Truck and Bus News

Electric trucks are flavour of the month and as previously reported there’s no shortage of models on their way like the e-Canter or  Merc’s Urban eTruck. German campervan manufacturer Dethleffs has taken an innovative approach […]

Diesel giant Cummins has given us a glimpse of its future with the unveiling of its fully electric Class 7 truck. While the company is continuing to find efficiencies in its core engine offerings with […]

The American Truck market appears to be in recovery mode with Freightliner announcing a new logistics centre in Cleveland. Daimler has called back 50 staff that it initially let go due to a reduction in […]

Semi-autonomous trucks will be trialled on United Kingdom highways from 2018 following the recent successful trials elsewhere in Europe and in the USA. The UK government is tipping in AU$13.1 million to enable ‘Platooning’ trials, which […]

The UK’s mail service is commencing trials of a fully electric van with a range of 100 miles. Royal Mail is putting nine Arrival vans to the test across a range of sizes and will […]

There is no denying there is an increasing number of stories about automation within the transport and trucking industry – autonomous bus trials, trucks that don’t require driver intervention and even aspects of the supply […]

Cummins and Allison Transmission are hardly new brands, with both their histories spanning over a century, but they find themselves facing new-world problems and the need to adapt as the transport industry does. Manufacturers are […]

Virtual Reality was flavour of the month at the Brisbane Truck Show, with several brands using the technology to lure people to their stands, but Scania is out to prove it’s more than a promotional […]