Volvo Bus has announced the introduction of a new Driver Support System (DSS) which it says is packed with a range of capabilities including Forward Collision Warning with Emergency Braking, Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keeping […]
It looks a little like a cross between a giant automated vacuum cleaner and an aircraft tug and it is called Vera. Why it is called Vera? Well Volvo tells us there name Vera means […]
Volvo has delivered the first hybrid bus to what will be the first hybrid bus fleet in Australia with a hybrid Euro 6 Volvo B5Ls delivered to Latrobe Valley Bus Lines in Morwell last week. […]
Its taken a while but Volvo’s impressive I-Shift with Ultra Low Crawler Gear automated transmission is now being actively marketed by the company in Australia and New Zealand with the truck media getting its first […]
After two gruelling days of competition involving 21 truck drivers from around the country, Steve Wastell of dairy transport specialist BLU Logistics has won the Australian final of the Volvo Trucks Drivers’ Fuel Challenge 2018. “Safety […]
The hunt is on again with Volvo Trucks out to find the nation’s most fuel efficient drivers via its Dynafleet telematics, analysing driver skills from around Australia. With fuel costs on the rise again after […]
Peter Voorhoeve’s replacement as president of Volvo Group Australia will be Scotsman Martin Merrick who comes to the job after a 30 year career with Volvo. Merrick began his Volvo career as a reception engineer […]
Volvo Australia president, Peter Voorhoeve’s success in running the company for the past five years has been rewarded with the announcement that he will become the new president of Volvo Group North America from 1st September […]
At the same time if unveiled new electric truck technology to the world truck press Volvo has demonstrated three semi trailer combinations linked together as a wireless platoon with the third truck in the ‘chain’ operating […]
Volvo has hosted many of the worlds heavy transport media to an unveiling of some of the company’s electric truck technology in Sweden. However while at least one Australian truck journalist attended as a guest […]
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