China has emerged as a new player in the charge towards autonomous trucks with the unveiling of a concept from Foton and technology company Baidu – the Baidu Intelligent Vehicle. Named as the ‘super truck’, […]
Truck & Bus News broke the story last year and late last week it was finally confirmed that Hyundai trucks would be returning to Australia after being jettisoned by Hyundai Australia two years ago. This […]
Cummins South Pacific has confirmed the new X15 Euro 5 engine will hit the Australian market in 2017, replacing the 15 litre ISXe5. Truck and Bus News reported in the 1 August 2016 edition of […]
Volvo has made a $165 million statement about the importance of the Australian market with the Swedish company and its local partners set to invest in new dealership and service centres over the next two […]
Specialist litigation firm Bentham Europe is planning to fund a damages claim on behalf of truck owners against the truck makers embroiled in a 14-year long price fixing arrangement. The claim against Volvo, Daimler, DAF, […]
Indian manufacturer Tata Motors has announced plans to introduce a commercially viable LNG powered bus in the next six months. Tata is conducting pilot-runs of India’s first liquefied natural gas bus in the capital city […]
A joint venture between ABB and Volvo has seen the first ‘OppCharge’ electric bus charging station installed outside Volvo’s electric bus depot in Arendal, Norway. OppCharge is set to become the European standard for rooftop […]
Volvo Bus has launched a double decker electric hybrid at the Euro Bus Expo in Birmingham on the back of the success of its single level 7900 launched in 2014. The Volvo B5LHC features a […]
Hino has become the latest manufacturer to offer telematics as part of its business fleet solutions, launching its Traq system last week. Hino Traq provides real-time tracking for owners and drivers through an online portal […]
The doomsayers will no doubt have a spin to put on the latest TIC market figures but anyway you cut Australian truck and van sales had another strong month in October with overall sales increasing […]
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