There was a time when platooning was something that was best left to the military but in a truck environment, which is increasingly dominated by technology, platooning is the new buzz word in the world […]
The Annual Mid America Truck Show starts this week in Kentucky but for the first time since the show started in the 1970s there has been a mass boycott by major US truck brands with […]
At its Hagerstown, Maryland assembly plant in the USA, Volvo Trucks North America has unveiled its new model 2017 Volvo engines, including improvements to its D11 and D13 engines as well as its new Volvo D13 […]
The momentum for autonomous or self driving trucks continues to gather with the announcement this week in the US that its army will start testing the concept on public roads this year. The announcement that […]
Navistar chief executive, Troy Clarke has said the door is open for potential deals as he fights to keep the truck maker’s turnaround on track amid a U.S. sales slump. “Everything we’re doing just makes […]
Hot on the heels of Caterpillar’s announcement that it would be pulling out of on highway vocational trucks, its sometime ally International Navistar, has announced a new range of vocational trucks. Navistar this week revealed […]
U.S. regulators have declared that they are reopening a proposal to boost fuel efficiency of medium and heavy duty trucks in the USA through 2027 calling for additional public comments on the planned toughening but […]
In news that has little real affect on the Australian market but is probably an indicator of the company’s future directions, Caterpillar has announced it will discontinue production of its on-highway vocational trucks in the […]
Following our recent stories on motor racing sponsorship by truck makers comes the news that Mack has entered into a multi-year sports partnership with the world’s boiggest motor sport category , NASCAR. The collaboration will […]
News from Japan’s financial news agency Nikkei overnight has revealed that Volvo brand, UD Trucks will stop manufacturing medium duty trucks in Japan, and instead turn to Japanese rival Isuzu to source mid size models […]
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