Articles by Jon Thomson

In another major announcement at the Hannover Truck Show this week Mercedes-Benz Trucks has announced it has teamed up with trailer-maker Krone to offer a package of aerodynamic components that promise to improve fuel efficiency […]

  In another major unveiling at the Hannover Truck Show Mercedes-Benz has given its electric Urban eTruck a world premiere, following on from the recent preview of the prototype version.   The 26-tonne, tri-axle rigid […]

Another Chinese truck maker has arrived in the highly competitive Australian market with Jiangling Motors or JMC announcing to the local media that its light duty range would be on sale in Australia from this […]

Volvo Trucks North America has revealed its innovative SuperTruck unit has achieved a freight efficiency improvement of 88 per cent, exceeding the 50 per cent improvement goal set by the US Department of Energy (DOE) […]

Hino’s national marketing manager Sarah Rosales has given some insight into the brand’s three-year sponsorship of Australia’s top level motor sport category, V8 Supercars. Hino committed to the series as the official light and medium […]

Mack has announced a package of safety features designed to make its trucks the safest and most advanced conventional trucks on the Australian market according  to the company. Truck and Bus News was given an […]

Mercedes-Benz has revealed a revolutionary take on the delivery van by unveiling its Vision Van concept ahead of its debut at the Paris Motor Show later this month. The Vision Van is an autonomous, drone-launching […]

Some might think our economy is headed for stormy waters but if truck sales figures are anything to go by, the hard times aren’t here quite yet with another strong sales performance for the truck […]