Municipal Vehicles Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)

The municipal vehicles market is expected to exhibit a growth rate of nearly 8% during the forecast period 2020-2025.

- Grave environmental concerns such as global warming, increasing construction and rising population is creating immense pressure on freshwater reserves especially groundwater. As a result, major cities in the Asia Pacific and Africa face acute water shortage during summer. Water trucks play a major role in supplying per capita per day 69 liters in Indian cities. The per capita per day requirement of water in Indian cities is 135 liters.

- Major application of municipal trucks that can be seen around the world is waste collection and disposal. Every year on an average, nearly 2 billion tons of waste is generated due to various activities. Owing to the increased focus on recycling, safe disposal and world bank spending of nearly USD 5 billion since 2000 in various developing parts of the world, the demand for waste collection and disposal vehicles will increase during the forecast period.

Due to stringent economic rules and regulations, North America and European countries are rapidly adopting to electric commercial vehicles and this factor will drive the market in future. However, the high cost associated with electric vehicles and lack of charging infrastructure will hinder the adoption rate in developing countries.

Key Market Trends

Waste collection and disposal will remain the largest segment

With the rise in population, consumption of goods has exponentially increased resulting in large scale generation of waste. Countries across the world, developed and developing are investing heavily in garbage collection and disposal and receiving funds and loans from international organizations such as the United Nations and World Bank to strengthen and improve landfill sites. For instance, Liberia invested USD 10.5 million to develop sanitary landfills and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of waste collection networks.

In the light of high emphasis on cleanliness and global commitments regarding the reduction of population, many municipalities are buying a waste collection and disposal trucks. Among waste collection and disposal vehicles, compactor and bulk refuse carriers are commonly used and play an important role in solid waste management programs. With the adoption of new technology such as GPS, sensors, telematics, etc. it becomes easier to improve the efficiency of collection and dumping operation and safety while operating garbage truck. Technology firms and startups such as OnePlus systems, Compology, etc. are producing ultrasonic sensor-based, image-based waste monitoring systems.

Asia Pacific to exhibit the highest growth rate during the forecast period

Groundwater levels in major economies of Asia Pacific region are rapidly depleting due to the increasing population and many places face water crisis and this situation becomes worse during the summer. Municipalities are investing in the purchase of water tanker trucks and their outsourcing from third parties to meet the freshwater demand of the population.

China and India being the two most populous countries in the world, are seeing a high rate of residential construction, transportation infrastructure development. Owing to the aforementioned factor, the construction and repair vehicle segment is expected to see significant growth during the forecast period.

In India, government run initiatives such as Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean India Mission) encouraged the cleaning up of roads, streets, and public places. Municipalities of Indian cities were awarded a point on the basis of planning, strategy, initiatives were taken to clean the cities. This Cleanliness Survey was conducted by the Quality Council Of India and ranked best performing cities from top to bottom. Smart City Mission is another ambitious project by government of India that aims at developing 100 sustainable and citizen friendly smart cities.

Owing to the above-mentioned factors, the market for municipal vehicles will grow during the forecast period.

Competitive Landscape

The market for municipal vehicles is neither fragmented nor consolidated with players such as Daimler, Autocar, Dongfeng, etc. dominating the market.

As the fuel prices are increasing, OEMs are moving towards sustainable technology such as Hybrid powertrain and CNG powered waste trucks. In 2019, Autocar announced that nearly 16% of its waste truck fleet has been converted to CNG.

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