Articles by Jon Thomson

Renault Australia has announced a new version of its Trafic Formula Edition, rebooted for 2019 with racy red F1-style detailing, a stand-out appearance, and additional list of standard kit. the Trafic Formula Edition will be […]

Scania has announced that it has returned a stellar first half result for this year revealing it had increased its net sales to a record high equivalent to $AUD 11.75 billion (SEK 77.3 billion) for […]

A strong world truck market has helped US based truck making ground Paccar to record impressive growth in profit and record revenues for  the second quarter of 2019. The parent company of Kenworth and DAF […]

Motorists and freight operators are benefiting from nine kilometres of new single lane highway between Devils Pulpit and New Italy as part of the Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway upgrade. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister […]

 The ATA says that governments need to focus the Heavy Vehicle Road Reform agenda on supply side road funding reforms. The statement was made by ATA chair, Geoff Crouch in response to the launch of […]

US based autonomous truck start up, Peloton is ready to roll out its automated semi-truck.  The Silicon Valley-based firm says it demonstrated its first self-driving semi earlier this year and has been testing out a […]

Truck and Bus News has been told by an industry insider that the Truck Industry Council has chosen a successful tenderer to stage its new Australian Truck Exhibition and Technology Symposium which is  and we understand […]

 Hino Australia has said it has embarked on a series of information seminars for truck body builders, component suppliers and engineering certifiers, in what is believed to be a first for the Australian truck industry, […]