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CSIRO PIONEERS NEW HYDROGEN FUELLING FACILITY IN MELBOURNE

November 24, 2023 Jon Thomson

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology and the Victorian Hydrogen Hub (VH2) have launched a state-of-the-art clean hydrogen refuelling station, purpose-built for enabling hydrogen research. The $2.5 million refuelling station […]

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AND THE WINNER IS VOLVO ELECTRIC – NEW FH ELECTRIC WINS INTERNATIONAL TRUCK OF THE YEAR

November 24, 2023 Jon Thomson

A jury of 24  commercial vehicle journalists and truck writers in Europe have  voted Volvo Trucks’s FH Electric range as its International Truck of the Year for  2024. It was the first time in the […]

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AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE – ISUZU AUSTRALIA TEAM TAKES FIFTH IN BRAND’S WORLD SKILLS COMP

November 21, 2023 Jon Thomson

Isuzu Australia  has revealed that Australian Isuzu technicians  have  finished in the top five of the Isuzu World Technical Competition, best known as the I-1 Grand Prix (or I-1 GP), having competed against 33 participating […]

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ITS A LONG WAY TO THE TOP IF YOU WANT AN ELECTRIC TRUCK – VOLVO ELECTRIC DELIVERS ELECTRIC TO CANBERRA

November 21, 2023 Jon Thomson

Volvo  is claiming to have  completed the  longest-ever journey by an electric truck in Australia, with a Volvo FH Electric driving  1185 kilometres from Brisbane to Canberra carrying another electric truck on a low loader […]

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$4.4 MILLION IN GRANTS ON OFFER AS HEAVY VEHICLE SAFETY PROGRAM RETURNS FOR ITS NINTH ROUND

November 21, 2023 Jon Thomson

The NHVR has announced that submissions are now open for round nine  of its Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative (HVSI), to fund new projects that will boost heavy vehicle safety and deliver tangible improvements for industry. […]

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NO COAL MINE IN THE CANARY – TENERIFE BUS COMPANY CHOOSES HYBRID SCANIAS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS

November 21, 2023 Jon Thomson

Scania has reported that a transport operators based in Tenerife on the Spanish controlled Canary Islands, has purchased a massive 231 vehicle fleet of buses  including 173 hybrid-electric powered models, making it one of the largest […]

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HYDROGEN IN TRANSIT – NEW FUEL CELL BUSES ADDED TO VICTORIAN FLEET BY MAJOR TRANSPORT OPERATOR

November 21, 2023 Jon Thomson

Leading bus and transport operator Transit Systems, says it is continuing to steer the green mass transit shift, after introducing two new Australian manufactured hydrogen buses in Victoria. Transit Systems CEO Michael McGee said the […]

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FOTON TARGETS 1500 ELECTRIC TRUCK DELIVERIES IN AUSTRALIA BY 2025

November 21, 2023 Jon Thomson

Electric truck and commercial vehicle company, Foton Mobility says that  it is on track to deliver 200 electric light duty trucks  this year and is targeting 1500 new electric. Commercial vehicles in 2025. Foton Mobility’s  […]

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SCANIA STEELS ITSELF FOR DECARBONISATION – TRUCK MAKER INKS DEAL WITH GREEN STEEL MAKER

November 14, 2023 Jon Thomson

Swedish truck maker and Triton subsidiary, Scania has announced it has signed a letter of intent  with fellow Swedish company and green still maker,  SSAB, to decarbonise all steel deliveries from SSAB for the manufacture of […]

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VOLVO PLUGS INTO PROTERRA – BIG SWEDE WINS FIRE SALE OF BANKRUPT US ELECTRIC DRIVELINE MAKER

November 14, 2023 Jon Thomson

In yet another example of  the need for greater vertical integration  int he increasingly complex world of developing and manufacturing  zero emission trucks, Swedish truckmaker Volvo  has announced it has won the auction to take […]

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