BAZ, new Russian truck brand

BAZ, new Russian truck brand

The European truckbrands left the Russian Market and they left empty production facilities in the St. Petersburg area. The former Scania and MAN plant is now the base of a new Russian truckbrand, named BAZ. The new, modern looking BAZ trucks will hit the market this summer (2025) with a 6×6 model that could be…Continue Reading

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Weichai 750 Hp gas engine

Weichai 750 Hp gas engine

Chinese company Weichai Power has developed a 750 Hp |Natural Gas truck engine. The WP16NG-4.0 engine is a 15,7 liter six-cilinder engine with a max torque of 3400 nm. Natural Gas and LNG are popular in China at the moment. The type of this engine says NG, which means Natural Gas but we think it…Continue Reading

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Cummins X15H ICE Hydrogen engine

Cummins X15H ICE Hydrogen engine

Cummins is developing a hydrogen internal combustion version of the X15 engine. The 15 liter six- cilinder engine has the same base as the diesel engine, with a hydrogen injection system. Cummins is using the Holset turbo with variable geometry. The engine is tested in a Peterbilt truck in the USA. Further details are not…Continue Reading

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New Scania Longline from Laxå

New Scania Longline from Laxå

This is the new Scania Longline, and it comes in two different versions: 88 cm or 110 cm streched. We did not get any official information but insiders from Laxå published these photo’s on social media. Laxå is a company that builds special cab conversions for Scania like crewcabs for fire fighting. The Laxå company…Continue Reading

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Actros Procab design

Actros Procab design

The new Mercedes-Benz Procab that is introduced for the Actros L and the eActros 600 is quite a game changer where it comes to design. We all know now how it looks, but before it was launched somewhere in the proces these design studies were made. It is like in the passenger car world, designs…Continue Reading

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Scania news coming up?

Scania news coming up?

Now this is how fast things can go on Iepieleaks.nl. Yesterday I wondered when Scania is coming with a new, streamline nose that makes the XXL cab legal and today I got like a little sign. Dutch truckdriver Martijn R Breekveldt spotted this lowbed in The Netherlands with a crashtest truck as cargo. The photo’s…Continue Reading

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Scania showed camera’s 7 years ago

Scania showed camera’s 7 years ago

Scania is at the moment the last truck manufacturer in Europe without camera’s that replace side mirrors. We did see them and we even drove a Next Gen truck with these mirrorcams, during the introduction of the Super series in december 2021. These camera’s were not mounted high, above the doors but underneath the side…Continue Reading

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New MACK spotted

New MACK spotted

This is what we think is going to be the new, long distance model of Mack Trucks. The truck was spotted with a lot of camouflace but when we compare it to the spotted Volvo VNL on the lowbed trailer. That photo was taken in 2023 and it looks like the new Mack is going…Continue Reading

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Problems for HVS

Problems for HVS

The Scottish truck manufactorer HVS is in financial problems. The company launched a futuristic hydrogen fuel cell truck but it seems that it will never see daylight. Last month employees were sent home, and now there is a request for bankruptcy from several suppliers. In the past the company received 25 million pound from the…Continue Reading

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