Articles by Jon Thomson

While its trucks are all manufactured and assembled overseas Isuzu is claiming it is helping the local vehicle building industry by sourcing most of the bodies on its Ready to Work range of light trucks […]

While rival Nikola is refunding order deposits as a massive and expensive PR exercise, Tesla continues to spruik orders placed by prominent US operators and companies. Tesla’s latest conquest order for its planned semi electric truck […]

In the ever shifting alternative fuel/zero emission truck business, US startup Nikola Motor has announced they it will refund all deposits for the pre-orders of its electrified trucks within the next 60 days, without the […]

Major Bus operator Telfords has been named as surprise purchaser of Sydney based bus body builder Custom Buses Holdings Pty Ltd from the administrators. Telfords is a medium size bus and coach fleet and few […]

Bumper sales of 8675 trucks and vans for the first three months of 2018 underline a booming commercial vehicle market in what is increasingly being recognised as a strong business environment in Australia. The first […]

Scania’s New Truck Generation has scored a major European fuel consumption win just a few weeks after the Australian launch of the new trucks. A Scania R 500 has been announced as the winner of […]

A spokesperson for the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has confirmed the authority has signed off on some important changes to the increase in mass in two-axle buses along with a Class 3 Notice for […]

Twelve months ago Tesla was the darling of the automotive business and was a rising force, set to revolutionise the cars and trucks we drive. Its flagship Model S sedan was the must have amongst […]