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NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR 2026 NATIONAL TRUCKING INDUSTRY AWARDS

The ATA announced this week that it has opened nominations for its 2026 National Trucking Industry Awards. The ATA says the awards recognise businesses and individuals who “go the extra mile” to improve their workplaces [...]
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SCANIA’S DANDENONG TEAM WINS THROUGH TO SWEDE’S GLOBAL SKILLS FINAL

Scania has announced that its Dandenong Top Team from Victoria has won through its local TopTeam competition and will represent the Asia/Oceania region at the World Finals to be held in Sweden later this year. [...]
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EATON SPINS OFF ITS MOBILITY SECTOR TO NEW PUBLICLY LISTED ENTITY

Global component and technology supplier, Eaton has announced it intends to pursue the separation of its Vehicle and eMobility segments which together are know as the “Mobility Group” or “Mobility”, and spoon them off into [...]
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ATA TARGETS FUEL TAX HIKES AND TRUCK FUEL TAX CREDITS IN BUDGET SUBMISSION

The ATA has its sights set on targeting the tax on truck fuel, which it says will would more than double under the Productivity Commission’s plan to hike truck taxes,. The ATA chair, Mark Parry [...]
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TRUCK MARKET OFF TO A SLOW START WITH SLUGGISH JANUARY SALES

The Australian truck market got off to its slowest start in almost five years as January sales dipped 11.7 percent on the same month in 2025, with 2464 trucks and vans registered, 322 units down [...]

PUNCHIN’ DUTY ! FORD LAUNCHES NEW IMPRESSIVE HEAVY DUTY RANGER

November 26, 2025

Ford has launched what it believes will be a game changer in the of road working vehicle market with the new Ranger Super Duty making its debut to the transport media last week. The Ranger […]

VOLKSWAGEN LAUNCHES ELECTRIC ARSENAL AND UPDATED COMMERCIAL RANGE

November 11, 2025

Volkswagen has taken the covers off its latest generation T7 Transporter range including new battery electric models along with an updated Crafter large van and its electric ‘retro kombi’ ID.Buzz Cargo and the revised Caddy. […]

FORD PLUGS INTO ELECTIFICATION AND ALL WHEEL DRIVE WITH REVAMPED TRANSIT CUSTOM RANGE

November 10, 2025

The Transit name plate has been a constant for Ford for the past six decades and while the style and design philosophy has changed dramatically over those 60 years there are few other commercial nameplates […]

JUNGHEINRICH RECKONS ELECTRIC VOLKSWAGEN VANS ARE ALL THE BUZZ

October 13, 2025

According to global provider of sustainable material handling solutions, Jungheinrich it has become one of the first companies in Australia to integrate Volkswagen’s new electric vans into its operations . Jungheinrich, is a German based […]

DAILY TALLY – IVECO’S VAN HITS 1.8 MILLION

October 23, 2024

Iveco has revealed it recently celebrated the unusual production milestone of 1.8 million Daily vehicles manufactured at the company’s Suzzara plant at Mantua in Italy. We say unusual because while it is a significant number, […]

WHAT’S THE BUZZ, TELL ME WHAT THE FUSS IS ABOUT? VW ANNOUNCES IMMINENT ARRIVAL OF ELECTRIC ‘KOMBI’

September 12, 2024

Volkswagen has confirmed the new-age electrified version of its venerable Kombi, the ID. Buzz range, will be launched in Australia before the end of the year and has published a list of prices for the […]

SOFT SELL – TRUCK SALES SOFTEN AGAIN IN JUNE

July 3, 2025

The Australian commercial vehicle market continued its ever so gentle softening in June, with registration figures showing a 5.2 per cent drop on the same month in 2024 as the long tail of trucks coming […]

SMOOTH OPERATOR – 780 GOOD REASONS WHY VOLVO’S BIG BANGER IS A MASTERPIECE

April 7, 2025

There is a strand of thinking in road transport today that looks at smaller engines, not bigger ones, another that looks at down speeding to reduce revs and decrease fuel consumption and another that combines […]

COMPANY CAR – ABARTH 500E – AN ELECTRIC CITY FUN CAR WITH A STING IN THE TAIL

March 2, 2025

When it comes to reading a review of a potential Company Car in a heavy vehicle publication then you couldn’t get anything more incongruous than a review of Fiat’s sexy little Abarth 500e, an electric […]

DAIMLER’S NEW ELECTRIC TRUCKS – TESTED

July 4, 2024

JOEL HELMES recently flew to Melbourne to drive the latest battery electric offerings from truck giant Daimler and posed the question: where are we at with the still most likely only partial electrification of the […]

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