Trucks & Equipment
New trucks, trailers, buses and heavy equipment, and the dealers and builders behind them.
Volvo builds first Australian-made OEM electric trucks
Volvo Group Australia has produced the first Australian-made electric trucks by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), marking a milestone for the country's heavy vehicle manufacturing sector…
Heavy vehicle rule changes to cut red tape from August
The Government will introduce a series of heavy vehicle regulatory reforms from August 6, including removing permit requirements for 50MAX vehicles, permanently allowing heavier low and…
Auckland Transport trials recycled tyres in road surfacing
Auckland Transport (AT) has begun trialling a new asphalt product incorporating recycled tyre material, as it looks to reduce waste and emissions from road construction. The…
Woolworths commits to Australia’s largest electric truck rollout
Woolworths and fleet electrification specialist Zenobē have announced Australia's largest electric truck deployment, with 148 battery-electric trucks to be rolled out across the retailer's delivery fleet…
Etrucks to distribute Zeron electric trucks in Australia and NZ
Auckland-based Etrucks has been appointed the Australian and New Zealand distributor for Chinese electric truck manufacturer Zeron, with the company's flagship battery-electric prime mover scheduled to…
Kenworth builds 90,000th Australian-made truck
Kenworth has celebrated the production of its 90,000th Australian-designed and manufactured truck, marking another milestone for the brand's Melbourne manufacturing operation that also supplies the New…
Alexander Group drivers rank among Scania’s global top performers
Alexander Group drivers are ranking among the world's best users of Scania's ProDriver coaching platform, with new data from the truck manufacturer placing them in the top 6% globally.
NRC urges Govt to halve proposed truck congestion charge
National Road Carriers (NRC) is calling on the Government to scale back its proposed congestion charging regime, arguing heavy vehicles should pay no more than twice the passenger vehicle rate rather than the proposed four-to-one ratio.
Mainstream’s Scania fleet keeps growing
National freight firm Mainstream has taken delivery of 12 new Scania trucks as part of a major fleet expansion and replacement programme that will see more…
Scania delivers first hybrid military truck to Swedish defence project
Scania has handed over the first of three hybrid trucks to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) as part of a joint development project aimed at…