UD Trucks, a Japanese ... Volvo Unit UD Trucks Eyes Autonomous Vehicles to Ease Driver Shortage in Japan. Volvo Group . ... Japan will be short of 240,000 truck drivers by 2027, ...

UD Trucks, a Japanese subsidiary of Swedish truckmaker Volvo AB, plans to introduce electric and autonomous trucks within the next two years, ...

Sweden's Volvo AB <VOLVb.ST> will sell its Japan-based UD Trucks business to Isuzu Motors <7202.T> in a deal worth around $2.3 billion (£1.79 billion), exiting a low-margin business and boosting ...

Sweden's Volvo Group, the world's second biggest truckmaker, said on March 15 that it was halting the operations of its Japanese subsidiary UD Trucks until March 21 amid growing fears of radiation ...

Sweden's Volvo will sell its Japan-based UD Trucks business to Isuzu Motors in a deal worth around $2.3 billion, exiting a low-margin business and boosting its cash pile as competition for high ...

Volvo AB will restructure operations in Japan and the U.S. as the world’s second-biggest truckmaker tries to boost margins amid softening global markets.

The sale is expected to be worth $2.3 billion and kick off a global technology partnership between the OEMs. The Japan-based UD Trucks— formerly known as Nissan Diesel— makes medium- and heavy ...

Japanese firm UD Trucks Corp., a unit of Volvo AB, will invest about $60 million to set up a commercial vehicle diesel engine production line near Tokyo, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Ed Carbaugh prepares to install parts on a truck engine on an assembly line at Volvo Trucks' powertrain manufacturing facility in Hagerstown, Maryland, March 2014. Photo: Patrick Semansky/AP Sweden's ...

The strategic alliance between both companies — which will have a minimum duration of 20 years — is intended to address possibilities and challenges of the logistics industry ...

Supporting the industry . Volvo Trucks is also investing in driver training to ensure operators can maximise the benefits of the new trucks. Additionally, its Iron Women Programme, launched in ...

Sweden's Volvo will sell its Japan-based UD Trucks business to Isuzu Motors in a deal worth around $2.3 billion, exiting a low-margin business and boosting its cash pile as competition for high-tech ...