In an effort to enlighten the press with the latest developments revolving around the company’s Dakar Rally participation, Minsk Automobile Plant held a press conference dedicated to the MAZ-SPORTavto team. Throughout the season “MAZ-SPORTavto” tested new technical solutions aimed at further reducing the weight of racing vehicles. The old “chandelier” of six headlights replaced by […]
The Austrian logistics specialist Quehenberger has placed an order for 350 of the new 440 hp and 480 hp MAN TGX semitrailer tractors. Based in Straßwalchen near Salzburg, the company is a pioneer in the use of efficient safety systems, with approximately 80 percent of the trucks in this latest order being equipped with the […]
Together again, ready to fight for a place on the podium at the 2015 Dakar: Iveco and FPT Industrial will once again feature at the world’s biggest rally – the Dakar – as official sponsors of Team Petronas De Rooy Iveco . The news was announced today at a press conference held at CNH Industrial Village in […]
There were cheers at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Aksaray when the 200,000th truck built at the facility rolled off the assembly line. The plant’s employees celebrated the milestone together with Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, member of the Daimler AG Board of Management with responsibility for Daimler Trucks & Buses, Stefan Buchner, Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Gerald […]
Built to offer a solution for urban transport problems in busy cities, Mercedes-Benz launched the CapaCity L high-capacity articulated bus today. It is an imposing 21 m long and provides space for up to 191 passengers as standard. It consumes well below 0.5 l/100 km per passenger and has only minimal emissions: The CapaCity L […]
Scania Malaysia today announced the winner of the Scania Malaysia Top Team Competition 2014-2015 edition. The winning team successfully worked on and solved problems on five components presented as a set of challenges to them – Theory, Brake, Electrical, Suspension and Fuel. The competition was held last week at Scania Malaysia Bukit Jelutong. Gary Archer, […]
MAN is therefore expanding its range of CNG vehicles, adding trucks with CNG drives to its established range of natural gas city buses in 2016. At the IAA 2014, MAN is giving a preview of the CNG technology in trucks with a TGM distributor chassis. The 18-tonner is driven by a six-cylinder CNG engine with […]
DHL Freight has expanded its Eurapid service across Europe with nine new terminals joining the network in November. The day-definite service for less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments up to 2.5 tons is now available at 50 terminals in 17 countries and covers 80 percent of all business addresses in Europe. “Since the launch of this premium service […]
Mitsubishi Fuso and UD Trucks Corporation have announced that they have jointly developed a new truck for sale in Japan. Although no information on the truck was disclosed, we can expect the new model to be a light duty truck as Mitsubishi Fuso is currently supplying light-duty truck platforms to UD Trucks. is said that […]
The Volvo FL, Volvo Trucks’ specialist in city distribution, is about to become even more productive. The compact 5-litre engine for Euro 6 is offered to the 14 and 16 tonne variants and releases 200 kg extra payload. Additionally, Volvo Trucks’ fleet management system Dynafleet can now be ordered directly from the factory. “We want […]
