Commercial Vehicles

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...

India’s leading manufacturer of Construction Equipment Vehicles, JCB India, has launched its all-new range of CEV Stage IV compliant wheeled construction equipment vehicles. The launch of these machines makes JCB In...

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...

Leading tyre manufacturer and pioneers of radial technology in India, JK Tyre and Industries Limited, achieved a remarkable feat by entering the prestigious Limca Book of Records with the country’s largest off-the-r...

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...

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...

Rolls-Royce and Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), a premier defence shipbuilding yard in India under the Ministry of Defence, have agreed to cooperate in the local manufacturing of technologically-advanced MTU Series 80...

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Farm Equipment Sector (FES) maintained its leadership position in the tractor industry with sales of over 3 lakh tractors in FY18 (April 2017 to March 2018). With this, the company achieved i...

BharatBenz celebrated an important milestone with the customer handover of its 50,000th truck. The vehicle, a 4928 TT tractor from the all-new BharatBenz heavy-duty range, was presented at a regional brand event in ...

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 ...

All this changed in 2016, with Tata Motors hosting the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship Season 3 with Indian drivers. For once, the popularity of the professional British drivers took a back seat as the thousands ...

BK Modi, an Indian entrepreneur now based out of Singapore, has announced his entry into the electric vehicles industry under the brand ‘Smart Dreams’. Smart Dreams is a conscious attempt to provide affordable, comp...

It is by far the sexiest and the most hygienic three-wheeler ever seen in India. No, it’s not an ordinary three-wheeler and nor is it an auto. They call it the “Zbee” (pronounced zeebee) and it has been brought into...

Tata Motors launched its new Signa range of Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicles, at the Auto Expo 2016. Offered in various configurations, the Signa range of commercial vehicles is engineered and built to offer Mediu...

JBM Auto Ltd unveiled India’s first 100pc electric bus ‘Ecolife’ at Auto Expo 2016. This revolutionary bus has been developed in partnership with renowned European bus manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach S.A.

Thousands of visitors thronged the Busworld 2015 in Kortrijk , Sweden, held between Oct 16 to 21, 2015, breaking all previous records in terms of visitors as well as exhibitors. The 23rd edition of the biannual prof...

Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt. Ltd., a leading premium commercial vehicles and engines manufacturer, showcased its ethanol run Green Bus along with two variants of the premium intercity Metrolink bus at the I...

Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt. Ltd., a leading premium commercial vehicles and engines manufacturer, received certification from Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) on categorisation of their on-r...

Volvo Buses’ new electric bus is now being tested for the first time in regular traffic in Gothenburg in Sweden. Ahead of its official premiere on June 15 there remain some technological fine-tuning and driver train...

J.D. Power Asia Pacific has awarded New Holland Agriculture with the India Tractor Customer Satisfaction award owing to the company’s after sales service leaving customers satisfied as per studies conducted by a tea...

German bus major Daimler Buses has started to export bus chassis from India. Hartmut Schick, Head of Daimler Buses, and Markus Villinger, Head of Daimler Buses India, came to the Egyptian capital of Cairo to celebra...

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...

Michelin Aircraft Tire has announced that the first flight of the new Airbus A350-900 aircraft was completed with Michelin Radial NZG Technology tyres. In fact, Airbus has delivered the first A350 XWB to its launch ...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), the 100pc wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, crossed the milestone of the 20,000th locally produced trucks from its plant at Oragadam on December 18, 2014.

Apollo Tyres launched AWL 822, the largest loader tyre produced in India, at the ongoing 12th International Mining and Machinery Exhibition (IMME) 2014 in Kolkata. The company also introduced ALT 188 TX tyre with th...

On November 19, 2014 Tata Motors celebrated 60 years of truck manufacturing at its first manufacturing and engineering facility in Jamshedpur. Not many would know, but the Tata Motors plant set up in 1945 started wi...

Can a truck actually race against a fast sports car? Yes, a Volvo FH will race against one of the world's fastest sports cars. This is the scenario in Volvo Trucks' upcoming film 'Volvo Trucks vs Koenigsegg'. The ai...

Swedish truck maker Volvo has launched a range of new trucks in India under their 50:50 joint venture with Eicher Motors Limited on October 27, 2014. This is a new fleet of trucks being introduced into the market by...

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has appointed Dimitrov Krishnan as Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Volvo CE, India, as of October 15, 2014. He takes on the reins from A.M. Muralidharan who moves to Singap...

With an endeavour to complete at least 1000 km on a full tank of diesel fuel, the Isuzu Max Run Challenge, the three-day drive organised by Isuzu Motors India Private Limited between Vijayawada and Mumbai successful...

The Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 study will be providing a visually exciting and technically feasible take on the long-distance truck of tomorrow at the 2014 International Commercial Vehicle show (IAA) to be held...

Isuzu Motors India, the makers of the D-Max pickup trucks in India, flagged off its three-day Isuzu Max Run Challenge from Vijayawada to Mumbai on September 23, 2014.Toru Kishimoto, Vice President, Isuzu Motors Indi...

Small is beautiful and so are Small Commercial Vehicles (SCVs). The SCV segment is the largest segment within the Commercial Vehicle industry with sales of approximately 4,32,000 units in FY2014 contributing to 60pc...

The new generation of the extreme all-terrain Unimog has seen the light of day in Wörth, the largest truck plant. The first unit, a U 5023 4x4 painted in arctic white, rolled off the production line on July 15, 2014...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), along with Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, Japan (MFTBC) rolled out its first Left-Hand Drive (LHD) Fuso trucks for the export markets from its manufact...

The Hindujas owned Ashok Leyland has got a shot in its arm with a massive order for 2200 buses from the Sri Lankan government. The company, like other commercial vehicle manufacturers in India has been facing a seve...

With infrastructure segment expecting to get a major boost with Narendra Modi at the helm of affairs in India, Omax Autos Limited, a leading tier one supplier to OEMs in critical assemblies like frame assembly in CV...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), a 100pc wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, Stuttgart, Germany along with Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, Japan (MFTBC), a Daimler Company, launched ...

The Setra TopClass 500 has received the "Red Dot Award Product Design 2014". The award is a globally recognised seal of quality. According to a company statement, it was a view shared by the jury made up of a panel...

In the spring of 2013, coach operator "Avanti Reisen" of Freiburg, a major city in southwest Germany, set off in an S 515 HD on what is to date the world's longest journey by bus. The tour was brought to a successfu...

It’s very evident that a lot of India’s economic growth is pegged to the new government that comes into power post election in May 2014. But again, no miracle can be expected. Leading credit rating agency, ICRA has ...

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), the 100pc wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, seems to be defying the gloom in the Indian commercial vehicle market . The company in a press statement has noted...

On April 9, 2014, Scania Commercial Vehicles India flagged off the first buses for SVLL Connect of Scania Metrolink Services in Mumbai. These buses will connect travellers from Mumbai to Surat and other destinations...

Will buyers of motor homes finally have the name ‘Motor Home’ appearing in the vehicle registration copies (RC)? Yes, very soon. Today if one were to buy a Tempo Traveller and ask DC Designs to modify it and make it...

The Chennai-based Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Private Limited, a wholly owned arm of the Daimler AG of Germany, along with Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, a Daimler firm, launched its robust DICV ma...

Like all auto majors whether it is car or trucks, introducing new brands is now becoming a smart and serious marketing strategy. The recent Datsun introduction in India by Nissan is a case in point. Swedish truck ma...

Lohia Auto Industries has launched the Humrahi, an eco-friendly electric rickshaw (e-rickshaw) for passengers and cargo at the Auto Expo 2014. Lohia Auto is the first and only Indian company to pioneer into manufact...

JBM Group, the country’s leading automotive component manufacturer will unveil its first premier true low floor city bus at the Auto Expo 2014 in Greater Noida on February 6, 2014. Their primary product encapsulates...

Global commercial vehicles and engines manufacturer Scania India has announced that the company will be participating at the Auto Expo 2014 and will be making key announcements and launch market leading services and...

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...

Italian farm equipment major Same Deutz-Fahr (SDF) group has introduced its iconic tractor brand Lam

Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles (VECV) has unveiled its entire new range of future generation truck

At the Johannesburg International Motor Show 2013 Tata Motors displayed several models of vehicles

Scania has launched the new Scania Metrolink, a purpose-designed coach for luxury intercity or chart