Articles by Jon Thomson

In an exclusive Transport & Trucking is the first magazine to get a crack at the new International ProStar thanks to a friendly Sydney dealer who gave us its demo truck for a day long […]

In this issue we take a look at the giant Busworld in Belgium and our own Australasian Bus and Coach Expo on the Gold Coast, we head to Murwillimbah to check out the Rosa fleet […]

A technology company based in Los Angeles-based, Thor Trucks, has surprised the heavy-duty trucking community revealing its own electric truck titled the ET-One. Thor claims the ET-One will target short-haul markets with a mudular battery […]

The battle of the big hitters in the truck rental and leasing market continues to heat up with Penske Truck Rental and the leasing arm of PACCAR Australia, PacLease Australia going blow for blow. PacLease […]

While Tesla is sprucing orders that may be filled several years from now Daimler has started delivering actual electric powered trucks to customers in the USA and Europe. Deutsche Post DHL, DB Schenker, Rhenus and Dachser […]

US soft drink and beer brewing companies have started making the running for Tesla with orders for its electric Semi. PepsiCo is the latest and so far the largest order with Reuters  reporting a 100-truck […]

FIRST INTER-VIEW At last, after a long gestation period, International has been reborn in Australia and T&TA was able to arrange the first drive of the new ProStar. Allan Whiting scored a drive in a […]

PACCAR Parts has announced the opening of a new parts distribution centre in Brisbane to increase parts availability for PACCAR Australian customers. “This demonstrates our standing commitment of being a world-class leader in aftermarket parts distribution and international […]