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SMOOTH OPERATOR – 780 GOOD REASONS WHY VOLVO’S BIG BANGER IS A MASTERPIECE

April 7, 2025 Jon Thomson

There  is a strand of thinking in road transport today that looks at smaller engines, not bigger ones, another that looks at down speeding to reduce revs and decrease fuel consumption and another that combines […]

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MARLEYS FARM THE BATTERY ELECTRIC TRUCK MARKET

January 14, 2025 Jon Thomson

Volvo has revealed that a leading WA based transport provider to the agricultural industry has taken delivery of its first electric truck.  Volvo says that Marley’s Transport, which specialises in transport solutions for the agricultural […]

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WESTERN TRUCK GROUP HEADS SOUTH- MAJOR VOLVO DEALER GROUP ACQUIRING SOUTHERN TRUCK CENTRE

December 11, 2024 Jon Thomson

Major truck dealer organisation,Western Truck Group (WTG) has announced it has acquired another part of the compass, with the purchase  of Southern Truck Centre (STC), which currently operates two truck dealership locations in New South […]

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VOLVO GETS THE MEAT WITH FREE VEG! NEW VOLVO AND MACK TRUCKS TO BE FILLED WITH HVO FUELS FROM THIS MONTH

December 2, 2024 Jon Thomson

Volvo Group  has announced that all Volvo and Mack trucks built in Australia at its Wacol plant in Brisbane, from this month onwards, will now be filled with Hydro Treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) instead of […]

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TOLL ACCELERATES DECARBONISATION WITH $67M INVESTMENT IN HEAVY ELECTRIC VEHICLES

November 12, 2024 Jon Thomson

Toll Group has announced it will will invest $67 million in the roll-out and running of 28 battery electric heavy vehicles, along with the establishment of at least 30 new charging ports across eight customer […]

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BIG MACK BRING UP 80,000 FOR WACOL PLANT

July 25, 2024 Jon Thomson

Mack has announced that it has delivered a 300 tonne rated 685hp Mack Titan to WA-based mining logistics giant MLG, with the truck marking a significant milestone in the history of the Volvo Group factory […]

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WORLD IS PLUGGING IN TO ELECTRIC – VOLVO CLAIMS ITS ZEV TRUCKS HAVE LOGGED MORE THAN 80 MILLION KMS

July 16, 2024 Jon Thomson

There is no doubt truck making giant, Volvo is embracing the move to zero emission trucks  and  new data  from the company regarding the take up of its electric powered heavy vehicles tends to back […]

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HEY MACK YOU GOT A NEW BOSS? – VGA NAMES O’CONNELL AS NEW BOSS AT MACK

July 11, 2024 Jon Thomson

Volvo Group  has announced the replacement for the role of heading up its Mack brand in this country, following the previous  boss, Tom Chapman’s appointment to run the Volvo  truck brand in Australia, which was […]

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NORTH AMERICAN HEAVY DUTY TRUCK SALES ALSO RUNNING AT RECORD LEVELS

June 11, 2024 Jon Thomson

According to US analysts, ACT Research, heavy duty class 8 truck orders in North American have apparently continued the trend of year-over-year gains with some strong sales again in May ACT  says its preliminary data […]

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VOLVO GROUP TO BUILD MAMMOTH PLANT IN MEXICO

April 17, 2024 Joel Helmes

We know the Volvo Group is flying the flag for Aussie truck manufacturing in Australia and we respect them immensely for that. But on the global stage, the Swedish brand is struggling to keep up […]

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