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UD Trucks announces change of President and CEO
On February 7, UD Trucks Corporation announced the change to the position of President and CEO effective April 1, 2025. Mr. Koichi Ito, Chairman will take the post of President and CEO. Since April 2024, Mr. Ito has served as both Executive Officer of Isuzu Motors and Chairman of UD Trucks.
Mr. Kouji Maruyama will r
Isuzu starts production of heavy-duty S&E Series at UD Trucks’ Thai production base
Announced on July 29, 2024, Isuzu has started production of the S&E Series for international markets at the Thai production base of UD Trucks Corporation, an Isuzu Group company.
It will serve markets across ASEAN, the Middle East, and Latin America as the successor to the existing C&E Series. Isuzu and UD Trucks ha

First Malaysian assembled Euro 5 UD Trucks rolled out from Tan Chong’s Segambut plant
Announced on March 6, 2024, UD Trucks and the sole Malaysian distributor partner Tan Chong Industrial Equipment (TCIE) have rolled out the first locally assembled Euro 5 UD Quester and Croner trucks. Assembly is handled by Tan Chong Motor Assemblies (TCMA) in Segambut.
Launched in Malaysia in Q4/2023, the Euro 5 rang

UD Trucks launches UD Croner Bus in South Africa
On May 15, UD Trucks Corp. announced that UD Trucks has re-entered the commuter bus market in South Africa with the all-new UD Croner Bus, which comes in two variants: a commuter bus (PKE 280) and a rural bus (LKE 210). Both buses are based on the same architecture as the South African medium duty leader, UD Trucks C
UD Trucks to launch updated Quon range in South Africa
On January 31, UD Trucks announced that later this year the Quon range will receive further upgrades that will improve vehicle safety.
The new Quon safety features, including the traffic eye cruise control, help it achieve Vision Zero - a future with no injuries, deaths, or minor injuries from road collisions, and s
UD Trucks and Kobe Steel conduct Level 4 autonomous driving trial in Japan
On January 26, 2023, UD Trucks Corporation and Kobe Steel, Ltd. announced they have conducted an autonomous driving trial at Kobe Steel's Kakogawa Works, using a heavy-duty Quon equipped with Level 4 confined-area autonomous driving technology, based on the basic agreement reached in 2021.
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Sensible 4, Finland and UD Trucks partner to automate truck at live industrial site
On December 8, Sensible 4 and UD Trucks, one of major truck makers in Japan, announced a partnership to automate a heavy-duty truck, enabling the autonomous transportation, and dumping, of material, at a live industrial site in Japan. The project marks the beginning of a partnership between UD Trucks and Sensible 4.
UD Trucks joins BECIS to install 1,850 solar panels at its plant in Samut Prakan, Thailand
Announced on August 31, 2022, UD Trucks Thailand has finished the installation of 1,850 solar panels at its plant in Samut Prakan, located on the outskirts of Bangkok. This collaboration with Berkeley Energy Commercial Industry Solutions (BECIS), which will provide 1,477 MWh of renewable electricity every year, will