced the launch of its fuel delivery service FillNow and its revolutionary green ...

Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd, part of the Mahindra Group, announced that its electric 3-wheeler range Treo and Treo Yaari will now be available across New Delhi. It will be priced at Rs. 1.77 lakh for Treo Yaari S...

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 ...

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...

As announced in August 2018, Busworld International and VNU Exhibitions Asia Ltd. are partnering up to relaunch the reputational Busworld China. The event will be organised in the SWEEC (Shanghai World Expo Exhibiti...

Eicher Trucks and Buses plans to expand its market share and double its volumes over the next few years in the African market. With a presence in 22 countries in Africa, Eicher already has a strong position in the c...

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...

Tata Motors will be supplying 80 electric buses to the West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC). The company has already supplied 20 Ultra Electric 9/9m AC E-buses, with remaining 20 9/9m AC E-buses scheduled to be ...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) - the wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, the world’s leading CV manufacturer with a global reach – recorded its best-ever business results in the year 2018. As planned, t...

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...

Electric vehicles are slowly making inroads into Indian cities, the latest being the launch of Garvit electric two wheelers in New Delhi.

Gensol Mobility, part of smart technology driven Gensol group, has launched India’s first ever 100 percent smart electric fleet Blu-Smart in New Delhi and the national capital region, to usher in an era of smart urb...

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 State Government of Delhi has initiated the trials of zero emission and noise free Olectra-BYD 12-metre electric bus eBuzz K9 with a 35+1 (Driver) seating capacity. The eBuzz K9 from Olectra-BYD was flagged off ...

John Deere, a leading tractor manufacturer in India launched a new model of tractor 3028 EN on the occasion of completing 20 years of doing business in India. The tractor was launched in the presence of Satish Nadig...

There is good news for the pilgrims of Sabarimala in Kerala. They can now travel in zero emission and noise less electric buses from Olectra - BYD, a leading player in electric public transport system.

Balkrishna Industries Limited (BKT), one of the leading off-highway tyre manufacturers headquartered in India, has announced a USD 100 million construction project for a new production site to serve the entire Ameri...

Maruti Suzuki India announced the launch of its 250th commercial showroom in Dehradun. The company’s commercial channel is the fastest growing automobile retail channel in India and it is now present in over 193 cit...

India’s largest BharatBenz service facility has been opened by Dhingra Trucking, an authorised dealer and business partner of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) since 2013. The existing operation in Dharuhera,...

In June 2015, two leading automobile manufacturers with skill sets of their own-- India-based Eicher and US-based Polaris --joined hands to introduce Multix, India’s first personal utility vehicle, purpose-built for...

Setting a new benchmark in the connected vehicle technologies, Tata Motors becomes the first OEM to install 1 lakh advanced telematic systems on its Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicles. Tata Motorswas the first OEM t...

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...

Apollo Tyres has started the commercial production of its Apollo brand of truck tyres from its Hungarian facility. The first lot of these truck tyres -- Apollo Endurace RT HD 385/65 R 22.5 -- are now being used by P...

Openmatics, a subsidiary of ZF Friedrichshafen AG, is the official connectivity platform provider for VDL Bus & Coach, the Dutch vehicle manufacturer of buses and coaches. The open platform including API (Applicatio...

Known and proven in the caravan sector for years, Al-Ko Vehicle Technology presented its Mammut manoeuvring drive also for the use in commercial trailers at the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicles. This technology with all...

Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG is the leading global supplier of vision systems for the commercial vehicle industry. At the IAA 2018, Mekra Lang showcased a digital vision system design that is the product of the many yea...

Allison Transmission announced that it will offer its medium-duty, fully automatic 9-speed transmission globally, and that it has developed an electric hybrid system with purely electric extended range. The news was...

Thermo King and Frigoblock, transport solutions brands of Ingersoll Rand, a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments introduced a series of truck and trailer innovations harnessin...

Technology company and manufacturer of premium tyres Continental presented the further development of its digital tyre monitoring platform at the 67th International Motor Show (IAA) Commercial Vehicles in Hanover.

Under the banner #AddSomeBrain, Rio is showcasing new solutions for smart digital logistics at this year’s IAA. Two years after its initial launch, Rio is unveiling new services, new partners and the first mobile ve...

Volvo unveiled its all-new platform for tourist and line-haul coaches at IAA in Hannover. With striking design, fuel-saving aerodynamics and safety of the very highest level, the premium coach manufacturer is taking...

Goodyear launched Fuelmax Performance - its most fuel-efficient tyre range to date - at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018. The new tyres, which are the first Goodyear truck tyres to feature full silica tread compound tec...

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...

ZF has highlighted two market successes for its tried-and-tested AxTrax AVE electric portal axle. Firstly, 31 of the famous red London double-decker buses will be equipped with this technology and glide through the ...

Lightweight specialist Mubea, so far mainly known as an innovations pioneer for passenger car components, presented novelties across its whole product range at the 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles, which provide solutio...

Tridec is the leading supplier of steering systems and special axle suspensions for trailers. At the IAA 2018, Tridec will showcase the latest innovations from its product portfolio, including the electronic steerin...

Daimler Trucks announced a change in leadership with its successful commercial vehicle business in India: As of November 1, 2018, Satyakam Arya (45), currently Head of Customer Services at Daimler Trucks Asia and Ch...

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...

Olectra - BYD, a leading player in electric buses, has announced that its eBuzz K9 electric buses have been put under Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) commercial service. The first lot of five zero...

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...

The 5th generation of Opel’s compact, multifunctional commercial vehicle is ready: The new Opel Combo will celebrate its world premiere at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 in Hannover. The spacious cargo van has bee...

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...

Tata Motors has rolled out the 1500th GS800 (General Service 800) Safari Storme 4x4 for the Indian Armed Forces. The vehicle was rolled out with a ceremonial flag off by Dr. Subhash Bhamre, MoS, Defence, Government ...