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Month: October 2020

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PEUGEOT SHARPENS FOCUS ON COMMERCIAL RANGE

October 28, 2020 Jon Thomson

Peugeot in Australia  will  have an increasing reliance on its  commercial van line up as the French vehicle maker  continues to refocus  its efforts down under after years of changing distributors and lost buying audiences. […]

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IVECO DEVELOPS NEW DAILY CAB CHASSIS VARIANT FOR MOTORHOME MARKET

October 28, 2020 Jon Thomson

Iveco has announced that  it has launched a new cab chassis variant of its Daily, the 35S,  to answer a  changing demographic within the motorhome market in Australia, . Iveco has worked with motorhome manufacturer, Sunliner, […]

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SEA ELECTRIC DELIVERS FIRST ELECTRIC ROAD MAINTENANCE TRUCK FOR FULTON HOGAN

October 28, 2020 Jon Thomson

Fleet management company  Orix has announced it has helped electric truck conversion company SEA Electric launch an electric truck based on Hino’s 300 series 917, specifically  for Australian building, roadworks firm, Fulton Hogan. The SEA Hino […]

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TESLA MANOUEVERING FOR AN INDUSTRY CHARGING STANDARD AHEAD OF ITS ELECTRIC SEMI INTRODUCTION

October 28, 2020 Jon Thomson

There is some speculation in the  burgeoning zero emission commercial vehicle world  that Tesla  is trying to establish a standard prototcol to charge electric trucks across the industry. Tesla is also apparently working with some […]

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VOLVO BUS INTRODUCES ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC BUS CHARGING OPTIONS

October 27, 2020 Jon Thomson

Volvo Bus  in Sweden has announced that it will introduce another alternative charging system for electric buses in the third quarter of 2021 with a new roof mounted pantograph system  it is calling Panto Up. […]

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PENSKE LOCAL TRUCK OPERATION RESTATES COMMITMENT TO AUSTRALIA, DESPITE SUPERCAR PULLOUT

October 26, 2020 Jon Thomson

The news  that Roger Penske had decided to pull out of the Australian Supercar Championship and  his six year partnership with Dick Johnson Racing  sent rumours  about a possible imminent departure from the Australian truck […]

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GM – NIKOLA MARRIAGE STILL ON DESPITE INDUSTRY ACCUSATIONS

October 23, 2020 Jon Thomson

Partnership talks between General Motors and Nikola to build electric and fuel-cell pick up trucks together are still going ahead GM President Mark Reuss has told US media. GM and Nikola have yet to finalise […]

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VOLVO CHIEF SAYS BRISBANE TRUCK SHOW DECISION WAS NOT ABOUT COST CUTTING

October 21, 2020 Jon Thomson

Volvo boss Martin Merrick says the company’s controversial decision to not participate in the Brisbane Truck Show is one that was made locally and will definitely not be reversed, even if  restrictions on borders and […]

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EXCLUSIVE- ELECTRIC VOLVO TRUCKS WILL BE DRIVING ON AUSTRALIAN ROADS BY EARLY 2021

October 21, 2020 Jon Thomson

Volvo Group Australia boss Martin Merrick has told Truck and Bus News that the company will have its first full electric Volvo test trucks on Australian roads by the end of this year. “We will […]

Features

COACH & BUS – NEW ISSUE OUT NOW

October 21, 2020 Jon Thomson

In this issue of Coach & Bus we have a great array of stories, many focussing on those new zero emission power sources. We interview the aforementioned NSW Transport Minister, Andrew Constance about his far […]

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