Optare has celebrated the delivery of the first batch of 114 Metrocity buses for Wellington at a special ceremony at the British High Commission in the country’s capital. Acting British High Commissioner, Helen Smith cut […]
Volkswagen has said that it is open to buying a majority stake in U.S. truckmaker Navistar “at some point”, as the German automaker prepares its truck business for a possible stock market listing that could […]
The trophy cabinets of truck dealerships around the country must be bulging at the seams as week after week manufacturers announce their round of Dealer of the Year Awards. The latest to announce its top […]
The executive chairman of one of Australia’s largest logistics operators has given a clear indication that electric propulsion will be the away of the future for his company. Executive chairman of Linfox, Peter Fox says […]
Daimler Trucks North America has announced it is recalling 7,128 heavy-duty trucks because of an electrical system defect that could spark a fire. The recall in the US includes certain Western Star 4700, 4900, 5700 […]
In a ground breaking announcement that has taken the truck industry by surprise today, Hino and Volkswagen Truck and Bus have announced an agreement to work together on technologies including conventional drivelines, hybrids, electric drivetrains, […]
Volvo Group Australia has inked a deal to lease a new $35 million company owned dealership and service centre at Prestons on Sydney’s South West edge close to the M7/M5 interchange at the Prestons Logistics […]
Volvo has announced its first commercial use all – electric truck–the Volvo FL Electric aimed at urban distribution and refuse operations among other applications. Volvo says series production and sales of the new model will start […]
The controversial Takata airbag problems have arisen again in the Australian truck industry with Hino announcing today that it has issued a new voluntary safety recall on certain 300 Series models produced between January 2013 […]
While rival Nikola is refunding order deposits as a massive and expensive PR exercise, Tesla continues to spruik orders placed by prominent US operators and companies. Tesla’s latest conquest order for its planned semi electric truck […]
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