Articles by Jon Thomson

Isuzu is reporting a surge in demand for its ever popular Ready to Work range of trucks  amidst the ups and downs  of this extraordinary year. Seven months into this topsy turvy year of 2020 […]

A Melbourne transport operator has  endorsed Daimler’s Elite Support  initiative saying the program enables the company to keep its trucks on the road longer. Director of  ABS Transport, Terry Warn has backed the Daimler Trucks […]

Freightliner has revealed in the USA that its  battery-electric Innovation Fleet has now logged more than  on 500,000 km  in real-world applications. The company’s fleet of  30 medium- and heavy-duty trucks is designed to test […]

Hyundai has won a 2020 Future Mobility of the Year Awards for its hydrogen fuel cell (FCEV) heavy-duty HDC-6 Neptune truck. The award recognises concept vehicles making outstanding contributions to the future of mobility, with […]

  Paccar global CEO Preston Feight has outlined his company’s strategy to build battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks during a recent conference call with industry analysts and investors. Rivals such as […]

In this issue of Transport & Trucking we drive the new Fuso Shogun and its impressive new Daimler driveline. While on new Japanese product we take a look at UD’s new Croner medium duty models […]

Fuso has beaten its rival to the punch and will almost certainly be the first to launch a mass produced electric light truck in Australia, with the announcement that it will launch its eCanter in […]

A study by leading US university, MIT has found that while vehicle automation stands to be highly disruptive for truck drivers in the US and across the world, there is still a long way to […]