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21 AutoData | September 2018 “The Brazilian fleet is aging year by year. There are a lot of old trucks on the roads, which means more accidents and more pollution.” Fred Carvalho, communication director of Anfavea “The diesel will remain as the best alternative for a long time. The hybrid technology will be adopted mainly in city buses and VUCs (urban cargo vehicles), and the compressed natural gas will be a good alternative. The electric vehicles still need economic viability.” Carlos Alberto Briganti, director of Power Systems Research “From 2014 to 2016, the sector’s revenue decreased 43.5%. From 2016 to 2017, there was an advance of 8.5%, but the industry still works with 39% smaller revenues [than the pre-crisis period].” Rogério Gava, Simecs consultant “The strong demand for heavy trucks made us open the second shift at the Curitiba plant in February.” Alcides Cavalcanti, truck sales manager for Brazil at Volvo “The estimate is that the truck segment will close the year at a 25% increase, to something around 60 thousand units.” Idam Stival, commercial truck manager at Iveco “Implement sales will increase from 28% to 37% this year, reaching a volume of 78 thousand to 83 thousand units.” Norberto Fabris, president of Anfir