VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV), a joint venture between Volvo Group and Eicher Motors, on Saturday reported a 25.8 per cent jump in sales to 6,154 units in December 2021. The company had sold 4,892 units in December 2020, VECV said in a statement.

Eicher-branded trucks and buses recorded total sales of 6,002 units last month compared with 4,687 units in December 2020, a growth of 28.1 per cent. In the domestic market, Eicher trucks and buses recorded sales of 5,192 units in December 2021 compared with 4,069 units in December 2020, representing a growth of 27.6 per cent, the company said.

Exports of Eicher-branded trucks and buses were at 810 units in December 2021 compared with 618 units in the year-ago month, up 31.1 per cent. Sales of Volvo trucks and buses stood at 152 units last month compared with 205 units in December 2020, down 25.9 per cent, the company said.

(Edited by : Thomas Abraham)