Tag: Volkswagen Truck & BUs

Dealers

Business Roundup: VW, Ford mull commercial vehicle partnership; Volvo CE taps new VP for key accounts; VW Truck & Bus gets new name; Boone to support independent rep firms at Haulotte; JCB adds Miami’s Sigma to dealer network

JCB adds Miami’s Sigma Equipment to dealer network Sigma JCB, a division of Sigma Equipment based in Miami, has been added to JCB‘s North American network. The company will sell, rent and service the JCB’s utility and earthmoving equipment, including backhoes, compact excavators, skid steers, compact track loaders, telehandlers, wheel loaders and large excavators.   […]

June 25, 2018

Class 7-8

Volkswagen Truck & Bus gets a new name ahead of independence from VW

Volkswagen Truck & Bus says the name Traton was created by combining the words transformation, transportation, tradition and tonnage. More information here!

June 22, 2018

Class 7-8

Volkswagen exec hints at Navistar takeover

Barely more than 13 months ago, Volkswagen Truck and Bus acquired approximately 16.2 million newly issued shares of Navistar stock for $256 million, and one high-level executive hinted this morning the German automaker could one day be after a large slice. At a recent press briefing, VW Truck and Bus Chief Finance Officer Matthias Gruendler said a […]

April 18, 2018

Battery electric

Toyota, Volkswagen strike deal to develop electric, autonomous trucks

Toyota and Volkswagen have announced a partnership that will see the Japanese and German rivals working together to develop autonomous and electric trucks. As reported by the Financial Times, Toyota’s Hino heavy truck division and Volkswagen Truck & Bus GmbH will “cooperate broadly in procurement and logistics in addition to hybrid engines, connectivity and other […]

April 13, 2018