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TRAIN DRIVERS – SCANIA BOOSTS DRIVER TRAINING TEAM

April 18, 2022 Jon Thomson

Scania has announced the appointment of Karlie Shire  as its  Driver Trainer for Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia as well as overseeing the company’s Mining and Resources Division. Scania said that  Karlie […]

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ATA SAYS FUEL LEVY CUT IS CAUSING PAIN WITH TRANSPORT OPERATORS

April 12, 2022 Jon Thomson

The ATA is  calling on the Federal Government to reduce road user charge, in response to the difficulties being imposed on road freight operators by the recent halving of the fuel tax excise from 44.2 […]

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SEA ELECTRIC’S WALKER JOINS ELECTRIC VEHICLE COUNCIL BOARD

April 12, 2022 Jon Thomson

Glen Walker, the vice president Asia Pacific for SEA Electric has been joined the board of the Electric Vehicle Council, Australia’s peak body for the e-Mobility sector.  Walker leads SEA Electric’s operational activities in the […]

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SCANIA HAS AN EACH WAY BET WITH HYDROGEN

April 12, 2022 Jon Thomson

After senior Traton executives  recently signalled that hydrogen fuel cell  power would likely not be a part of its future zero emission truck strategy, its Swedish subsidiary Scania  has announced it is  working on developing […]

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VOLVO TAKES $423 MILLION HIT IN RUSSIA

April 12, 2022 Jon Thomson

Volvo Trucks, has said it has made provision for losses of up to $AUD570 million for the first quarter of 2022 as a result of the conflict in Ukraine after suspending all its operations in […]

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READY TO CHARGE: ELECTRICITY NETWORK OPERATORS GET SMART ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING

April 6, 2022 Jon Thomson

Electricity networks are thinking seriously about what they need to do get ready for increased demand on the grid, with a $3.4 million ‘smart charger’ trial kicking off in the past week. According to research by […]

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HINO BOSS BELIEVES GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES TO GET NEWER, CLEANER TRUCKS ON THE ROADS COULD BE THE BRIDGE TO FULL ELECTRIC

April 6, 2022 Jon Thomson

New Hino Australia Sales and marketing boss , Richard Emery believes that a sensible government incentive program  to reduce the number of older trucks on our roads would be a good start for the transition […]

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BOOM, BOOM, BOOM AS TRUCK SALES CONTINUE TO RISE

April 6, 2022 Jon Thomson

It was another boom month in the Australian truck industry in March, possibly the best third month results ever, with total sales of 3797, exceeding the  performance in the same month of the record setting […]

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DAIMLER BOSS WARNS COST OF BATTERY ELECTRIC TRUCKS WILL STAY HIGH

April 5, 2022 Jon Thomson

Daimler’s global truck boss Martin Daum  says that the cost of building a battery-powered truck will “forever be higher” than a combustion engine equivalent, as the war in Ukraine has accelerated an already rapid increase in […]

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FUEL UP – LOWES TAKES DELIVERY OF SIX NEW VOLVOS

March 29, 2022 Jon Thomson

Lowes Petroleum has announced it has taken delivery of six newVolvo FM  prime movers marking the beginning of its biggest fleet replacement since 2015. Head of Fleet and Compliance Jake Myler said while the rolling […]

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