Articles by Jon Thomson

UNDERLINING its origins and Italian heritage Iveco has welcomed the  recently-appointed Italian Ambassador to Australia, Stefano Gatti,  who visited Iveco Australia’s manufacturing facility at Dandenong  in Melbourne last Friday for meetings with senior Iveco executives\ […]

The moves to electrify the world’s trucks is continuing on many fronts with barely a day going by without another statement or story dropping into the inbox with another example of an electric fleet being […]

Hino has announced and confirmed that ahead of the November launch of its new 500 Series Standard Cab, Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) will be fitted as standard equipment to support what the company claims will […]

It looks a little like a cross between a giant automated vacuum cleaner and an aircraft tug and it is called Vera. Why it is called Vera? Well Volvo tells us  there name Vera means […]

Mercedes-Benz Vans has unveiled a revolutionary mobility concept in Denmark overnight which the company says goes way beyond existing ideas on autonomous vehicles. The Mercedes BenzVisionURBANETIC  it claims eliminates the separation between people moving and […]

Penske Commercial Vehicles  has announced it has appointed a new parts and service  dealer in  the NSW Illawarra region with Dwyers Truck Centre coming on board in Wollongong and Nowra for the full range of […]

Mercedes-Benz has opened a new factory in South Carolina where it will build its latest generation Sprinter van. The German automaker chose the factory opening to announce one of its first big orders was a […]

The Australian truck market is still on track to register an all time record tally of more than 40,000 units this year, with August figures rallying with a strong result, following a slight post financial […]