Trucks & Equipment
New trucks, trailers, buses and heavy equipment, and the dealers and builders behind them.
Hitachi and ABB to develop fully electric dump truck with trolley assist
Hitachi Construction Machinery and ABB have signed a collaboration agreement to develop a full battery electric rigid frame dump truck with a customised on-board energy storage…
Isuzu Trucks NZ launches new light-duty model packed with safety features
Isuzu Trucks New Zealand has released details of the new N Series range featuring a suite of new safety features. Many of the features were once…
New Scania service dealer for Whakatane
Scania New Zealand has named East Coast Heavy Diesel and Machinery as a new authorised Scania service dealer for Whakatane. Scania New Zealand service director Nick Allan says further…
Isuzu and Hino to explore the use of automated mapping platform
Isuzu and Hino Motors have announced an agreement to utilise the automated mapping platform (AMP) developed by their subsidiary Woven Alpha for automated driving and advanced…
MAN gears up for electric truck series production at new plant
MAN Truck and Bus has officially opened a new plant in Munich as a first step towards series production of electric trucks. The 4000 square metre…
Rivian ute, van and SUV seen in NZ
Rivian's battery electric R1T ute, R1S SUV and delivery van have been spotted at Auckland Airport, probably heading to the Southern Hemisphere proving grounds in Cardrona…
Scania ‘positive’ on EVs and says half its volumes could be electric by 2030
Scania has published a life cycle assessment (LCA) of distribution vehicles which concludes that the environmental impact of battery electric vehicles “is significantly lower” than that…
Go Bus wins new contract set to add 379 extra vehicles to fleet
Go Bus has been re-selected to double its Ministry of Education school bus services across the country for a further 12-year period. The company is the…
Video: PM doubles down on EV ute comments at Fieldays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSkngacOkM4 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed there will be no exemptions for vehicles used by tradies or farmers under the clean car scheme and says she is…
Video: Fieldays reflects market disruption for new vehicles and utes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcacciX5rn0 For many years the National Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Hamilton has been regarded as the de-facto New Zealand national motor show, with brands beginning…