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HINO CROWNS ITS BEST IN NATIONAL SKILLS CONTEST

November 22, 2022 Jon Thomson

The 2022 Hino National Skills Champions have been crowned with Bevan Joseph from Sydney’s City Hino (Sales), Heath Bonney from Sydney’s Adtrans Hino (Parts) and John Dempsey from Mt Gambier’s Barry Maney Hino (Service) taking […]

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CHARGE OF THE LDV BRIGADE – CHINESE COMMERCIAL BRAND DEBUTS THREE NEW ELECTRIC MODELS

November 22, 2022 Jon Thomson

Chinese commercial vehicle brand LDV has made a bold entry into the Australian electric vehicle market launching three new zero emission battery electric vehicles into three different sectors of the commercial vehicle segment. The company’s […]

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TRATON SAILING HARD INTO THE HEADWINDS – VW COMMERCIAL GROUP POSTS STRONG RESUTS DESPITE CHALLENGES

November 21, 2022 Jon Thomson

Volkswagen’s commercial vehicle subsidiary, the  Traton  Group has  delivered a strong performance in the third quarter posting robust overall growth in the first nine months of the year in what  the company points out ‘remains […]

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SHORT ON SUPPLY, UP ON PROFIT – DAIMLER REPORTS MAJOR GAINS DESPITE BROKEN SUPPLY CHAIN

November 15, 2022 Jon Thomson

The World’s biggest truck maker, Daimler  has issued a waring to the industry  saying that the supply chain is “somehow broken”, even though such things as the silicon chip shortage has eased. Daimler issued the […]

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FUTURE PROOFING – SCANIA SHAKES UP LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH AN EYE ON DEVELOPING NEW BUSINESS MODELS

November 15, 2022 Jon Thomson

With a focus clearly on future mobility solutions Scania has announced  the appointment of Gustaf Sundell as its executive vice president and head of mobility solutions and that he will joined Scania’s executive boardSundell was previously […]

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FOSSIL FREE – VOLVO STARTS DELIVERING ZERO EMISSION TRUCKS USING GREEN STEEL

November 15, 2022 Jon Thomson

Volvo has announced it has become the first truck maker in the world to build an electric truck using steel produced totally fossil free. The Swedish truck maker also revealed that the fossil free steel […]

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GREAT SCOT – GLASGOW HYDROGEN TRUCK START UP BREAKS COVER

November 15, 2022 Jon Thomson

A Scottish based hydrogen fuel  cell truck start up claims it has plans to disrupt the haulage industry, by unveiling what it describes as a clean-sheet-designed hydrogen commercial vehicle. Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS), claims to […]

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RUBBER HITS THE ROAD – NHVR OVERHAULS PBS TYRE REQUIREMENTS

November 15, 2022 Jon Thomson

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has announced that Performance Based Standards (PBS) vehicles will be able to use a broader range of tyres from 1 December, which it says will enable the PBS scheme to […]

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HEAVY FOCUS – ANCAP AND EURO NCAP TO LOOK AT ASSESSING TRUCK SAFETY

November 15, 2022 Jon Thomson

The Australian and European New Car Assessment Programs are investigating the expansion  of  their vehicle assessment portfolio to include heavy goods vehicles as well as motorcycles and motor scooters. The announcement comes as both Euro NCAP […]

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ROUND WE GO – UD SETS OFF ON LAP OF THE COUNTRY INSPIRED BY FOUNDERS DRIVE

November 9, 2022 Jon Thomson

UD trucks has announced it has embarked on a drive around Australia, which the Isuzu owned, Volvo distributed brand has labelled as ‘an epic lap of the map’. UD claims that a 3000 mile odyssey […]

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