Author Archives: Iep van der Meer

Kenworth saves more fuel

Kenworth saves more fuel

Kenworth introduced a more streamlined T680 truck with a day-cab for pickup and delivery and regional tansport. The truck is optimized in aerodynamics and is powered by the Paccar MX13 or MX11 engines. These engines come In combination with the Eaton Fuller automatised transmission with the fuel efficient Meritor MT40-14 drive axles rated at 40.000…Continue Reading

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Fully electric delivery van from Chinese brand Dayun

Fully electric delivery van from Chinese brand Dayun

The Chinese company Dayun Motors has released photo’s of a fully electrical driven delivery van. The truck has a special design and shure stands out in a crowd. The power comes from a 30kW electric motor that is powered by Lithium bateries. The maximum speed is sayd to be an impressive 105 km/h but there…Continue Reading

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Volvo Supertruck concept saves more fuel

Volvo Supertruck concept saves more fuel

The Volvo Supertruck is a concept truck that saves fuel, takes more cargo and has a lot of interesting things on board for the future. The U.S. Department of Energy’s SuperTruckprogram is a cost-shared, public-private partnership that promotes research and development to improve the freight-hauling efficiency of heavy-duty Class 8 long-haul tractor-trailer trucks. The program aims…Continue Reading

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Scania Black Claw by Svempa

Scania Black Claw by Svempa

Svempa’s legendary truck designs are known throughout the world. Now, 77-year old Sven-Erik “Svempa” Bergendahl has taken on a new challenge: designing the eye-catching Scania Mining Black Claw tipper truck. In addition to the striking exterior design, his personal touch is visible in the cab interior with customised upholstery of seats and door panels. Obviously,…Continue Reading

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Scania: Waiting for G-and P- cab

Scania: Waiting for G-and P- cab

Now after the launch of the new Scania R- and S- series the waiting is for the new G- and P- series. The distribution and construction trucks of Scania will be presented later but maybe we can see something new at the IAA? Scania people did promise big news for the construction business but that…Continue Reading

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The OX: a simple van for the third world

The OX: a simple van for the third world

Famous motorsport designer Gordon Murray has designed a vehicle that “ranks above anything else I’ve ever done”. The van called ‘Ox’ is billed as “the world’s first flat-pack van.” It is a two-wheel drive, off-roader made of marine plywood that can be assembled by non-experts in under 12 hours and travel 1,000km (620 miles) without filling…Continue Reading

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Russian road train with Tonar truck

Russian road train with Tonar truck

The Tonar company from Moscow is involved in the production of trailers and trucks. The latest development is a tipper road train with a load capacity of 130 tonnes. The road train consisted of a tractor and semitrailer, was ordered by a diamond mining company “ALROSA”. It is designed to transport ore from a mine…Continue Reading

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New Freightliner Cascadia

New Freightliner Cascadia

Freightliner introduced the new Cascadia Class 8 truck in the USA. With engines from 350- up to 600 Hp, more efficient aerodynamics and new safety systems on board the new Freightliner is the new standard. Also new is the connectivity system by Detroit Connect. Now Detroit is a name that Freightliner gives to just about…Continue Reading

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Finaly we meet..

Finaly we meet..

During the introduction of the new generation Scania is presenting one of the prototype trucks that has been running around Europe. Dozens of these camouflaged trucks were used to test all the new systems and technology on board and doing that they were caught often by truckdrivers and truckspotters. We at Iepieleaks got a lot…Continue Reading

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