Ford is piloting an on-demand Dynamic Shuttle service for its Dearborn, Michigan, employees this month, providing a new mobility solution featuring smart ride-hailing technology with premium customized shuttles, applying insights from earlier experiments and research with global urban commuters. The Dynamic Shuttle experiment supports the company’s broader effort to change the way the world moves. […]
Based in Dallas, Discovery Channel’s most highly rated and watched show, Fast N’ Loud, features Gas Monkey Garage owner Richard Rawlings, an expert at buying, restoring and selling classic cars and hot rods. Rawlings has created a one-of-a-kind ‘70s muscle car body for the Gas Monkey Garage Monster Jam truck and is designing custom artwork […]
Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM), the official distributor of Mitsubishi Motors vehicles in Malaysia, announced last week that the new Outlander SUV will be launched in early 2016. Although MMM didn’t specify when the exact time will be, credible sources have shared that the SUV will be launched in February, with a tentative price tag that […]
Ten years ago, on 15 December 2005, MAN set up its drivers’ club, MAN Trucker’s World, with a view to establishing a community for and with its drivers, placing them and their work centre stage. Truck drivers have a high level of responsibility, with stress and deadline pressure part of day-to-day working life; add to […]
The stylish and versatile 2016 Honda CR-V has received a 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score, the top score available in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). Earlier, the CR-V earned a TOP SAFETY PICK+ rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), making it a collision safety leader and […]
A competition is now underway on the Scania Fuel Masters microsite, aimed at giving drivers the chance to boast about their fuel-efficient-driving achievements. The site allows other drivers to show their appreciation by sending ‘honks’, and it’s totally up the drivers themselves to determine whether a result is praiseworthy. Is using 45.7 litres of fuel […]
According to the Historic Vehicle Association the oldest known “jeep” recently celebrated its seventy-fifth birthday. Here are some of the more intriguing facts of the early history of the ¼ ton, four-wheel-drive reconnaissance truck that became known affectionately as the “jeep.” The first ¼ ton, four-wheel drive reconnaissance truck “pilot model” produced for the U.S. […]
Barsan Global Logistics, a logistics company in Turkey, recently expanded its fleet with 450 new Mercedes-Benz Actros 1841 trucks, which makes it the largest order the brand has ever received. Mercedes-Benz Turkey said that it is not the first major order of this dimension in the current year. Just in the spring of this year, […]
Mercedes-Benz Malaysia officially delivered the 25,000th commercial vehicle manufactured in Malaysia to customer, Landbridge Haulage (M) Sdn Bhd, an intermodal logistics solutions and services company. The unit, a MP3 2644LS 6×2 L-Cab, joins Landbridge Haulage’s existing fleet of more than 85 Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles. “The delivery of the 25,000th commercial vehicle manufactured in Malaysia is certainly a […]
Hino has announced recalls on both its 300 series Hybrid and normal diesel powered 300 Series with fuel filter and clutch problems triggering the recall notices. Are they any of these trucks here in Malaysia as parallel imported units? The recalls are signaling two issues pertaining to the automatic cutch unit in the 300 Series Hybrid […]
