After the Dutch bonneted ‘nextgen’ Scania of Vlastuin now the French bodybuilder Brevet is presenting another bonneted ‘Nextgen’ Scania. A Scania S580 Highline was converted into a bonneted truck by mounting the cab backwards and adding a bonnet from a 4- series Scania. Now that sounds simple but it is not. The bonnet had to…… Continue Reading
This photo we found on social media and to be honest, we don’t even know if it is real or a photoshop. It does look great tough, this streched Mercedes-Benz Actros. We have seen streched Scania, Volvo and DAF cabs in the past but this is also a very good idea. Now let’s find out…… Continue Reading
Nikola Motor Company has named Bosch and PowerCell AB as the primary suppliers of its fuel cells for the Nikola class 8 hydrogen-electric truck. The Nikola fuel cell is anticipated to output more than 300kW continuously. It has been designed to handle the entire lease period of one million miles per truck. The Nikola fuel…… Continue Reading
In BIGtruck international magazine we have a driving impression of the latest Actros 1845. We drove this truck in Portugal where Mercedes introduced all the new small improvements that add up to fuel savings up to 6%. Click here to read the story and the watch the video in BIGtruck online magazine international.… Continue Reading
Today Scania is launching a new 13 litres Gas engine in Rimini at the Ecomondo exhibition. The new gas engine is an oto-engine, so it works with sparkplugs. The new Scania engine can be ordered with LNG or CNG tanks. On LNG the truck can travel up to 1100 km far with a max GVW…… Continue Reading
The Volvo Methane of LNG trucks promise a range up to 1000 km on LNG. Volvo has tested the technology in the heat and in the cold and says they have the best solution on the market. The Volvo LNG trucks only come with the I-Shift transmission and with almost all the cabs from the…… Continue Reading
The Dutch company Emoss has presented the new Ever truck. This tractor unit is based on a DAF CF. The original driveline is replaced by a 350 kW/2.200 Nm Electric engine in combination with an Allison 6-speed automatic transmission. The truck can drive 100 km on its 120 kW battery pack, but with the LPG…… Continue Reading
On the day Iveco was presenting their new 460 Hp LNG trucks we found these photo’s of the Volvo LNG trucks. Just like the Iveco’s they are up to 460 Hp and have a fully automated transmission. Iveco uses the new ZF Traxon gearbox where Volvo uses their own I-Shift. A difference is that Volvo…… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 11 2024
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