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New player Eicher Trucks ready to hit the road
The industry has a new entrant in the form of Eicher Trucks
There is a new kid in town in the form of VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV). Never heard of them? Nor had we, but it turns out that they are a joint venture between Volvo Group and Eicher Motors. Now the company has announced its plans to introduce Eicher trucks (pronounced "eye-sher") in SA. The joint venture has already set up its base here in the form of a 100% wholly owned subsidiary known as VECV South Africa. The company says the venture brings together the Volvo Group’s global expertise and technology along with the engineering and fuel efficiency of Eicher. This has resulted in the development of the Eicher Pro series, a range of trucks that is designed to deliver high uptime, good fuel efficiency, high loading capacity and enhanced driver efficiency and safety. In the first phase of its introduction, Eicher is eyeing an entry into the medium duty truck segment with its 8.5T GVM (four to five ton Payload) Pro Series truck. The trucks have been tested for more than 500,000km acro...
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