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PACCAR SENDS TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD ON ITS OWN WITH FEDEX

September 28, 2021 Jon Thomson

Paccar has announced it has made a strategic alliance  in autonomous driving technology company Aurora, and one of the World’s largest freight and logistic companies, FedEx, to launch a commercial pilot of autonomous trucks in […]

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ATA WELCOMES CONSULTATION ON DRIVER APPRENTICESHIP IDEA

September 28, 2021 Jon Thomson

The ATA has welcomed the release of a consultation paper  the has floated a plan to introduce truck driving apprenticeships. With the dire shortage of skilled truck drivers and a dearth of young people interested in taking up a career […]

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VOLVO BUS TURNS ON ELECTRIC BUS FUTURE WITH FIRST BZL ELECTRIC

September 28, 2021 Jon Thomson

Volvo Bus has launched its new  BZL Electric chassis via a live global webcast on Monday night (27 Sept.), with Volvo Bus Australia hosting a simultaneous launch event at Volvo HQ in Brisbane.  The virtual […]

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X FACTOR – WESTERN STAR UNVEILS NEW VOCATIONAL MODELS IN US AND HERE BY LATE ’22

September 24, 2021 Jon Thomson

Daimler Trucks US subsidiary Western Star has launched a new truck to its  vocational line-up, with the launch of the new Western Star 47X, which the company says will sit alongside and complements the Western […]

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OFTEN RACING – HINO ANNOUNCES THREE YEAR EXTENSION TO SUPERCAR BACKING

September 24, 2021 Jon Thomson

Hino has announced  it has extended  its sponsorship of  the Repco Supercars Championship  for another three years, taking the backing of the premier racing category  out to the end of 2025, and making it Hino’s […]

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MERCEDES BENZ LAYS OUT THE THE ROAD TO A ZERO EMISSION FUTURE

September 23, 2021 Jon Thomson

Daimler Trucks  has revealed a number of advanced vehicle innovations from its Mercedes-Benz  brand in an on line public event in Germany  particularly aimed at enabling the company to meet the target of C02 neutral […]

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POWERFUL AS BRO – KIWI AD FOR THE NEW SHOGUN 510

September 23, 2021 Jon Thomson

Our friends across the ‘dutch’ always seem to come up with ads that look like they’ve been shot and directed by Taika Waititi or Peter Jackson and that’s apparent in the latest ad from our […]

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VIDEO REVIEW – SCANIA R540 13 LITRE

September 23, 2021 Jon Thomson

In our latest video review. we took Scania’s 13 litre R540  for a 500 km  run that tested out the fuel efficient and gutsy ‘small block’ six cylinder Swede on the climb to Goulburn and […]

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MERCEDES SPARKS INTEREST WITH ALL ELECTRIC BUS CHASSIS HERE NEXT YEAR

September 23, 2021 Jon Thomson

Mercedes-Benz Bus  has announced it will introduce an electric bus chassis in Australia next year. Benz revealed the zero local emission electric city bus chassis in Brazil recently and says that prototype buses, using the […]

Features

TRANSPORT & TRUCKING AUSTRALIA – LATEST ISSUE OUT NOW

September 23, 2021 Jon Thomson

In this issue we have a full rundown of Volvo’s completely updated range of trucks with road tests of the flagship FH16 Globetrotter on a run from Karratha to Broome as well as a test […]

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