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SCANIA SPONSORS HEAVY VEHICLE SAFETY AWARD

Scania has played a key role as a sponsor of the recent Australian Road Safety Foundation heavy vehicle safety award, which was presented to ‘Steering the Future’ at an annual awards event at Parliament House [...]
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NATIONAL REGULATOR REJIGS ITS MASTER CODE

The NHVR has released a revised draft of its industry code of practice, which it dubs as the ‘master code, opening it up for public consultation, as well as inviting input from all stakeholders across [...]
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HINO CLAIMS PIONEERING AUTONOMOUS DRIVE EXPERIMENTS

Hino has announced it has teamed up with a road construction company Taisei Rotec to commence the use of unmanned, autonomous vehicles in full-scale road surface durability tests. Hino claims the initiative will see five [...]
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RURAL LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTERS SAYS VOLUNTARY ACCREDITATION COULD SAVE MORE THAN A BILLION PER YEAR

The Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association (ALRTA) has advocated for a voluntary accreditation model, which it says was developed by Australia’s rural freight sector and claims it could could save the economy up to $1.1 [...]
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BOUNCE BACK – AUSSIE TRUCK MARKET NUMBERS EDGE UP WITH STRONG JULY RESULT

Australian Truck and heavy commercial sales seemed to have plateaued in the past month with sales figures for the month of July generally line ball with the same month in 2024. A total of 3630 [...]

DAILY TALLY – IVECO’S VAN HITS 1.8 MILLION

October 23, 2024

Iveco has revealed it recently celebrated the unusual production milestone of 1.8 million Daily vehicles manufactured at the company’s Suzzara plant at Mantua in Italy. We say unusual because while it is a significant number, […]

WHAT’S THE BUZZ, TELL ME WHAT THE FUSS IS ABOUT? VW ANNOUNCES IMMINENT ARRIVAL OF ELECTRIC ‘KOMBI’

September 12, 2024

Volkswagen has confirmed the new-age electrified version of its venerable Kombi, the ID. Buzz range, will be launched in Australia before the end of the year and has published a list of prices for the […]

LDV DELIVERS MORE SAFETY AND CLEANER ENGINE IN DELIVER 9 VAN AND BUS

September 12, 2024

Chinese commercial vehicle brand LDV has announced a raft of upgrades to its next generation upgrade of its Deliver 9 van, cab-chassis and bus line up which the company says will be accompanied by a […]

ONLY VANS! – MERCEDES-BENZ REVEALS FIRST COMPREHENSIVE VITO UPGRADE IN NINE YEARS

August 28, 2024

Mercedes-Benz has announced the first major facelift of its fleet of mid-size vans and people movers since 2015 saying that the update introduces a raft of comfort, convenience and technology upgrades, plus a major […]

NEW KANGOO VARIANTS JUMP INTO AUSSIE MARKET- RENAULT ANNOUNCES THREE NEW PETROL MINI VANS

July 23, 2024

Renault has announced an expansion of its Kangoo van range which has been bolstered with the arrival of three new petrol variants, giving buyers of the compact van more choice for business transportation needs. “With […]

FORD CONFIRMS SPECS AND PRICES FOR UPCOMING TRANSIT UPDATE

July 16, 2024

Ford has confirmed the full specifications for its updated Transit Custom Sport and Transit Custom Sport Double Cab ahead of their local release later this year. Ford says its manufacturer list pricing for the Transit […]

SOFT SELL – TRUCK SALES SOFTEN AGAIN IN JUNE

July 3, 2025

The Australian commercial vehicle market continued its ever so gentle softening in June, with registration figures showing a 5.2 per cent drop on the same month in 2024 as the long tail of trucks coming […]

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

April 7, 2025

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 […]

COMPANY CAR – ABARTH 500E – AN ELECTRIC CITY FUN CAR WITH A STING IN THE TAIL

March 2, 2025

When it comes to reading a review of a potential Company Car in a heavy vehicle publication then you couldn’t get anything more incongruous than a review of Fiat’s sexy little Abarth 500e, an electric […]

DAIMLER’S NEW ELECTRIC TRUCKS – TESTED

July 4, 2024

JOEL HELMES recently flew to Melbourne to drive the latest battery electric offerings from truck giant Daimler and posed the question: where are we at with the still most likely only partial electrification of the […]

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