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FOLLOW THE MONEY AS AUTONOMOUS TRUCK GATHERS MOMENTUM

February 2, 2021 Jon Thomson

“Follow the money,” the old saying goes, and at this point in time there is a serious amount of cash flowing into autonomous truck start-ups. However potentially more importantly, there have been several high-profile partnerships […]

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ELECTRIC POWERTRAINS SET TO DOMINATE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SECTOR IN NEXT TEN YEARS SAYS NEW REPORT

February 2, 2021 Jon Thomson

In a new report  from British based International market research company, Interact Analysis indicates that revenues from electrified powertrains will increase from under $US1bn in 2020, to $US6.8bn in 2025 and then a massive $US22.7bn by 2030. […]

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BIDEN’S MOVE TO A GOVERNMENT ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET HAS LESSONS FOR AUSTRALIA

February 2, 2021 Jon Thomson

President Biden has been busy during his first few weeks in office, with the 46th President of the United States significantly pledging to replace every single federally-owned vehicle with an electric or electrified vehicle. Biden […]

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RYAN HOOPER NAMED AS NEW PACCAR MARKETING MANAGER

February 2, 2021 Jon Thomson

Paccar Australia has  announced the appointment of a new marketing manager, with Ryan Hooper chosen  to replace Kate Sykes, who has moved into a position in the company’s Human Resources department. Ryan Hooper takes up […]

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RON CROUCH RECOGNISED IN AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS

January 27, 2021 Jon Thomson

 Ron Crouch, the founder of Ron Crouc Transport, has been honoured in the Australia Day 2021 Honours List with a medal of the Order of Australia,  in recognition for his service to community and the road […]

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MANAGEMENT CHANGES AT WACOL AS GARY BONE RETURNS TO HEAD VOLVO TRUCKS

January 27, 2021 Jon Thomson

Volvo has announced a major management change with Gary Bone being moved from his role as vice president of Mack Australia  to vice president of Volvo Trucks Australia, following  the current Volvo vice president, Tony […]

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PACCAR LINKS WITH AURORA FOR AUTONOMOUS TRUCK TECH

January 26, 2021 Jon Thomson

Paccar has taken another step on the road to highly autonomous trucks, by signing a global agreement with autonomous tech company, Aurora, to test and commercialise autonomous Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks. Paccar will offer autonomous-enabled […]

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TRANSIT SYSTEMS CONTINUES CLEAN GREEN BUS ROLL OUT

January 26, 2021 Jon Thomson

Australia’s largest order of electric buses on track can proudly claim to be driving real change in the way sustainable public transport is delivered, and it has. Transit can be well justified in its claims […]

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BLK ESTABLISHES LOCAL OPERATION TO TAKE OVER BCSA FOLLOWING MCKINNON RETIREMENT

January 26, 2021 Jon Thomson

BLK, one of China’s leading bus makers, has announced it will start operations in Australia and New Zealand in its own right from 1st February 2021, following the retirement of one of the principals of current […]

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SCOMO GIVES A THUMBS UP AFTER VISIT TO VOLVO’S WACOL PLANT

January 26, 2021 Jon Thomson

A little over a year and a half ago, Prime Minister Scott  Morrison was telling Australia  that a policy to start moving to electric or zero emission vehicles, which was being proposed by the opposition […]

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