UD Trucks unveiled a new Euro 5 range for the Quester (heavy-duty) and Croner (medium-duty) trucks. The upgrade also boasts enhanced features that will improve uptime, enhance efficiency, and optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), while lowering the vehicle’s environmental impact and retaining benefits from previous models.
Isuzu Motors has completed the transaction to acquire Japan-based UD Trucks from the Volvo Group for approximately $2.2 billion.
The alliance is set to build a long-term relationship that will include joint development by Isuzu Motors and UD Trucks of common platforms for medium- and heavy-duty truck models for the Japanese and other Asian markets.
Another consolidation among global truck makers is in the works: Sweden’s Volvo Group is selling its Japan-based UD Trucks business to Isuzu Motors.
A UD truck equipped with a Level 4 autonomous control system has made Japan’s first-ever trip over public roads, delivering sugar beets to a refining mill on the northern island of Hokkaido.
UD Trucks has launched the all-new Quon in the Japanese market as “a full model change” for its heavy-duty flagship.
UD Trucks is ready to launch Croner, its all-new medium duty truck, this March, targeted specifically for its growth markets across Asia, Africa, Middle-East and South America.
South Africa-headquartered FleetAfrica was recently awarded a five-year contract for the provision of waste removal trucks by the Mogale City Municipality, South Africa.
The Australian took home the top honors during the UD Trucks Extra Mile Challenge 2015, which was held on November 9 at the new UD Experience Center in Ageo, Japan.
To commemorate its 80th anniversary, UD Trucks is opening a “UD Experience Center” within the test course of the Ageo Headquarters in Saitama, Japan.
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