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DAF MAKEOVER- PACCAR’S EURO BRAND LAUNCHES NEW GENERATION RANGE

DAF has announced it has launched the its new generation range of trucks, which the company claims represents the most significant transformation of its product line in more than three decades. The company tells us [...]
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PROCABIN GONG – NEW MERCEDES AERO TRUCK WINS AUSTRALASIAN TRUCK OF THE YEAR

It has been announced that the brilliant new Mercedes-Benz Actros ProCabin has been awarded the 2026 Australasian Truck of the Year award. While we here at Truck and Bus News don’t hold a lot of [...]
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FUTURE TENSE – ATA ANNOUNCES FUTURE LEADERS FORUM FOR TRUCKING INDUSTRY

The ATA along with Geotab and Volvo Group Australia have announced the participants in this year’s Future Leaders Forum. According to the ATA its Future Leaders Forum is an award-winning leadership program that gives young [...]
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COMMENTS ON THE SUPER COACH – SCANIA PLUG IN HYBRID WINS INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE BUS AWARD

Swedish commercial vehicle maker Scania has revealed one of its Scania chassis Irizar bodied coaches has been awarded the Sustainable Bus Award for 2027 in the Coach category The Scania Irizar i6S Efficient PHEV was [...]
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DON’T RUBBISH IT – WASTE GIANT REMONDIS PRAISES MERCEDES eECONIC TRIALS IN AUSTRALIA

Major wast management company Remondis Australia has announced it is taking further steps towards decarbonising its fleet revealing it is trialling the latest battery-electric zero-emission technology from Mercedes-Benz. Remondis said it has put Mercedes-Benz’s eEconic [...]

ON A CHARGE! FORD UNVEILS A CHINESE BUILT ONE TONNE EV VAN AND A 900KM RANGE SUPER HYBRID FOR OZ

September 15, 2026

Ford has announced it is about to set the cat among the pigeons when it comes to battery electric powered cargo vans with the news that it will launch a new pure battery electric one […]

PLUG ME IN – KIA BACK IN THE VAN MARKET WITH ALL ELECTRIC PV5

June 30, 2026

Kia has re-entered the light commercial van market and also entered the electric van market with the recent launch of its all-new PV5 Cargo. It is the Korean brand’s purpose-built battery-electric van and it comes […]

ARENA ROCK – RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY ACCELERATES HOME CHARGER PUSH

June 23, 2026

ARENA, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency has announced it has expanded support for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, by committing an additional $13.6 million in order to grow Australia’s largest residential trial and potentially accelerate the integration […]

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 […]

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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