Hybrid – Truck & Bus News
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Rates & Specs
  • Newsletter
Truck & Bus News

Hino

  • Home
  • Truck News
  • Bus News
  • LCV News
  • Latest Issue
  • Videos/Road Tests
  • Features

Hybrid

Truck and Bus News

ELECTRIC TRUCK AND VAN TALLY MEAGRE BUT GROWING SLOWLY IN 2025

January 21, 2026 Jon Thomson

The truck Industry Council’s T-Mark sales figures for what it labels as,  the “Alternate Power and Fueled” sector of the Australian truck market, reveal that Hino has topped the sales charts with its Hybrid models, […]

Truck and Bus News

RANGE EXTENDER – SCANIA PILOTING HYBRID LOGGING TRUCK IN NORTHERN SWEDEN

December 9, 2025 Jon Thomson

Scania in Europe that it has launched a real-world pilot to test range-extended hybrid technology in heavy-duty timber transport. Scania says it has developed the truck in collaboration with Renault-Geely joint venture  company, Horse Powertrain, […]

Truck and Bus News

SCANIA GOES SUPER ON ITS BUSES

September 24, 2025 Jon Thomson

Scania’s impressive new generation powertrain platform, which is  known as the Super engine platform for the Swedish manufacturer’s truck offerings,  has found its way into the company’s buses and coaches. With the Super engine being […]

Truck and Bus News

HITCHING THE HINO WAGON TO HYBRID – TOYOTA’S TRUCK BRAND EXPLAINS ITS RETICENCE TO EMBRACE BATTERY ELECTRIC

October 26, 2024 Jon Thomson

Hino has declared that it will continue to hitch its wagon to hybrid drivelines as the industry battles to reduce carbon emissions. Speaking with Australian truck journalists at a recent media briefing, Hino Australia boss […]

Truck and Bus News

SHIFTING GEARS – GERMAN TRANSMISSION AND COMPONENT GIANT ZF PLOTTING A GREEN DRIVELINE ROUTE

September 12, 2024 Jon Thomson

German based global vehicle component maker, ZF, which claims to be the world’s largest component and system supplier says it is well positioned to provide the technical expertise, manufacturing flexibility and cross-divisional technology transfer needed […]

Truck and Bus News

HYBRID CONNECTION – CUMMINS AND ALLISON TEAM UP TO CREATE GREEN HYBRID BUS DRIVELINE

September 12, 2024 Jon Thomson

Two of the World’s major commercial vehicle driveline specialists corporations have announced they are teaming up to  come up with a large diesel electric hybrid driveline for the transit bus market. Engine  and driveline maker […]

Truck and Bus News

HYBRID UP 400 PER CENT – HINO CLAIMS RECORD DEMAND FOR DIESEL/ELECTRIC RANGE

November 29, 2023 Jon Thomson

Hino is claiming that its 300 Series Hybrid powertrain trucks  have enjoyed a  massive increase in sales  this year which it is crediting to he lower emissions and reduced operating costs which it says continues […]

Truck and Bus News

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 […]

Road Tests

HYBRID THINKING – HINO RE INVENTS THE HYBRID DIESEL TRUCK CONCEPT

July 30, 2023 Jon Thomson

There’s been a subtle change in the language being used by Hino  when it comes to it’s hybrid trucks. Where once  they simple called them hybrids, the company has now labelled them electric hybrids. It […]

Truck and Bus News

HINO BOSS SAYS FUTURE IS BRIGHT WITH SUPPLY AND WITH HYBRID ELECTRIC SOLUTION

May 19, 2023 Jon Thomson

Hino Motors Australia  believes that while some supply chains issues still remain the worst of the issues that have affected it in the past 12 months  are behind it and its order  rate is higher […]

Posts pagination

1 2 »

Truck e-News

Recent Posts

  • FEBRUARY BLUES – TRUCK MARKET DOWN AGAIN IN SLOW START TO 2026
  • DON’T CRY OVER SPILLED OIL – TRP INTRODUCES TRUCK SPILL KITS TO ITS RANGE
  • NHVR ENERGETICALLY ADDRESSING FATIGUE
  • A GOOD DEALER BETTER – HINO HANDS OUT DEALER ACCOLADES
  • BECAUSE WE CAN – NEW HINO DEALER IN SHEP

Paccar Parts

Paccar Parts

Pacccar Parts

More from Truck & Bus News

INDIAN TAKE AWAY STILL ON THE MENU AT FUSO

THE CHIPS ARE DOWN – TESLA SEMI TRUCK DISTANCE AND WEIGHT CLAIMS BEING CRUNCHED

HEADWINDS MAKE FOR HARD GOING IN THE AUSSIE TRUCK MARKET IN AUGUST

MAZDA AND ISUZU TEAM UP

TRP

About Us

Truck & Bus News is your go-to resource for the latest Australian Truck News and Bus News.

We are 100% independently owned and pride ourselves on covering a wide range of issues relevant to the truck and road transport industry.

Truck & Bus News is targeted at fleet owners, managers, and service managers, and has wide appeal to owners/drivers and road transport enthusiasts.

Pages
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Latest Issue
  • Latest Road Transport News
  • Links
  • Newsletter
  • Rates & Specs
  • Site Map
Archives
Truck e-News
Stay connected
  • Youtube
  • Facebook

Copyright 2025