Articles by Jon Thomson

The Australian Trucking Association has presented to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee in Canberra and implored the government to consider expanding the scope of mandated braking technology set for 2019 […]

Scania Australia has announced that it has promoted its national sales manager for buses and coaches, Julian Gurney to the position of sales director for buses and engines. Julian Gurney is now responsible for sales […]

The world’s first full sized fleet of self-driving buses is to be trialed in Scotland, carrying passengers 23 km across parts of Edinburgh. The pilot project will see five existing single decker buses converted to […]

The National Transport Commission has announced that state and federal transport ministers have approved an increase in the gross mass limit for three-axle buses from 20 tonnes to 22 tonnes. The NTC’s acting CEO, Dr […]

Hino launches its new Standard Cab 500 There is always a lot hanging on a new truck launch, that goes without saying and in the case of Hino’s new standard cab 500 series it is […]

After a raft of issues and corporate problems and following the appointment of a new, Australian chairperson, electric vehicle maker Tesla is again making some bold statements about its Semi, prime mover truck, which is […]

Australia’s State and Federal Transport ministers say have paved the way for the commercial deployment of automated vehicles in Australia within the next few years after they endorsed a safety approach for approving vehicles at […]

Hydrogen truck maker Nikola says it has raised another US$210 million and now boasts US$12 billion in pre-orders. About US$380 million of those were for the recently announced Nikola Tre European cabover. The company also […]