As the annual truck dealership awards season comes to an end , one of the last to announce its dealer ‘gongs’ was Volvo which announced its best performed outlets this week. Volvo Commercial Vehicles or […]
New research from Monash University researchers shows almost half of all Australians have changed the way they travel as a result of the fuel crisis, with those under financial hardship far more likely to seek […]
When Isuzu asked us if we would like to join its national raod show and drive a couple of its latest heavy duty F series modesl on a long drive through the Northern Territory we […]
The Australian new heavy vehicle market had another tough sales month in May with sales of 3351 trucks and vans for the month a sales drop of 14.5 per cent compared with the same month […]
Scania has announced it is about to launch a brand-new, battery-electric powered CrewCab truck at the upcoming Interschutz exhibition in Germany as part of its line-up of electric and combustion vehicles. Scania is claiming it […]
The NHVR has announced it is continuing to target dangerous and non-compliant behaviour across the heavy vehicle industry, and see that it has a renewed focus on highest-risk operators and sham contracting. The National Regulator […]
The NHVR urging both industry and government to use a web app called Freight PASS to help users compare the productivity, asset impact, safety and sustainability trade-offs of different heavy vehicle configurations. The NHVR released […]
A few weeks back when Truck and Bus News was invited to the Angeles Proving Ground south of Geelong in Victoria for a Penske drive day we were taken with the latest flagship version of […]
In a big week for Swedish truck maker Scania it has announced that it has successfully demonstrated one of the world’s first vehicle-to-grid (V2G) implementations for heavy commercial vehicles using a Megawatt Charging System (MCS), […]
Long time Mack and Volvo Australia executive, Gary Bone has been announced the new boss of Penske’s on-highway operations for Australia and New Zealand. Penske made the announcement yesterday that Bone will be taking over […]
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