VE Commercial Vehicles sells 5194 units in Nov 2023

06 Dec 2023 CW Team

VE Commercial Vehicles (a Volvo Group and Eicher Motors joint venture) recorded sales of 5,194 units in November 2023 as compared to 4,903 units in November 2022 recording a growth of 5.9%. This includes 4,989 units of Eicher brand and 205 units of Volvo brand.

Eicher branded trucks and buses have recorded sales of 4,989 units in November 2023 as compared to 4,720 units in November 2022 representing a growth of 5.7%. In the domestic CV market, Eicher branded trucks and buses have recorded sales of 4,686 units in November 2023 as compared to 4,483 units in November 2022, representing a growth of 4.5%.

On the exports front, Eicher branded trucks and buses have recorded sales of 303 units in November 2023 as compared to 237 units in November 2022, representing a growth of 27.8%. Volvo Trucks and Volvo Buses have recorded sales of 205 units in November 2023 as compared to 183 units in November 2022, representing a growth of 12.0%.

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