Daimler’s managing director Daniel Whitehead has announced it is in discussion with several parties in New Zealand to take over the Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz Truck and Bus distribution. “We are talking to a number of […]
Melbourne’s Moreland City Council is aiming to have the first emission free refuse collection fleet in the world by 2020. Moreland Council has teamed up with H2U (or the Hydrogen Utility) in order to convert […]
Daimler is embracing 3D printing technology with Mercedes-Benz Trucks printing the first square parts made of metal – a thermostat cover. The new component has passed all of the company stringent quality checks and according […]
Freightliner is offering a solar power system as an option of its Cascadia raised roof sleeper models, with some US truck fleets already reaping the benefits. Using the eNow eCharge solar system, which can now […]
America’s most profitable and identifiable truck maker, PACCAR is wading into an area that is heavily populated with Tesla and Toyota Prius cars where trucks and truck engineering seem an alien concept with the announcement […]
Demand is up but profits are down for Swedish truck brand Volvo, with the Swedish brand saying in a statement last week that a stretched supply chain and extra costs denting into margins in the […]
The Australian truck manufacturing industry just got stronger with the Iveco announcing another model in the Stralis range will be built at its plant in Dandenong, Melbourne. Production of the Stralis AT will start in […]
An electric truck industry for Australia? That is what is mooted by one company based in Melbourne. SEA Electric held a media briefing in Melbourne last week, to which Truck and Bus News did not […]
Mack is set to unveil a new Class-8 truck in less than two months and will continue to tease the public with an online campaign until then. The US truck brand is uploading snippets of […]
A network of 11 dealerships has been announced for the first stage of International’s comeback in Australia following Iveco’s appointment as the distributor. The initial network is made up of: Sydney Iveco, Thomas Bros and […]
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