Today the first next generation Scania truck was produced in the Zwolle factory in The Netherlands. The production fascilities of Scania in Södertalje (Sweden) and Angers (France) were already swiched to the new product line but Zwolle is still building the previous R- G- and P- series. Production of those models will continue for a…… Continue Reading
This photo was sent in by one of our anounimous friends in the world of trucks, but he did not mention the brand name, date or location. That makes it one big puzzle to find out. There are not a lot of things that can be recognized on this heavy camouflaged truck. Maybe the mirrors…… Continue Reading
DAF’s New CF and XF have been voted ‘International Truck of the Year 2018’ by an independent jury of leading road-transport journalists from 23 European countries. The most prestigious award in the European truck industry was handed to DAF Trucks president Preston Feight by Gianenrico Griffini, chairman of the jury at the Solutrans exhibition in…… Continue Reading
On the Solutrans exhibition in Lyon Pierre Lahutte, CEO of Iveco mentioned the Tesla Semi truck. He compares the American electrical truck with the Iveco future study that was already presented last year at the IAA in Hannover: ,,we have a better design, the same aerodynamics, superior TCO and triple the range”. Now let’s see…… Continue Reading
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
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