America’s most profitable and identifiable truck maker, PACCAR is wading into an area that is heavily populated with Tesla and Toyota Prius cars where trucks and truck engineering seem an alien concept with the announcement […]
Penske Commercial Vehicles will move the dealership rights in Brisbane to Penske Power Systems from 14 August. Brisbane is the sixth Penske Power Systems to pick up the exclusive retail, service and parts rights for […]
After a 20-year stint, Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia CEO Brett Wright has announced he will leave the organisation. Wright joined Commercial Vehicle Industry Association of Queensland, which went on to become the HVIA, in 1996 […]
Demand is up but profits are down for Swedish truck brand Volvo, with the Swedish brand saying in a statement last week that a stretched supply chain and extra costs denting into margins in the […]
The Australian truck manufacturing industry just got stronger with the Iveco announcing another model in the Stralis range will be built at its plant in Dandenong, Melbourne. Production of the Stralis AT will start in […]
Bus Corp Oceania has formalised its Australia and New Zealand Distributorship agreement with Optare following a recent visit to the manufacturer’s headquarters in the UK. As well as signing the documentation to make the deal […]
In this issue we take a look at British bus maker Optare and its new Australian and New Zealand distributor Bus Corp, we attend the launch of Volvo’s new B8R, we travel to Canberra to […]
Mercedes-Benz has entered the highly competitive ute market, unveiling its much anticipated luxury X-Class in South Africa overnight. Europe will be the first to get the new model from November with Australia and South Africa […]
An electric truck industry for Australia? That is what is mooted by one company based in Melbourne. SEA Electric held a media briefing in Melbourne last week, to which Truck and Bus News did not […]
Mack is set to unveil a new Class-8 truck in less than two months and will continue to tease the public with an online campaign until then. The US truck brand is uploading snippets of […]
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