How is the market for commercial vehicle developing and what are current statistics? We inform you about the most important market insights in regard to numbers, analysis and data related to the commercial vehicle and transport industry.
Recovery in Online Demand for Commercial Vehicles follows V-Shape Not all Vehicle Segments are equally affected Rapid Demand Recovery on TruckScout24 Number of Online-Offers on TruckScout24 increases In the past few weeks, the current Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented market turbulences and exceptional social situations, which can be observed in public barometers of the …
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Bauma in Munich, the industry leader among trade fairs for construction machinery, excavators, agricultural machinery etc., ended a week ago. And again, it impressed the experts and interested visitors with innovations from the construction and mining industries. Altogether 3,423 exhibitors presented themselves and their exhibits to about 580,000 visitors from 200 countries.
Also the resume of the exhibitors is very positive: experts came from all over the world with high interest. That is why the bauma is – in addition to the record numbers of exhibitors, size, number of visitors – especially in business transactions at the top. “The willingness to invest has exceeded all expectations this year”, says, for example, Stefan Heissler, member of the board of Liebherr-International AG.
The bauma is not only a meeting point for the industry; it is also a platform for the companies to present their innovations. E.g. Wacker Neuson introduced their zero-tail-excavators, so no tail overhang for tight and inaccessible construction sites.
Also a trend is compact machines which ensure a high efficiency despite weight savings because of their special design. More and more automated controls and assistance systems are implemented in construction machines to avoid unnecessary over-excavation and increase efficiency.
Also the team of TruckScout24 has visited the bauma 2016, to learn about the newest trends and of course, to look at the impressive heavy machines of the mining industry …
Impressions can be found here in the gallery
Used trucks and busses in Germany have a high level of safety. This is confirmed by the data from the technical inspection agency TÜV Rheinland. The organization reports that TÜV testers found severe defects in only 10.6 percent of vehicles between 7.5 and 18 tons during the main inspection after two years. This number increased …
While forecasts on the German used commercial vehicle market remain cautiously optimistic (see TruckScout24 as a barometer of the economic situation), sellers of new lorries throughout Europe will have to tighten their belts: the European commercial vehicle market shrank again in June. 149,996 lorries were registered, 4.8 percent fewer than in the corresponding period of …
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Eastern Europe is developing ever more quickly into the most important driver of the transport and commercial vehicle industry in Europe. According to Werner Renz, Managing Director of ADAC TruckService, this is also evident in the number of lorry breakdowns. “In the next five years, we expect an increase in the annual number of breakdowns …
The market for used commercial vehicles is continuing to climb rapidly. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamts (KBA) ), 25,538 lorries were transferred to new owners last July. That was a year-on-year increase of 5.6 percent. The number of motor tractors that changed hands also increased: the statistics show 10,611 vehicles transferred, which …
According to ADAC TruckService, the most frequent cause of breakdowns in lorries was damage to the electrics and electronics. In 32.1 percent of all cases recorded by the ADAC, an electronic part had given up the ghost; usually it was the battery. Electrical faults are the cause of breakdowns more and more frequently The proportion …
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