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HAMELEX WHITE NOTCHES QUARTER CENTURY NOT OUT

April 3, 2020 Jon Thomson

Leading tipper trailer maker, Hamelex White is celebrating its 25th birthday  marking a quarter century of producing its range of truck body and dog tippers, semi tippers and moving floor models, along with its extensive […]

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IVECO KEEPS THE FACTORY OPEN AT DANDENONG DESPITE COVID CRISIS

April 3, 2020 Jon Thomson

Despite the fact that Paccar has temporarily shut down its Bayswater plant in Melbourne and the Volvo Group plant at Wacol in Brisbane will shut down  for around a month on the 13th April, Australia’s […]

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TRUCK SALES CONTINUE TO DIP IN MARCH AHEAD OF EXPECTED COVID 19 MARKET DROP

April 2, 2020 Jon Thomson

The Australian truck market continued to slow in March, a situation partly affected by the Codiv 19 crisis, with overall figures down 18.2 per cent on March 2019. The true effect of the crisis is […]

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TRANSIT ADOPTS SOME ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SMARTER OPERATIONS

April 1, 2020 Jon Thomson

Leading public transport operator, Transit Systems has revealed it has overhauled its cloud and telecommunications environment with a system it commissioned Macquarie Telecom to build with an artificial intelligence capability powered by real-time data. The […]

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MERCEDES BENZ ANNOUNCES TWO NEW KEY BUS HIRES

April 1, 2020 Jon Thomson

In what is a continuing shake up in the bus market in Australia, the once dominant Mercedes-Benz bus brand, which in the past had a lion’s share of the public transport route bus business, has […]

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ATA LOBBYING HELPS OPEN ROADHOUSES DURING CRISIS

March 31, 2020 Jon Thomson

ATA  chair Geoff Crouch says the National Cabinet’s decision that truck stops can stay open recognises that truck drivers are essential workers and deserve support. The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee and the National Cabinet […]

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ZF TEAMS UP WITH AUTONOMOUS START UP – TU SIMPLE

March 30, 2020 Jon Thomson

US Self-driving truck startup TuSimple  and German based global automotive supplier ZF, have announced that they will work together on a commercial scale to develop and produce autonomous vehicle technology, including sensors,. The TuSimnple/ZFpartnership, is set […]

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ROBYN THOMSON APPOINTED AS VOLVO BUS CORPORATE AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR APAC

March 30, 2020 Jon Thomson

Volvo has announced the appointment of  Robyn Thomson to the role of director, corporate affairs for Volvo Bus Asia Pacific (APAC). In her new role, Robyn Thomson will support all markets in Asia Pacific (APAC), […]

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TRUCK PLANTS CLOSING AROUND THE GLOBE DUE TO COVID CRISIS

March 26, 2020 Jon Thomson

Truck plants around the world are slowly grinding to a halt as a result of the Covid 19 crisis, with Australia’s truck plants not being immune. Volvo Group Australia announced today that it would shut […]

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ZF AND WABCO MERGER ALL BUT COMPLETE

March 26, 2020 Jon Thomson

The merger of Wabco and ZF Friedricshafen looks close to being complete  having received all approvals from regulatory authorities required to close the previously announced alliance, with the exception of the Chinese State Administration for […]

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