UD has announced it has launched a new variant of its heavy duty Quon making a new 8-litre engine offering available ahead of the 2019 Brisbane Truck Show. The 8-litre Quon will come in two […]
King of the heavy duty markets in Australia, Kenworth, has unveiled a new ‘king of cabs’ with its ‘giant’ 1400mm aero roof sleeper for its T610 model, completing the T610 sleeper cab line up. Kenworth […]
Heavy-duty truck deliveries in the USA have fallen by a dramatic 64 per cent in the first quarter of 2019 following record sales during the same period in 2018. The major issue affecting the US market […]
The National Transport Commission (NTC) and the Cooperative Research Centre for Alertness, Safety and Productivity (Alertness CRC) has released the results of a world-first study into heavy vehicle driver fatigue. The two-year scientific study evaluated […]
Leading truck insurer National Transport Insurance. has issued a plea that amounts to asking us not to be a ‘bunny’ on the nation’s roads this Easter. With Easter and the school holidays on us, NTI […]
Stuart Ballingall has been announced as the new executive general manager of Transport Certification Australia (TCA) and will take up the position from 6 May. Ballingall comes to TCA from his role at Transport Victoria where […]
MAN’s limited edition TGX D38 PerformanceLine will be the headline act on the Penske Commercial Vehicles stand at this year’s Brisbane Truck Show with Penske making its return to the biennial truck expo after deciding […]
Geoff Crouch has been re-elected as Chair of the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) in an uncontested vote during the association’s annual general meeting in Perth last week. Mr Crouch was first elected as ATA Chair […]
Scania’s pursuit of various different types of clean fuel diesel engines has taken a step up by announcing its largest single order of LNG fuelled trucks for a large customer in Germany. Scania has announced […]
Hino has hosted the Australian commercial vehicle media to the local launch of its new Standard cab 500 series medium duty range which was held late last week in Canberra. Truck and Bus News attended […]
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