A dozen trucks utilising an autonomous driving system arrived in Rotterdam last week, after traveling across Europe in the European Truck Platooning Challenge. The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, along with […]
Australia’s largest data innovation group has displayed a world-first emergency service communications vehicle based around a Hino prime mover at its inaugural showcase event in Sydney recently. Data61 is the CSIRO’s new research unit and […]
Volvo Group Australia president Peter Voorhoeve has signaled that the Swedish maker will be announcing a major initiative to answer the growing shortage of quality truck drivers in Australia. In an extended interview with Voorhoeve, […]
Volvo Trucks has staged another spectacular stunt to underline the and highlight the performance of its recently launched I-Shift with crawler gears. The new crawler ratios make it possible to start and drive with a […]
Truck sales figures for March have just been released and by most measures the industry has again seen strong results, particularly compared with February figures. The market has with continued buoyant figures by T&TA’s assessment […]
PSA Peugeot Citroen has revealed its next generations Expert and Jumpy (previously badged Dispatch in UK and Australia) light commercial vehicles ahead of their European debut. Locally, the commercial vehicle offerings are being evaluated for […]
Isuzu says its new NLR 45-150 Servicepack ticks all the boxes for specialist tradespeople or contractors– and can be driven on a standard passenger car licence. The new NLR 45-150 Servicepack is part of what […]
Mercedes-Benz has launched its new dual-control Econic model range for the waste sector in Australia in what is becoming an increasingly attractive niche for truck makers. The Melbourne launch was in front of leading waste […]
BREAKING NEWS If you’d looked at the date before reading the various stories coming out of the Federal Court and the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal RSRO last Friday you may have believed that it was […]
There was a time when platooning was something that was best left to the military but in a truck environment, which is increasingly dominated by technology, platooning is the new buzz word in the world […]
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