Month: February 2016
Commercial Vehicles

Scania and Ericsson join forces

  Scania and Ericsson announced their joint research efforts to accelerate the connectivity of commercial vehicles and infrastructure. Both companies said they are convinced that advances in communications technologies and future deployments of 5G networks will enable improvements in the transport of people and cargo. “We’ve been speaking about introducing vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications for […]

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Commercial Vehicles Launch

Mitsubishi Outlander now open for booking. RM166,720 introductory price

Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM) the official distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Malaysia officially previewed the all-new Mitsubishi Outlander SUV today, ahead of its official launch in April. Scheduled to arrive at all Mitsubishi showrooms nationwide by April, customers may already place their bookings of the Outlander SUV starting from today. “I am optimistic that the […]

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Commercial Vehicles

Range Rover Evoque reaches half a million production milestone

  Land Rover is celebrating the production of its 500,000th Range Rover Evoque at Halewood, just over four years after deliveries of the luxury compact SUV commenced. Evoque is the fastest-selling and most successful Land Rover ever produced, having become the quickest to reach the half-a-million vehicle production landmark. One in every three Land Rovers […]

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Launch

Volvo Trucks becomes official supplier to the McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team

McLaren-Honda has just announced that Volvo Trucks is the official supplier of trucks and haulage to its Formula 1 team. The partnership will see McLaren-Honda take delivery of a brand new fleet of 24 state-of-the-art Volvo FH Series trucks for the duration of the four-year agreement. They will provide essential transport solutions and logistics support for […]

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Commercial Vehicles

All-new Pajero Sport Mid-size SUV Coming To Town

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced the first full-redesign of the Pajero Sport mid-size SUV in seven years in Thailand, where it is produced at Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co. Ltd.’s Laem Chabang Plant. Sales start in Thailand from this fall, and MMC plans to introduce the all-new Pajero Sport sequentially in Australia, the ASEAN nations, the […]

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Commercial Vehicles

Emission standards today and for the future

Today’s Euro VI standard enforces a large reduction in pollutants, with over 99% reduction in Particulate Matter and over 97% reduction in NOx – both a danger to human health. CO2 is not currently included in any truck emissions standard as it is not a regulated emission. However, It is directly linked to fuel use, […]

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Safety & Compliance

Emissions, A Global Growing Problem

The last Paris Climate Change Conference put vehicle emissions firmly back on the agenda. With world leaders gathering to negotiate tighter emissions targets for our planet, companies relying on and producing heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) took note. For almost three decades Europe has sought to control HDV emissions in a bid to protect human health and […]

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Commercial Vehicles

Land Rover reveals one-off Paul Smith Defender

To coincide with London Fashion Week 2016, Land Rover has released a film of its collaboration with British designer, Sir Paul Smith, to create a bespoke Defender – which was revealed ahead of the last of the current Defenders reaching the end of production. Paul worked closely with Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) design […]

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Commercial Vehicles

Renault plant to produce next-gen Nissan NV300

Groupe Renault today announced that its Sandouville plant in northwest France will build the next-generation light commercial vehicle for Nissan. Nissan NV300 production shall increase the factory’s output by 100,000 units between 2016 and 2026. A three-year work and €230 million investment have transformed Sandouville, near Le Havre, into a center of excellence for van […]

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Launch

MAN Upgrades The TGX Trucks In 2016

MAN is offering its customers several upgraded equipment features in the TGX D38. The top model is tailor-made for extraordinarily efficient driving at low speeds. For its flagship model, MAN is placing a consistent focus on the total cost of operation (TCO): the TGX D38 driveline has undergone rigorous development and, since summer 2015, has […]

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