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VOLVO NORTH AMERICA BOSS SAYS ELECTRIC TRUCKS IN PRODUCTION BY END OF YEAR

August 20, 2020 Jon Thomson

Former Volvo Australia boss Peter Voorhoeve, who is now  president of Volvo Trucks North America, has signalled  that the success of the company’s heavy duty electric truck trials in Southern California has shown enough market […]

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DAIMLER BOUNCING BACK IN USA FOLLOWING COVID SETBACKS

August 18, 2020 Jon Thomson

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) says  it has bounced back  following the worst of the Covid Crisis in America and is now building new trucks at pre-pandemic levels, rebounding from a situation in April that […]

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VOLVO BUS ANNOUNCES RAFT OF KEY STAFF CHANGES AND APPOINTMENTS

August 12, 2020 Jon Thomson

Volvo  Bus has announced some key staff changes and appointments which the company explains are aimed at allowing it to ‘focus  and  adapt  to  the  changing nature of the Australian bus and coach industry’. Effective […]

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RENEWABLE ENERGY NETWORK DEVELOPMENT HELPED BY GOVERNMENT GRANT

August 11, 2020 Jon Thomson

As momentum  gathers  in the zero emission vehicle industry  the Australian Government,  and its Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced more than $800,000 in funding to Origin Energy to undertake an electric vehicle (EV) […]

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GREEN HYDROGEN FUEL ON HORIZON AS A RESULT OF KEY MOU SIGNING

August 11, 2020 Jon Thomson

Energy infrastructure company Jemena has revealed it has signed a new deal to supply Australia’s emerging zero emission vehicle industry with renewable generated green hydrogen. The company says it has committed, through an MOU with […]

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NTI’S NEW ACQUISITION INCREASES BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR TRANSPORT COMPANIES ACROSS AUSTRALIA

August 11, 2020 Jon Thomson

NTI  has announced it has  launched a new safety culture and leadership coaching program following the acquisitionof specialist NZ consultancy Success Formula. NTI says its Traction program assesses how a company is performing across 15 […]

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BETTER GET USED TO IT – SCANIA ANNOUNCES APPROVED USED TRUCK PROGRAM

August 11, 2020 Jon Thomson

Scania has announce it’s  launched an Approved Used Truck program, operating across its nationwide network of branches, which it says will take the risk out of the purchase of a pre-owned truck. The company says […]

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MCGUIRE RESIGNS AS CEO OF ATA

August 11, 2020 Jon Thomson

Ben McGuire has shock the truck industry with his resignation as CEO of the ATA, announcing he will leave the industry body in September to take up a commission as an officer with the Royal […]

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TWU FIRES SALVO AT ATA

August 11, 2020 Jon Thomson

The Transport Workers’ Union  has fired a salvo at  the ATA  and called  for a change of direction given recent changes of leadership at the industry body. The TWU has called for the ATA to […]

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JULY SALES HANGOVER NOT AS BAD AS SOME PREDICTED

August 5, 2020 Jon Thomson

After a  record month truck sales result in June on the back of the Federal government’s $150,000 instant tax write off, the chance that July  result could match  the end of financial year result in […]

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