Trucks & Equipment
New trucks, trailers, buses and heavy equipment, and the dealers and builders behind them.
Chevrolet Silverado electric ute planned
Chevrolet will build a Silverado electric ute (pickup truck) at General Motors’ Factory Zero assembly plant in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan, where the recently revealed 2024…
Truckometer light and heavy traffic indexes rise in March
The ANZ Truckometer light traffic index rose 1.7% month-on-month in March while heavy traffic rose 2.8% m/m. Heavy traffic primarily reflects the movement of goods, while…
Old tyres fuel Golden Bay cement works kiln
David Parker marks the opening of the Golden Bay kiln Using old tyres to fuel the kiln at Golden Bay’s Whangarei cement works will consume 42%…
EV trucks for The Warehouse home deliveries
The Warehouse Group chief sustainability officer David Benattar, EECA’s Camilla Cochrane and The Warehouse Group chief product officer Tania Benyon. The Warehouse Group has four custom EV…
Video: NZ’s first hydrogen bus is launched
New Zealand’s first hydrogen fuel cell (FCEV) bus has been unveiled by Auckland Transport (AT) as the organisation transitions to an emissions-free fleet.
Isuzu Trucks NZ announce winning Grandmaster dealerships
Isuzu Trucks NZ has announced the winners of the annual Grandmaster awards, the accolade presented to the best performing dealerships in the nationwide network. Ashok Parbhu…
Fuso eCanter launched to zero emission trial participants
Fuso eCanter's first New Zealand adopters, including Mainfreight, Bidfood, Toll, Owens Transport and Vector OnGas, recently joined representatives from government and infrastructure for a special launch…
Scania NZ expands into Whangarei and Gisborne
Mattias Lundholm Scania New Zealand has expanded its service dealer network with two new workshops in Whangarei and Gisborne. The Whangarei site was the previous CablePrice…
Nick Leggett: Animal welfare front of mind for trucking industry
Live animals trapped in a truck for six hours in Auckland’s summer heat is not acceptable in anyone’s view. Sadly, this is what happened in the…
New show explores NZ trucking history
A three-part documentary-style programme that traces the development of New Zealand’s road transport industry is screening on Prime. The Truck Files – A New Zealand Story looks…