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THREE’S COMPANY – SCANIA LAUNCHES NEW THREE AXLE ELECTRIC BUS VARIANT IN SWEDEN

Scania in Sweden has announced the addition of a new three axle battery electric bus chassis variant that features its recently launched e-machine and charging options, along with new rear axle options. The Swedish Traton [...]
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BEST BOSS – SCANIA BUS AND COACH DEEMED OUTSTANDING EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR BY QBIC

The Scania Bus and Coach team has secured back-to-back awards from the Queensland Bus Industry Council, this year for Outstanding Employer of the Year. The 2025 Award was presented in Cairns last week to Scania [...]
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EATHER GROUP DECLARES NEW ACTROS A KNOCK OUT

A Sydney-based trucking and construction company, Eather Group has reportedly made a key sustainability step forward by putting a Mercedes-Benz Actros into service on its operations The family-run Eather Group claims to have a focus [...]
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SMART TO VOLVO – SWEDISH TRUCK MAKER TAKES INAUGURAL SMART ENERGY COUNCIL GONG

Volvo Group Australia is claiming some kudos for its performance at the recent ‘Excellence in Smart Transport Award’ with the Brisbane based – Swedish controlled company taking the award at this year’s inaugural Smart Energy [...]
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WEDDING BELLS ARE RINGING – HINO FUSO MARRIAGE APPEARS TO BE STILL ON THE CARDS

The word around the truck industry in recent months has been speculating around the potential for the proposed tie up between scandal ridden, Toyota controlled brand Hino and Daimler owned truck maker, Fuso might have [...]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

ON TARGET CANNON

March 2, 2023

Chinese manufactured utes have been around in the Australian market for night on 20 years now and in fact the pioneering brand was the quaintly named Great Wall. We take a look at its latest […]

LAST PATROL – NISSAN PATROL Ti ROAD TEST

February 21, 2023

A big petrol V8 engine, luxury trim and enormous off road capability. Sounds like a Range Rover, but in this test we review Nissan’s off road flagship, the mighty and venerable Patrol. But if you […]

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