Iveco ACCO a good fit for gas delivery service
It’s one of the most legendary vehicles on the roads with a history that dates back decades, but that doesn’t stop the Iveco ACCO from being an adaptable workhorse. We’re used to seeing ACCO’s with […]
August 2017
Heavy Vehicles Podcast 0083
This week on the Truck News Podcast we cover: Electric drive range of debut Tesla truck revealed Paccar spruiks benefits of Allison Transmissions at AFAC Isuzu prepares to unveil ‘The Weapon’ at AFAC Hino finds […]
UK platooning trial set to go ahead despite concerns
The concept of a 50-tonne truck hurtling down a motorway without a human being at the controls has some road safety experts concerned. The UK’s Department of Transport has just announced a truck platooning trial, […]
Treloar Transport opts again for International Trucks
This is a good story – Treloar Transport managed to get their hands on the last International Truck sold in Australia back in 2011. Now, six years later, the Tasmanian transport business has become among […]
Hino finds top employees of 2017
Last weekend Hino put its top parts, service and sales staff to the test as part of the Japanese truck brand’s 2017 Hino National Skills Contest. Eighteen staff, all of whom made it through five […]
‘The Weapon’ to debut for Isuzu at AFAC 2017
The countdown is on to one of the big events on the truck industry calendar – the annual Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authority Council (AFAC) conference. Being held in Sydney this year, Isuzu will […]
Tesla truck to boast up to 480km range
We’re keenly anticipating the unveiling of the first ever truck offering from electric car giants – Tesla. Now comes word that the truck will offer a drive range of up to around 480 kilometres (or […]
Penske to highlight Allison Transmissions at AFAC
Penske Power Systems believes Allison transmissions are a great fit in emergency response vehicles and will use next week’s AFAC expo to highlight those advantages. AFAC (Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council) 2017 will […]
2016 Hino 300 Series Hybrid Review
I’ve driven a lot of small trucks in my time, especially Isuzu N-Series and Fuso Canters, so was pretty excited to test-drive the Hino 300 Series hybrid. It was also cool to check-out the Hino […]
Another four Iveco Stralis prime movers for C3
We’ve heard of a range of different reasons as to why operators choose the Iveco product, often its adaptability and cost of life that is nominated as the prime reasons. But in this case, it […]
Heavy Vehicles Podcast 0082
This week on the Truck News Wrap we cover: eHighway under trial in Germany Scania gets ready to show new construction trucks ZF launches new truck electric steering system How to stay off the police […]
Paccar Automated Transmission hits U.S. market
Paccar has achieved a goal it set some time ago – being able to offer truck buyers a complete proprietary powertrain with the launch of the Paccar Automated Transmission (AMT). Hitting the North American market […]
Hyundai Trucks Australia 2017 Update
We noticed in the July 2017 Truck Sales Data that Hyundai Trucks was starting to make some inroads in the light-duty truck market. The VFACTS data showed the Korean brand achieved 31 light-duty truck sales […]
Scania teases new-gen construction trucks
Scania tell us their soon to be unveiled range of construction trucks are tough, sleek and perfectly designed. The Swedish truck giants released the teaser video below earlier today and have set up a dedicated […]
Top things truckies do that attract police attention
No one likes to be pulled over by the police, but for truck drivers especially a run in with the law will cost time, and potentially big money too. But how do you make sure […]