At MAN they are working on the topic of ‘Direct Vision’. To comply to this new EU rule the cab is adjusted with a lower front windscreen and a lower dashboard. We publisched earlyer on this topic, click here! Together with the new, lower windscreen the front of the MAN is becomming more aerodynamic, which…… Continue Reading
Dutch IVECO dealer organisation and importer IVECO Schouten is presenting the new IVECO Strator bonneted truck on the 24th of july at the Truckstar Festival in Assen, The Netherlands. The Strator was in production in The Netherlands for some time, inspired by the Australian PowerStar of IVECO. With the arrival of the new S-Way the…… Continue Reading
Scania is testing with an electric truck with 900 kWh battery’s on board. Swiss transport company Krummen Kerzers is testing the Scania 40S electric truck with this massive battery package. The range should be at least 850- up to 900 kilometers. The pictures don’t show a lot of details but behind the cab there is…… Continue Reading
BYD is testing a new, electric truck in The Netherlands. On the heavy camouflaged truck you see here they tried to hide the logo’s but on the rear mudflap the ducktape fell of the BYD logo. Or is someone so clever to mount BYD mudflaps on a completely different truck? We don’t think so. It…… Continue Reading
Scania is starting the production of the new Longline cab. The cab is built by Laxa in Sweden in two lengths, 28 and 31, both with a high roof with an internal hight of two meters on the Scania S- series cab. Built in low volumes, it’s designed for those who want to go beyond…… Continue Reading
The Mercedes-Benz ProCabin is well known for its space, but not for its entry. Especialy in the electric version, the eActros 600 the cab is too high for what these trucks mainly do, supermarket distribution. Technically the eActros 600 is the ideal electric truck, but with four steps and the high seating position it is…… Continue Reading
After the takeover of Iveco by Tata Deawoo is also part of the family. It is no surprise that Deawoo just extended the contract with FPT, the engine producer of Iveco for five more years where it comes to diesel engines. Deawoo already purchased 90.000 engines from FTP and there are many more to come.…… Continue Reading
Volvo showed the first pictures and information of the Volvo FH Aero with a hydrogen internal combustion engine. The truck has hydrogen tanks behind the cab and the injection system is equal as the LNG trucks of Volvo with High Pressure Direct Injection. In the LNG version this system uses a little bit of diesel…… Continue Reading
Some time ago we posted spie shots of the new MAN TGX. That truck has more surprises than only the new, rounder front. The windscreen is deeper than the one of the present model for the new ‘Direct Vision’ regulations. That means that MAN is planning to keep the TGX model for longer than 2028,…… Continue Reading
BYD is testing an electric tractor unit in The Netherlands. The full- size 4×2 tractor unit has a high roof that we did not see before from BYD. The rest of the camouflaged truck looks similar to the truck BYD introduced in the USA. New are also the mirrorcams in stead of conventional mirrors.… Continue Reading
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