Articles by Jon Thomson

The Volvo Group has revealed it is planning to establish a large scale battery production plant in its native Sweden in a bid to meet the rapidly growing demand  for zero emission commercial vehicles and […]

Not content with winning the International Truck of the Year award at the last IAA Truck Show at Hannover in 2018, Ford will be back at. the upcoming Hannover show presenting  the latest updates to […]

Hino’s headaches, that have come about as a result of the revelation that the company has been fudging emission and fuel figures for decades, have got a whole lot worse, particularly for Hino Australia, which […]

The  TIC  T-Mark sales figures  for July have again underlined the Australian commercial vehicle market is set for an all-time record, save for a disaster of epic proportions, with sales for the seventh month and […]

Hino  has today released the findings of its Special Investigation Committee, which has been investigating misconduct concerning the Japanese truck maker’s engine emissions certification controversy in Japan. The investigation was commissioned in March this year, […]

Mercedes-Benz Trucks  in Germany has announced its eActros electric truck has been approved as a truck-and-trailer combination with a total weight of  up to 40 tonnes. The company said that it is already accepting orders […]

Winners of this year’s Australian Road Safety Awards have been honoured at Parliament House in Canberra  with the new Federal Government  congratulating the winners at a special function last week. Presenting the awards at a […]

Last week saw all heavy vehicle  services and compliance in NSW  come under the  control of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR)  with a  new logo and new uniforms for heavy vehicle services and compliance […]