Iveco has signed a memorandum of understanding with US based autonomous truck technology developer, Plus, to jointly develop autonomous trucks that the companies say will be deployed across China, Europe and other areas. “Our teams […]
Truck sales, like most of the rest of the Australian economy, are booming, with figures for March revealing another surge in truck registrations with first quarter and monthly sales for the top three truck brands […]
American truck brand Western Star has dragged itself into the technology era with he announcement that it has introduced Blind spot radar its range, saying it gives ‘drivers even greater confidence behind the wheel’. Western […]
In a move that has come as a surprise to the industry, Bill Gillespie has announced he has resigned from the position of vice president of brand and franchise development, due to personal reasons. Under Gillespie’s […]
Governments must immediately reject an outrageous proposal to increase truck registration charges by up to 220 per cent, CEO of the Australian Trucking Association, Andrew McKellar, said today. The proposal is in a research report developed by Austroads, the […]
Australia’s most successful supercar team, Red Bull Ampol Racing, has swapped brands to Mercedes Benz. No not the cars it races, but the truck it uses to haul its precious cargo of race cars and […]
The ATA has announced that nominations are now open for the 2021 Daimler Truck and Bus Future Leaders’ Forum, a career-defining program that will shape the next generation of trucking industry leaders. Chair of the ATA, […]
The CEO of the ATA, Andrew McKellar, has issued a statement saying that Australia’s system for truck fuel and registration charging is broken and must be fixed, Mr McKellar was responding to the decision by transport ministers last night to increase truck […]
Australia’s largest truck insurer, NTI and industry regulator, the NHVR, have jointly released a report that confirms that operators who effectively maintain their vehicles are less likely to be involved in an incident. For the […]
Paccar has celebrated two major milestones, the 50th anniversary of the first Australian-produced Kenworth truck, and the production of the business’s 70,000th truck at its Melbourne plant. It wasn’t always the case that Aussie Kenworth […]
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