Trucks & Equipment
New trucks, trailers, buses and heavy equipment, and the dealers and builders behind them.
Electric Pickup Trucks: Everything You Need To Know
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at…
Truck registrations a mixed bag in September
Fuso was market leader for new truck registrations in September. Registrations of new trucks bounced back in September while used truck registrations took a dive. Total…
Trucking industry split as merger proposal rejected
Industry bodies within New Zealand’s road transport industry are going their separate ways over disagreement on a proposal to form a single national organisation. The National…
AMPLY Power and UES partner to electrify V2G capable buses
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at…
Traton Group and Scania merge CEO roles
Commercial vehicle giant Traton Group and its subsidiary Scania are merging the chief executive roles with Christian Levin appointed to lead the group. Effective October 1…
Volvo reveals autonomous truck prototype
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmQYAF3vsbw Volvo has revealed its long-haul autonomous truck prototype through its joint partnership with Aurora. Based on Volvo’s VNL model and integrated with the Aurora Driver…
Video: Volvo launches BZL Electric bus chassis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=856VS_Ag9kQ Volvo Bus Corporation has launched the Volvo BZL Electric chassis which will soon make its mark in Australia and New Zealand. The battery electric bus…
New Western Star 47X revealed
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has unveiled the new Western Star 47X as part of the new X-Series platform which is expected to arrive in Australia…
Video: IVECO and Nikola launch joint-venture EV manufacturing facility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQvGUC_tph4 A joint venture manufacturing facility for electric heavy-duty trucks has been unveiled by EV truck startup Nikola and IVECO. Located in Ulm, Germany, the site…
Hino NZ launches the new 700 Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcj6jp1g-WM Hino New Zealand has launched the all-new 700 Series which is being pitched as the brand’s safest truck yet. Underwritten by manufacturing giant, Toyota, the…