California’s truck and bus operators looking to transition from diesel to cleaner emission vehicles will get a boost from the state beginning in October. Almost $US600 million in subsidies and project proposals wending their […]
Commercial vehicle parts supplier Whites Diesels has been appointed as the new Daewoo bus distributor for Australia and the Asia-Pacific. The news was flagged to Truck and Bus News serveral months ago by the new […]
ZF has announced it will introduce an eight-speed automatic transmission for commercial vehicles in 2020. ZF says the new Powerline automatic transmission is designed for medium to heavy duty trucks the equivalent of the US […]
Volkswagen and Ford have confirmed that they are in talks about jointly developing and building a series of commercial vehicles including vans. A joint statement from Volkswagen and Ford said the two companies are thinking […]
At the same time if unveiled new electric truck technology to the world truck press Volvo has demonstrated three semi trailer combinations linked together as a wireless platoon with the third truck in the ‘chain’ operating […]
Volvo has hosted many of the worlds heavy transport media to an unveiling of some of the company’s electric truck technology in Sweden. However while at least one Australian truck journalist attended as a guest […]
The next piece in the Mercede Benz ‘Actros’ jigsaw has fallen into place this week with Daimler Trucks launching its third wave of new generation product with its latest all-wheel drive truck range. With the […]
Following on from the arduous, but highly successful testing regime for its Benz Actros range, Daimler Trucks has unveiled a similar campaign for its Freightliner brand and the Cascadia model it plans to launch in Australia […]
McColl’s Transport, has been sold and is now under new ownership. It is understood that former McColl’s CEO Simon Thornton teamed up with Australian investment group Friesian to purchase the 66-year-old business from private equity […]
Navistar announced that Allison TC10 and Allison 3000 Highway Series transmissions are now available on the International LT Series and RH Series trucks, respectively, when equipped with a Cummins X15 engine. The LT Series previously […]
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