commercial vehicles

In the van segment, the share of electrically chargeable vans increased to 6.9%. This represents a two-fold increase (+100.4%), totalling 50,708 units. As for trucks, battery-electric truck sales surged by 351.5%, reaching 2,384 units in the first half of the year.

The goal of the brand-new division is to support the ambitions and projects of «truck, bus, coach and trailer OEMs, as well as fleets, world-wide», as declared by Wilhelm Rehm.

In June 2021, commercial vehicle registrations in the EU markets increased by 12.4% year-on-year. In May, as we wrote here, new registrations had increased by 51.3% to 165,363 units, more than 30,000 below pre-pandemic volume levels. All vehicle segments made a positive contribution to last month’s ...

New registrations increased by 51.3% to 165,363 units, more than 30,000 below pre-pandemic volume levels. Looking at the first five months into 2021, demand for new commercial vehicles in the EU increased by 43.9%.