The use of composite materials in the structure of a vehicle’s chassis can reduce weight by up to 40 percent, according to new research from Scania and Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology. New lightweight materials such as composites will play an increasingly large role in the heavy vehicles of tomorrow, particularly in city buses […]
The United States exported more than 1 billion gallons (68,000 barrels per day) of fuel ethanol in 2016, an increase of 26% from export levels in 2015. U.S. imports of ethanol, which are relatively much smaller, decreased by 60% to 36 million gallons in 2016. The United States remained a net exporter of fuel ethanol […]
Land Cruiser, Toyota’s iconic go-anywhere four-wheel-drive sport-utility vehicle, has earned myriad accolades and records over the 60-plus years it’s been in production. And now, among them: the title of “World’s Fastest SUV” thanks to a record speed of over 230 mph, attained by the custom 2,000-horsepower Land Speed Cruiser. With former Toyota NASCAR driver Carl […]
Energy density and the cost, weight, and size of onboard energy storage are important characteristics of fuels for transportation. Fuels that require large, heavy, or expensive storage can reduce the space available to convey people and freight, weigh down a vehicle (making it operate less efficiently), or make it too costly to operate, even after […]
MAN Truck & Bus has established a new and innovative office environment under the motto “the future of work at MAN”. The “MAN Future Lab” is an experimental area covering 300 square meters, which is perfectly tailored to the working world of tomorrow with its innovative floor plan and the latest IT equipment. Teams from […]
More vehicles on the roads, a faster traffic flow and a distracting stream of information all impose considerable demands on both commercial vehicle drivers and car drivers. On the other hand, there has never been more opportunities for the person behind the wheel to drive more safely than there is today. The active safety systems […]
Toyota’s ‘Project Portal’ is designing a heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell system for class 8 truck use in the US, where Ricardo is providing technical assistance to the project, including areas of design, vehicle build, testing and development, and is currently supporting vehicle trials. Project Portal is the next step in Toyota’s effort to broaden the […]
Hap Seng Commercial Vehicle (HSCV) has opened their fourth dedicated commercial vehicle 3S centre, the Mercedes-Benz Hap Seng Commercial Vehicle Centre, located in Ipoh (HSCV Ipoh). The full-fledged 3S commercial vehicle centre is a 0.57 acre premise equipped with facilities capable of servicing more than 150 Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles per month. HSCV Ipoh is operated […]
A completely standard Porsche Cayenne has successfully towed an Air France Airbus A380 weighing 285-tonnes. The Cayenne, driven by Porsche GB technician Richard Payne, towed the aircraft over a distance of 42-metres at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, to set a new Guinness World Records title for Heaviest aircraft pull by a production car, by […]
MAN Truck and Bus (M) Sdn Bhd (MTBM) has just announced it has signed an agreement with MARA Liner Sdn Bhd, to expand the existing fleet of myBAS Perlis as well as provide quality after sales service. The new MAN buses are based on the MAN 14.280 HOCL two-axle chassis and were built in cooperation […]
