Elon Musk visited the Tesla factory in Berlin where he stated that the factory is also designed to produce the Tesla Semi truck. In a conversation with lokal journalist he said that Tesla is planning to start production for Europe when serie production in the USA has began. At the launch of the Tesla Semi…… Continue Reading
The Scania 40R and 45R electric trucks look like any other Scania from the outside, but the differences are more than only the driveline and the batteries. We found these illustrations of the chassis layout, and that is completely different on the front end. Where the chassis frame of the diesel versions gets wider at…… Continue Reading
Ford Trucks and Iveco have signed a memorandum of understanding to examine potential synergies. Ford Trucks, the heavy commercial brand of Ford Otosan, and IVECO, the brand of Iveco Group N.V. (EXM: IVG) that designs, manufactures and markets light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore a…… Continue Reading
And there is another Chinese truckbrand that has European ambitions. Windrose is going to test the new electric truck in France, and that is only a start. The truck has 729 kWh battery storage on board and that gives it a reach of about 600 km with 49 ton total weight. In France Decathlon tested…… Continue Reading
Here are some photo’s of the new Mercedes-Benz Actros MP6. The design looks the same as the eActros 600 but this is a diesel version, caught on a test run near Aksaray in Turkey. The cab seems a bit lower but this is the Streamline roof and that has a lower profile.… Continue Reading
Scania is expected to show its new face this year. Just like the other Swedish truckbrand Scania is also working on aerodynamics and safety to comply to the new European rules. This camouflaged test truck was caught in the north by photographer Guido ten Brink. As espected Scania already complied to most of the new…… Continue Reading
Volvo Trucks presents the Aero generation, a full line of heavy trucks with a new, streamlined front design, mirrorcams and improved efficiency. The new top model is the new FH16 with a 17 liter engine that provides 780 Hp! The new, streamlined cab makes the XXL version possible in combination with a 13,60 trailer in…… Continue Reading
And there it is, the first photo of the new Volvo FH Aero! The photo was taken in Spain in september last year when the Volvo crew was making photo- and video footage for the launch, monday the 29th of january. Dutch truckdriver Davey Jongbloed was able to catch the truck on his smartphone. And…… Continue Reading
Until monday the 29th of january we have to wait what the new Volvo FH is going to look like. No ‘leaked’ scalemodels this time, and we have seen no photo’s of the new truck, apart from the camera system on test and the one underneath a plastic sheet. But we did find some details…… Continue Reading
Volvo Trucks has launched a completely new Volvo VNL in North America. The truck comes with six different cabs, from day cab up to the biggest sleeper, the 860. The engine is the D13, that is available in four horsepower ratings, ranging from 405-500hp and three torque ratings from 1,750-1,950 lb-ft of torque. These different…… Continue Reading
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