Trucks & Equipment
New trucks, trailers, buses and heavy equipment, and the dealers and builders behind them.

IVECO’s new dual control Eurocargo tackles demand for smaller waste trucks
IVECO is targeting a growing market for smaller waste removal trucks by expanding its medium duty Eurocargo range with the addition of a new dual control…

Mercedes-Benz Trucks launches Level 2 automation programme on local roads
Mercedes-Benz Trucks is set to launch an Australian and New Zealand validation programme for an Actros that can help steer itself. The active drive assist technology…

Australian first head-protecting airbag for Freightliner Cascadia
Freightliner Australia will introduce a head-protecting side airbag on the Cascadia heavy duty truck late this year. The Cascadia is the only bonneted truck in Australia…

Agricultural machinery demand continues to be buoyant
Growing demand for agricultural machinery and equipment has kicked 2021 off to fantastic start, according to the Tractor and Machinery Association of New Zealand (TAMA). The momentum began to build during spring and summer…

Video: RTF launches truck driver traineeship
A new government-backed traineeship aimed at getting more young drivers into the trucking industry has been launched.

Keith Andrews approved for Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner in Napier
Aaron Smith Daimler Truck and Bus Australia Pacific has confirmed Keith Andrews as an authorised Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner sales, parts and service dealer in Napier. Across…

HELLA Australia at the 2021 Brisbane Truck Show
HELLA Australia returns to the Brisbane Truck Show in 2021 with a state-of-the-art array of signal and forward lighting solutions for truck and trailer manufacturers and…

Auckland CityLink buses go electric
Twelve electric buses in Auckland’s CityLink fleet will start operating from April 24. The e-buses were launched at special ceremony at Auckland’s Silo Park on April…

Alexander Dennis to build EV buses for Howick & Eastern
Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) is building two electric buses to be operated by Transdev’s Howick & Eastern on Auckland Transport services. The three-axle single deckers will…

TR Group mourns loss of ‘loved friend’ Peter Sowman
Peter Sowman TR Group is remembering fellow team member and “dearly loved friend” Peter Sowman who died on Saturday following a “short but brave battle with…