Author Archives: Iep van der Meer

VDL Electric busses for Eindhoven

VDL Electric busses for Eindhoven

From beginning of december 2016 all public transport busses in the citys of Eindhoven and Helmond have electric traction. In total there will be 43 zero-emissions busses on the road. “Transdev, first mover in zero emission public transport, commences operating the fleet on December 11th. One of the biggest problems the company had to solve…Continue Reading

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Hyundai starts mass- production electric busses

Hyundai starts mass- production electric busses

The Hyundai Motor Company is going to start mass-producing electric buses. The company believes that it should not hesitate anymore on markets for electric buses as global markets for electric buses including Chinese markets are expanding very quickly. According to an electric vehicle industry on the 6th, Hyundai Motor Company is preparing to develop electric…Continue Reading

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Scania S450 Highline in company livery

Scania S450 Highline in company livery

With the new Scania S450 Highline of Koeltrans Angeren, Holland the new Scania model now comes to live. With the first trucks in company livery the design of a new model realy starts to look good. Koeltrans choose for the 450 Hp non EGR engine after very good results with this engine in the Streamline…Continue Reading

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New Ural dump truck

New Ural dump truck

The Ural truck company continues the testing of different versions of a new range with a cabover cab. Photographers made the first photos of a 6-wheel dump truck during factory tests. According to the photos, we can say that the new model is equipped with a Chinese cab that looks very modern. Interesting is how…Continue Reading

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Electric Ginaf Duratruck for distribution in Amsterdam

Electric Ginaf Duratruck for distribution in Amsterdam

The Ginaf company is building electric driven distribution trucks by the name Duratruck. These trucks are based on Mercedes-Benz Atego trucks and they get a completely new electric driveline. The one on the pictures is a E2114 Duratruck that was delivered recently to the Hulshoff company in Amsterdam. The truck has a 270 kW electromotor…Continue Reading

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Auman EST is the first ever ‘Chinese Truck of the Year’

Auman EST is the first ever ‘Chinese Truck of the Year’

During the third Guangzhou International Commercial Vehicle Exhibition the Auman EST won the very first ‘Chinese Truck of the Year’ award ever. The Auman EST is the latest heavy-duty truck model from Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd. (BFDA), which extends the portfolio of locally manufactured trucks. Hereby, Daimler Trucks once again strengthens its global…Continue Reading

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Pacton Flex XL container chassis

Pacton Flex XL container chassis

The Pacton Flex XL container chassis is a trailer that can handle just about any container within the European legislations. The trailer is extendable to be able to transport anything from 20- up to 45 ft shipping containers, including high-cube. Just watch the movie for all positions. Pacton also produces tipping container trailers.Continue Reading

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International back in Australia with .. Iveco

International back in Australia with .. Iveco

American truckbrand International has been away from the Australian market but now there is an agreement that Iveco gets the rights to sell them Down Under. That is what we learn from BIGRIGS.COM, and that is a bit of a suprise since the Volkswagen Truck and Bus Group has a minority share in International. Both…Continue Reading

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Toyota on the market with Fuel Cell bus

Toyota on the market with Fuel Cell bus

Toyota Motor Corporation will begin to sell fuel cell buses (FC buses) under the Toyota brand from early 2017. Having already undergone repeated field tests for practical use, the Bureau of Transportation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to utilize two of these FC buses (model name: Toyota FC Bus) as fixed-route buses. Toyota plans…Continue Reading

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